I live by the motto: It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission" then...if that doesn't work....I remind him of the LV he bought an old girlfriends WAY before me!!! I know...it's irrelevent but the argument still shuts him up!!
Yes I tell him but I broke him in slowly, starting with Burberry. Now everything under 1k is cheap in his eyes, lol. He buys most of them for me anyway.
I'm not married but lots of my friends ask and I'm honest if I'm close with them. My parent's live in a different city and as far as they know I only have one bag. If they see my others I am going to tell them I got a great deal on ebay. Which is so silly since I am completely independent and pay for them myself. I guess I just don't want to see the disapproving look.
My ex would ask me how much my purses cost. I would never say.
But he also understands this sort of thing as a "necessary evil." For Christmas two years ago he asked me why I couldn't be "normal" and just ask for a LV?
He doesn't know how much down to the dollar because I pay for my bags myself. He likes Prada a lot (especially those oh-so-exciting black shoes) so he's not exactly a high end virgin.
I'm a stay-at-home so my shopping's done weekdays. Whether it's online or from the mall, he doesn't really notice. If I ask what he thinks on something I bought he'll just give his brutal opinion. LOL. He's not...difficult.
Just a general inquiry. Before I make the big purchase, I'm trying to work out the logistics of delivery and how I'll explain to the better half about it....
As far as telling DH - he doesn't care. I have told my mom about my most recent purchases and she just laughs - I bought 2 GUCCI from the GUCCI store, plus a wallet from NM and then a checkbook/wallet from the GUCCI outlet and then last weeek I bought my 1st LV BH from exluxury.com - and she just laughs! It's great!!!
i only tell him if he asks, which he usually doesn't. and even when he does, he is shocked for about 2 seconds and then forgets about it since he's not the one paying for it anyways!
i used to hide these things from my ex..but he actually walked into LV once before we broke up and once after we broke up and patiently waited as i bought my bags..whenever he asks i just say it's expensive..but he normally asks once and gives up...he always tells me he admires the fact that i can get whatever i want (he's very careful with his money, which is a +++) but it's kinda funny now..we've been together for 5 yrs and broke up for about 4 months..and i'm on a purse ban because i've promised him i won't buy anymore until i graduate (he asked me to promise him on a good note..so that i can have enough for my expenses until i grad)..
anyway, getting off topic..i don't say it, but he has an idea of how much they cost.
He's mainly the one buying them for me but if I did buy it myself he'd know for sure np . he is the one who got me into purses and he doesn't mind me loving them at all