haha omg yes the jewelry. While my husband's taste in jewelry is more simplified than mine I had to tell him "honey I love jewelry but maybe no more " But in all honesty he was the exact same with boxers that I would buy for him. I don't say that to put TMI out there just that in our early days of dating our ideas for gifts for each other were more of the same thing over and over. We're so much more in sync now that's for sure we at least know much more of things we stay away from buying out on our own without much input and running past (and well to be more creative in our gifts lol). Still lots of room for surprising just no surprising for certain thingsOh my goodness, yes. I let my husband know all the specifics. Thankfully, we now know one another well enough to know that we are pretty picky about things so we don't just purchase anything generic unless the other is clear that specifics aren't important. For the vacuum, my husband knew how much I loved my original that was dying, and I had mentioned many times that I much preferred this brand to any of the others I had looked at, so he was confident that buying the top of the line in that brand would be what I wanted, and he was right.
For a couple years there I wasn't being as helpful about what I wanted, so my husband was defaulting to jewelry, which is fine because he knows my taste very well, but I had to put an end to that. I only have so many fingers, wrists, etc. to wear jewelry!!! I was getting sad that I wasn't able to wear some of these pieces that I loved as much as I wanted because I was having to rotate things around. We now have a no jewelry rule. I just don't need any more jewelry and my husband would much prefer that I get something I want and can use, even if it is a vacuum or dutch oven.
Did no one see the prequel ad that Peloton ran over Thanksgiving that gave the backstory?
They were at Thanksgiving dinner with the extended family when he found her sitting by herself in the corner, looking sad and picking at the tiny portion of salad on her plate. He knelt down next to her and told her how many things he had to be thankful for this year. He was thankful every day for having her in his life, and he was thankful she had taken her doctor’s advice to start taking her health seriously, and that after losing those 80 pounds she was no longer pre-diabetic. He told her he was so proud of her and how far she had come.
Sensing she was upset about something, because he’s an in-tune kind of guy, he gently encouraged her to open up to him. She admitted she was starting to struggle to maintain the weight loss now that the weather had turned cold and it was getting harder for her to find ways to be active. He offered to buy her a gym membership but she said she didn’t have time to get to the gym, what between work and volunteering at the children’s hospital. He offered her some positive affirmations and told her he would do whatever it took to support her in this new fitness journey she was on that was strictly her decision, in collaboration with her doctor, that had absolutely nothing to do with him. Because he loves her no matter what she weighs — he fell in love with who she is on the inside, not on the outside. But her outside is beautiful, too. At any weight. Just want to be clear about that. (He said all that.)
Her eyes filled with tears, her chin quivered, and she blurted out “I want a Peloton!” He was quiet for a moment, then said “What the hell is a Peloton?” She explained it was a stupidly overpriced exercise bike that they couldn’t afford and didn’t have space for. He brushed her cheek with his hand and told her he would try to figure something out because he just wants her to be happy.
Then the scene cut to a montage of him working overtime, rubbing his chin while pouring over his finances, and watching the dates on the calendar slip away as Christmas fast approaches. Finally, the lightbulb moment. His eyes fall upon his beloved baseball cards that he had begun collecting with his grandpappy when he was just a wee thing, knee-high to a grasshopper. He closes the leather-bound case one last time and carries it to the door.
The next time we see them is on Christmas Eve. She says she’s heading to bed. He kisses her and says he’ll be up in a minute after he finishes the family-friendly holiday movie he’s watching. As soon as she’s out of sight, he jumps off the couch and runs to the back door to sneak in his friend and brother-in-law who had been waiting outside, because he responsibly planned the details of this Christmas surprise well in advance. Together, the three of them struggle to haul away his pool table, freeing up the space in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.
With everything in place for the next morning, he retreats to the bedroom where the commercial ends with him smiling and gazing upon her as she sleeps. But, like, in a loving way, not a creepy stalker kind of way.
The commercial was 47 minutes long.
I kind of feel bad for the actress in this commercial. I'm sure when she got the gig with a very well known, respected company, she thought this would be a great opportunity. Now she's going to be negatively associated with this campaign ad.
She quoted me asking a poster that I quoted who said the commercial objectifies women. That was my original question-would it objectify men. We all agree that it’s not nice to imply your spouse needs to workout. That’s not the same thing IMO.You had already quoted the other person yourself.
And in the sequel commercial, we see him smiling through gritted teeth as he opens his Christmas gift from his wife, a fancy new display case for his Grandpa's baseball card collection.
Part of it might be special incentives or special financing. And from what I recall, all the finance managers I talked to hated special financing. They required "dealer participation" which the finance managers told me meant they had to do the paperwork but didn't get a commission. Another one talked me into a loan from a bank, even though it would have theoretically cost me more if I had just made regular payments. They had a deal where one could choose the special financing or cash back. If I paid it off early (which I did in less than a year), the cash back would have made it cheaper.
But yeah - selling cars is a weird business.
You're overthinking it. The commercial objectifies a woman's body to sell a product.
Their finance managers make the big $$$$. Almost twice as much as the salesmen and SIL makes some really good money selling cars. Until he started selling cars, I didn't even know the finance managers made commission.
So does the ads with a MAN riding an exercise bike or using some other exercise equipment objectify his body?
That has to be the dumbest conclusion I have ever seen anyone jump to.
Given the huge overweight population, I’m sure there is some jealousy going on here as well.
A lot of people have trouble wrapping their head around skinny people wanting to be more fit when they’re likely overweight and unfit.
Given the huge overweight population, I’m sure there is some jealousy going on here as well.
A lot of people have trouble wrapping their head around skinny people wanting to be more fit when they’re likely overweight and unfit.
Given the huge overweight population, I’m sure there is some jealousy going on here as well.
A lot of people have trouble wrapping their head around skinny people wanting to be more fit when they’re likely overweight and unfit.
Given the huge overweight population, I’m sure there is some jealousy going on here as well.
A lot of people have trouble wrapping their head around skinny people wanting to be more fit when they’re likely overweight and unfit.
I kind of feel bad for the actress in this commercial. I'm sure when she got the gig with a very well known, respected company, she thought this would be a great opportunity. Now she's going to be negatively associated with this campaign ad.