How to ask your wife for permission to spend $250,000 on a domain name
Definitely not your average angel round. “Honey, how would you feel if I told you I was having an affair?” “ ARE you having an affair? ” “ Could we ever recover? ” “I’m not sure I could.” she forces out a quivering reply. “I would be disappointed. I would be sad. It would devastate me.” she declared. “ That’s good to know. Lucky for you…I’m not having an affair. ” “That IS lucky. For your sake, that is.” eyeing me off. “ I’m not having an affair. Nor do I want to have an affair. What I DO want is a change. ” “A…change.” she ‘hmphs’ a dubious ‘hmph’. “What did you have in mind?” Well, Honey there’s this really cool domain name for sale. It’s only $250,000 ” I blurted, finally. “ A domain name. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.” almost parodying. “This is my mid-life crisis. I don’t want an affair. I don’t want a fancy car.” “I want to do a web startup.” “ Gawd… All right, then. Convince me. ” she sighs What are we going to sell? Stock photos , of course. We’re go...