Dude, you really need a reality check. And I hope it doesn't take your wife leaving for you to see how stubborn/unreasonable you're being.

Despite defending my point of view, I'm actually taking in everything that people have to say. Y'all may be gleefully tearing a strip off me, but it doesn't mean that I don't want to exchange dialog with others. I didn't come here for an echo chamber.

Why can't you have both? Say she gets a part time job and makes $$7000 in the next year. Use $4000-$5000 of that on a vacation and the other $2000 goes into savings. Your wife is happy, you get more financial stability, win win.

Thanks for saying this. I will be taking this position with her when I speak to her in person about it today.

And what's your budget really like? You keep saying you're taking a hit, is the $12,500 enough to cover the cost of moving/finding a new job/apartment? Instead of shutting your wife down, why don't the two of you sit down and figure out a budget/what things will cost.

Our budget covers the - of bills and the + of my income. The gov't funds give us buffer. Nearly half of them will get used to cover her sixth semester, the rest is gravy. We don't know whether she's going to grad school or not, yet, so our 2016 financial plans are kind of in limbo.

Head over to r/frugal,

Done.

Or head over to r/travel,

Will do. Thanks.

Also, you're selling your bike to be manipulative. Stop it. Your wife will resent you.

I'm NOT being manipulative! I think it's plain to see that I shouldn't have spent that kind of money with our uncertain future. I'll buy something more financially responsible when I know where our money is going.