Can you/do you make decisions quickly?

Sure – although at times I feel like I might be making the decision hastily.

Now, did you just look at the tvs, or at all the specifications? Did you understand all of the functions? Did you know whether or not there were hookups that would work with both your current recording/cable devices as well as new ones? Did you want to hook up your computer to it as well? etc., etc….

His looking at things you couldn’t get may likely have been a waste of time – but often larger and more expensive electronics can do things that we may want to see if the smaller versions can do.

So realize that sometimes you want someone there who is stopping you from making hasty decisions.

^^Oh sure, take up for the guy.

^^Only if you are certain that I work in a heterosexist mindset.

Haha….classic, always seems to be one person that’s a quick draw and the other that treats their decision making like they are choosing between the gallows and a firing squad. lol

My ex husband was the researcher from hell, he could spend weeks researching electric razors. lol

I have always made decisions easily and spontaneously and that works for me. It is rare I regret anything I do or purchase.

Everyone alternates playing the Tortoise and the Hare in their relationship dynamics.

In my case I referred to my ex and and myself as ‘The racehorse and the donkey.’
Obviously, he was the ass. lol

When I decided what’s right in a situation, I make decisions within a millisecond. I often find I operate faster than other people re: emotional issues, concerns – I just don’t need to stick around to have them ‘get there’, it takes forever.

Yes and No. It all depends on what the decision is about. I can get horribly ocd or just pull the trigger.

No, I am pretty slow and calculating. But I think this makes the end result of my decision making quite good most of the time.

I had a lab partner at school who was an absolute speed demon, which was nice since we had a strict time limit, but I had to slow him down at times to nitpick. But if I had been calling the shots we wouldn’t have finished in time. Together, we struck a good balance! Think that to yourself the next time your husband is driving you nuts ;)

I think things through. It might piss people off but I want to be sure I am making the right decision. Doing so makes me feel good about the really important ones! Pays off in the long run! ;)

I dwell on it, and let it hatch on its own.

On most occasions I can and I do. My husband, like yours, has to think about everything for a long time. He will tell me all about the thing he is thinking of buying in great detail and why he should or should not buy it. A week later or a month later or even months later, he is still talking about it. Sometimes I want to yell, just decide for beeps sake!

Ye….absolu…..mayb…..oh I dunno.

I can. So like you I prefer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing

while my wife is more like your husband. Show him this video

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6127548813950043200#

Schwartz also wrote a great book about the topic.

I rarely make decisions that I regret too, @Coloma. My husband and I almost always come to the same decision. He just takes longer!
On the other hand (and this is interesting) when we’re working on a construction project, I’ll spend a lot of time imagining the process in my head. I find that I anticipate road blocks or unusual circumstances before we even get started. Rick, on the other hand, just starts building without thinking beyond the next step….when he runs into a problem, I already have the solution.