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Yeah, since I'm a single developer, and not a company, my wife wouldn't like it if I shared the money aspect with the whole world. I thought people might be interested in the download numbers though, as how that translates into revenue is very dependent on the app.

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You sure do mention your wife a lot

When you're married, your wife plays a big part in a lot of decisions you make vs when you're single.

Disclaimer: 30. Married for 5 years.

Wife's the scapegoat. Saying "my wife wouldn't be happy with X" is just saying "I don't want to do X" while shunting the blame away from yourself.

You're obviously not married.

I'd say I don't have a wife, but there's a woman who'd be mad at me for saying that ;)

Seriously, people use the wife or parents scapegoat all the time. In high school my mother told me if I was at a party and being peer-pressured into something I didn't want to do, to blame her in order to get out.

Absolutely. I have friends like this.

I am, for one, happy to see that people with families bootstrap businesses. I imagine that it can be tough financially and time-wise. So, naturally, significant others should be in the loop.

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