Is it men, or is it just me?

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Why is it that my husband fails to think of things we've talked about when the time comes to do something about it. We live in a fairly large house, with some fairly old appliances. We've talked about what we want to get when the time comes to replace the old things. One thing I am waiting for is our refridgerator to go completely out so I can get a new one. I hate ours, it's a side-by-side and everything that's up against the wall for the freezer part freezes while anything else in there rots. We've had it "fixed" a few times and I've adjusted the temp, nothing works, it's just a horrible machine. I want the kind that has the freezer on the bottom, with 2 doors on the top for the fridge part. So, when it does finally go - or I get tired of it - that's what we're getting. Another thing we've talked about is our HVAC unit. As some of you know, I've been without my heater for the week. Fortunately we have electric baseboard heaters (since the house is so old) so we're not freezing. It's actually kinda warm in most of the house, but it's really sucking up the electric to do it. Well, the guy got out yesterday to look at our heat pump. It's shot, we need a new one. They tried replacing something but the unit outside is done. If they can find a unit that's compatable with the one outside (which is doubtful since it's pretty old) then it'll only be around $3,000 to fix it. If they can't, then it'll be around $6,000 to fix it. Well, I surely don't have that kinda money lying around, but I think I can find it somewhere... Well, what really got me was that I have been talking to my husband for a couple years now about how we might need 2 units in this house since it's so big and he didn't even talk to the guy about it. Had I known he was talking to the guy on the phone last night I woulda reminded him and had him ask about it. I mean, if it's going to benefit us to have 2 units instead of one, then now's the time to do it. Yeah, it might cost a bit more money (that we don't have) but if we can scrounge it up and end up saving it in the long run on the heat bill, then now's the time to do it. I see no reason to replace what we have just to go cheap, then later down the road have to pay twice as much to get it done right. Why he didn't think to tell they guy that I have no clue. Well, yes I do have a clue... Two clues actually... First, he's trying to pay the least amount of money possible (I totally understand that) and second he's thinking "TODAY, I need heat TODAY" and not "Wholey cow look at this astronomical electric bill!" But next month he'll be thinking about the electric bill and wonder why we didn't check out 2 units... So is this just a man thing or is it just me???