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How to charm me
January 04, 2005 | Category: Family, It's a Trip
So, being the people we are - we did the math. How much we can afford to pay for a car without having to do the Bad Thing.
You know, the Bad Thing. Incure a Car Payment.
So we set ourselves a budget. Looked at the cost of keeping the Piece of Sh*t car on the road. Talked about priorities. And then, because he had to take the morning off, CD hit the web. Edmunds. Carmax. Like that.
10 minutes later, he instant messages me.
With a link to a used Jag.
In our price range.
Ha! I scoffed (Scoffed!). What about...? I shouted to him, 3 rooms away. Repairs. Upkeep. Insurance!
He ambles to my office, leans against my desk.
Honey, face it. It's in our budget.
We can't have a Jag in Pleasantville, I demur.
He raises an eyebrow. (Damn, I wish I could do that.)
We'll get a Honda, I suggest. Safe. Reliable. Gas efficient, I remind my husband, the Environmentalist. Friendly to the environment. If only there was a used hybrid in our price range....
He shrugs. Look, the Jag is in our price range. It's a second car, you've always wanted one, and we can afford it.
I sit, stunned. I sit, charmed. A puddle of charmed. He winks at me. I smile. It occurs to me, that this is the first time in the longest time that he has pushed one of my fantasies, one of my never-will-happen dreams. The silly things. The things that you mention, looking in the window without ever really thinking they will come true.
It feels warm and good.
I wink back.
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