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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I hate it... 
I'm only doing it because I love her, otherwise you wouldn't catch me within 10 meters of a car dealership.  ...
...Well, SHE wants a car, but she says I have to go with her to buy one. Why? 
What the heck do I know about cars?...
...I'm not happy about this... I don't like cars. I don't like car salesmen. I don't like car dealerships. There are waaaaay too many different brands, styles, sizes, shapes.... Then we have to deal with finding a place to park it so she CAN buy it. |
When I started dating my SO he had a car that was leaking oil all over my driveway, so I asked him if he was planning on getting it fixed. He told me that when he bought the car it was only supposed to be until he got around to finding a good car. That was 1.5 yrs before. He feels the same way as you about buying cars.
So I told him that I have always had great luck at buying used cars. There's a weird intuition thing that I have going on, and when it comes to cars it's amazingly on point. So after 1 month of dating he gave me the go ahead to find him a car.
I told him I needed parameters because the choices are too vast. We narrowed down what he wanted and up to what price he was willing to go. I had a feeling we were going to be together a long time, and I have only owned manual transmissions, so it would be good if he knew how to drive my car. I asked him how he felt about it. He said, "I can't drive one. I said, "You can learn." He replied, "I could." So... after dating for one month, I went off to spend his money on a car that he didn't know how to drive.
That's when he also found out that I like a bargain, and to not pay a penny more for something that won't make me any happier, so I found him a car that he would love for half the price that he was willing to spend. That was probably the moment he fell in love.
When we picked it up, he had a few hours to learn how to drive a stick before he had to drive, the next day, in downtown Miami. That was when he wanted to kill me.
The next night, happy that he made it through the day, I asked him how it went. He said that he LOVED it! Driving a stick shift made him feel like he was in a race!
From that point on, he has never looked back, and like my other used car purchases, the car is rock solid and runs great.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Yeah! That's what I say! 
Hey, how many other husbands would say to their wives;
"Sweetheart, here's the credit card. Go buy what ever you'd like. Just leave me out of it!" |
I think you and my SO are cut from the same cloth. He doesn't care if I spend his money, as long as he isn't required to do any shopping.
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Originally Posted by wyndslash
The idea of sending our parents to nursing homes aren't popular here. I guess it's more common in the US? difference in cultures, once again. Though I wouldn't want to spend my last days in a nursing home either.
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My future in-laws are in town right now. They arrived on Friday evening, and by Saturday afternoon, my future mother in law had already started instigating and trying to get on my nerves. I tolerated her until Sunday afternoon, when she succeeded. I couldn't wait for her to leave on Monday afternoon. They're still in town, but not staying with us, they're staying right on the beach at a resort hotel for a few days. I don't know who's idea it was for them to only stay w/ us for 3 nights, but it was brilliant!
It seems the men in the family can deal w/ her a little better than the women, which is why if she wants to get a message to her own daughter, she calls or emails her son in law, because her daughter won't pick up the phone. Ironically, as I was typing this, she called (I didn't pick up) to ask "what time" my SO and I were going to meet them on the beach for dinner and a walk. Ugh!