A diesel engine woke up our marriage

[BC]

Interesting piece in the Sunday New York Times yesterday (11-18) that may ring a bell, many here can relate to...

snippet below, full story at link. Thought I recognized the name from a post somewhere, possibly the Yahoo group.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/fashi ... ef=fashion



A Diesel Engine Woke Up Our Marriage
By MELANIE GIDEON
Published: November 18, 2007

WHENEVER my husband casually says, “Hey, hon, come take a look at this Web site,” I know it’s going to cost me. All of our largest purchases were preceded by my being summoned to his computer in this manner. So, three years ago, when he said this a few weeks before his 40th birthday, I knew it was really going to cost me, and I don’t mean just financially.

“Check this out,” he said, pointing. “Isn’t it cool?”

I glanced at the Ford E-350 on his screen. It looked like the sort of vehicle that shuttles retirees to the local mall. “Kind of,” I replied.

He frowned and said: “It’s not just any old van. It’s a camper. It would be perfect for us. You said you wanted to see the West. ”

I did want to see the West, in theory anyway. In fact, seeing the West was one of the reasons we moved with our young son to California. But travel takes so much planning, and as I’ve gotten older I’m increasingly less willing to tolerate discomfort: the crowds, the traffic, everybody trying to reach the same place at the same time.

His fingers pounded at the keyboard. “It’s got captain’s seats.”

“What’s a captain’s seat?”

“That means it’s very, very comfortable.”

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[BroncoHauler]

"Ten minutes later, he said, “I’m going to get one for us.” "

Making a decision to buy an SMB in 10 minutes?

Oh to have that kind of marriage, and that kind of money....


Herb

[canyonclan]

"We thought only about the cost of not doing things..."

Amen.

-Jeff

[Ed in Montana]

What a hilarious article!

[alta825]

for a second the article was looking just like my sales-pitch to my lovely wife...

-d

[lowracer]

My wife was the one pitching this to me... I love to spoil her rotten, so she got it without too much fuss.

[bitburger]

While this didn't resemble our buying process, my marriage, or my wife, I gave this a bump because it is a very funny article.

If you haven't read it, you should follow the link from BC at the top of the page.

[Stumpalump]

I use this "wife 101" trick I learned from an old timmer: I wanted a small aluminium fishing boat and my wife was not delighted. So I took her to the boat show and we looked at the $45,000 and up Ranger bass boats. Too much so we looked at the $50,000 Mastercraft ski rigs and Sea Rays with the nice seats. Too much. A week later a good used boat of my dreams for $6500 came up for sale. Not only did I get her blessing but I got a pat on my back for my financial wizardry and negotiating abilitys. I wound up with a really cool little boat when all I wanted was a 10' flatbottom with a trolling motor.
Next I wanted a small used dirt bike to putt around on. Guess where my first stop was? The Harley Davidson stealership. Next Stop was over to look at the new KTM and BMW adventure sport bikes.
i have a good used Rokon 2x2 motorcycle and a good used XR400. Once again she marvaled at my the financial genious she married!
I'd like a a new toolbox for the garage today. "Honey come look at this nice Snap on tool box that would hold all the tools in the garage and it comes in colors!" http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp ... ir=catalog

[scatter]

If your wife ever reads this Forum Stump, your going to need more then fast talking to stay out of the hospital....

[cellularSTEVE]

So for those of you that don't have a Sportsmobile yet show your wife a Unicat or Earthroamer. If you're lucky you may end up with a Sporty.

steve

P.S. Please don't show your wife this forum. Could be bad for all of us.