A few years ago I was driving a really old, shitty BMW as my daily car, leaked every fluid imaginable (lolz BMW). My brother came up for his first visit to Charlotte and I went to get him at the airport. The moment he sat in the car a christmas tree of lights lit up the dashboard, my tensioner broke off the engine block. I thought fuck it I'm going to buy a new car.
That weekend my wife was in San Diego for work, I told her I was going to try and buy a car if I find one I like. Friday I take my dog to day camp because I was going to be gone all day looking at cars. When I got to day camp I checked my phone and my gf messaged me upset that I hadn't responded to her text, it was something along the lines of "Guess you're
too busy to respond, have fun with your brother this weekend" it seems harmless but knowing her it was passive aggressive.
This really got under my skin so I was like fine, I'm not responding. Later that day I find a Lexus RCF300, price was right, car was gorgeous, I came back the next day and bought it. I took it home and after not hearing from me at all I just sent my gf a pic of the car in the driveway. She called me almost immediately, she was with her co-workers and she said "Oh so you bought a car huh?" I could hear the quivers of rage in her voice when I replied "Yup, it's pretty nice figured I'd show you a pic Anyway, see you tomorrow" Needless to say we had a longer conversation when she had a moment away from her co-workers.
It was childish move on both of our parts (moreso on me) but the benefit is now when I say I want to get xyz car next I get a response that is typically like "I don't care, you're going to do whatever you want anyway", so open endorsement.
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Topic: Experiences with Marriage and/or Divorce (Read 9161 times)