Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Fever


Tall Husband's current wheels. What's wrong with this car? Everything according to Tall Husband.
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I thought it was another woman...but no, it's worse! Tall Husband has New-Car Fever. I should have recognized the symptoms: first there were things he detested about my old Bemer sedan. Out on the road, she's not as responsive as before; she's old; her wipers squeak. Even her driver-side door squeaks.

And things weren't right between him and his own BMW Z4. Then the man who insists we do everything together says he's going shopping for shirts-without me. He mysteriously disappears for long periods of time and returns home with no shirts and a faraway look in his eyes. He spends long hours secretly surfing the Internet and on the phone.

It all came unraveled two days ago. The telephone rings; a stranger's voice asks for him..my heart is a lump in my throat...the stranger is saying they met when Tall Husband was there at the dealership. As I hand the phone to Tall Husband, the scent of
new car assails my nostrils. Oh, no!!! He got New-Car Fever again.

So, Friday, we are heading to a distant city to do a trade for a hot little foreign number in red. Oh, poor little Z.

7 comments:

  1. I know the pattern too!My husbands pattern takes 3 years.We are at the beginning ,he is gining long looks to car dealerships,we are still not going in.That will come. Have fun I also say!

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  2. OMG....what a great sense of humor you have! Love the Story......I think that car would look GREAT in my drive-way....I wouldn't mind the squeking doors, etc, etc....LOL!

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  3. Annie - you are so funny. It must be a man thing - mine is lost looking at airplanes at the moment......give me a break. Might as well grin and bear it!

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  4. I have bought both of my most recent cars while my husband was out of town. I really like to make my own decisions unfettered so I have to be sneaky.

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  5. You can't have thought...OH NO! You didn't!
    That kind of fever, the kind Mr. Tall has ..well...I should send my Mr. short over so he can catch it... :)

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  6. Definitely a man thing.... straight man thing. ;-) I would take a Smart car any day or a classic benz convertible!

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