I love him. I hate him. I want to be rid of him. I miss him. I can't get by without him. Maybe I can make this relationship work out a little bit longer.
Or her. Maybe I'm supposed to say that I can't get by without her.
I'm of course talking about my car.
Who did you think I meant?
I used to be so in love with my car. This was the only car that I ever totally paid for by myself. I got a job, I saved some money for a down payment, and I made all the monthly payments after that. Sure, my husband's name is probably on the title too, but I bought this car all by myself.
Most of my other cars were cars that some other relative didn't want anymore and I bought cheap from them. Or the used car that my parents gave me when I first learned to drive. Or a car that my husband bought that I drove sometimes too.
So this was my favorite car to drive around in. I loved this car when I first got it. And except for recently, it hasn't been a bad car. Now I don't even know if I still want the thing. On the one hand, I don't want to spend much more money getting the thing fixed. On the other hand, I'm not quite ready to commit to buying another car either.
What am I to do?
My life is such a soap opera.
This car I have now is also the first car I've ever picked out and paid with myself. I'm almost done paying it off, and my drama/soap opera is trying to decide on whether I want to keep the thing I've invested in for so long, or get a brand new car that has never been used. The car has new brakes, a new muffler, battery and some other new bits and pieces. If I get the dent taken out, it'll be pretty nice. I just don't know.
ReplyDeleteSounds bad to say this, but I'm glad it's not just me.
ReplyDeleteNo, I know what you mean. It's all one big dilemma, and you're not alone.
ReplyDeleteI am on my second new car. It was difficult letting go of my first girl, we had a ten year relationship and she was very good to me. I had to trade her in for something younger and newer and she seemed to be OK with it. But I still have the memories.
ReplyDeleteBest thing I could tell you is this, when the maintenance starts becoming the second coming of a car payment then you might want to consider going new. At least the payments will be for something that you can rely on.