A Bag of Gold
After my friend Jamie bought his wife her new car he was disappointed to learn she wasn’t as pleased as he’d expected. After all, he’d spent nearly a year’s salary on a top of the line model, one fully automated that rode as smoothly as if riding on a jet plane at 35,000 feet. He’d also used some Groupon promo codes to see that her wardrobe was in tune with her new vehicle; even to the point of showing her a selection of new handbags from Kate Spade. He described her reaction to me while we sat at the bar.
“Man, she was more excited over those damn handbags than she was over a $75,000 car.” I managed to hold back my smile since I could see he was truly dismayed over spending a year’s salary when less than a weeks’ income would have sufficed. I told him his … Continue reading >>>>