Ronnie likes to remind me on a regular basis of how spoiled I am. If I see something I HAVE to have, there's usually no way of telling me No or talking me out of it. For a couple of years I actually had him convinced that when I bought something it was for "us"...not for "me"...yeah, not falling for it anymore! I was in Sam's Club a couple months back and found something that I really, really wanted...here's how the telephone conversation with Ronnie went...
Ronnie: Hello?
Me: Hey Hottie - I love you!
Ronnie: Oh crap, wha'd you do?
Me: Nothing...
Ronnie: What did you buy?
Me: Nothing...yet.
Ronnie: What do you want?
Me: Well, I'm at Sam's Club and they have this really good deal on KitchenAid mixers - do you remember the other day how I was saying that it would be sooooo nice to have a KitchenAid mixer?
Ronnie: No
Me: Well, I did and WE really, really need one.
Ronnie: How much?
Me: Not too much...like a couple hundred ($285)
Ronnie: (sigh) I guess, but you owe me
Me: Yippee! Should I get a red or black one?
Ronnie: Get a black one...for sure a black one...
Me: Ok
I totally got a red one!
Several months ago I came home to an ugly scene - Ronnie sitting in front of the computer with a piece of paper and pen. On the paper, three colums...Linz...Me...Us - Oh crap, he was really adding up all of the money that I had spent the previous month, all that he had spent, and all that we had spent together - BUSTED! It didn't go over too bad, and I did learn a few valuable lessons
1) Ronnie has now been able to breach all of my security passwords on our bank account...he even figured out my grandma's maiden name and where my grandpa was born (I just made that answer up-I really have no idea where he was born) apparently I thought it was iron clad
2) I really DO spend a lot of money and I really AM spoiled.
3) It's OK to get what I want, but maybe sometimes I should let Ronnie have a turn to get something that he really wants.
4) Never tell Ronnie that he can have whatever he wants...he'll end up coming home with this...
It's not a joke, my husband is the VERY proud new owner of a 1976 Stingray Corvette...I think HE owes ME now! Ronnie has always been a "car guy" - to anyone who's been to our house, that's not really a secret. He has 4 cars parked in the RV parking area, 2 cars parked in the garage (one of them being the Corvette), and our 2 everyday drivers got that shaft and are now parked in the driveway...sigh!
