Dr. Laura,
Recently we purchased a new home and I had to brag about what my husband did.
We had more than enough money in our savings for a down payment, to make all repairs, buy everything necessary and not so necessary, with plenty of money left over. We didn't borrow a dime and we still paid off our credit card at the end of the month. Even still, to make sure that we would be more than comfortable my husband did something that you might consider sacrilegious, Dr. Laura.
.....he sold his motorcycle. Gasp. I know. I was shocked, too. When we first got married he wanted this particular toy. He worked so hard that I would not have given him a hard time over it, even if he wanted to take out a loan. But he found a nice used one on Craigslist that was within our price range and we didn't go into debt for it. He enjoyed it for a few years until we decided to buy a house and one of the first things he started doing was selling his toys.
I want to brag about how awesome my husband is. A lot of people would be reluctant to give up THEIR toys, but there wasn't even a second thought in my husband's mind. I tried to encourage him to keep it, because, after all, we didn't really need to sell it, but he was insistent the money he would get for it could go toward stuff we want for the house. Cool guy, huh?
I think you would both approve and disapprove because his actions were completely selfless, thus worthy of approval, and disapproving because, well, it WAS a motorcycle.
I'm sure you're dying to know what kind, right? It was a 2003 Virago Velusia. Nothing special, and we didn't get a lot for it, but that's not what matters. It was the actions of my awesome husband that matters the most.
I know you're probably really upset, Dr. Laura, but I promise we'll make it up to you by getting a Harley next time.
Katherine
