Memorable Rides

Congratulations! You have bought a new car. May you have many joyful and memorable rides with your family! As regards how fortunate you are to get such a quick loan to buy the car, Aha, ask me! Few years back, in all excitement and overloaded love, I gifted my husband, umm.... a high end german car - You see, I have faith in all German technologies- they are strong and reliable, 'coz one of my aunts is a German. The first year or two is pretty blissful- Right? as it is with all ignorant fools- happily enjoying the rides, coyly smiling at envious eyes, holidaying in distant places, and paying back the loans religiously. The third year I kept on wondering, Oooish!....how many more left? The fourth year I just wanted to get it off my back! Sorry to say, but- the itch was always glued there, no matter how much I scratched, rubbed, mowed the back with a roller- Oof! -I just couldn't get off the painful itch. The final year, when a handful loans were left, my patience was depleted, I begged, borrowed, emptied my piggy banks, dug out all my hidden vaults, squeezed out the last bit to just pay off the tortuous loan. Plomp! I fell on the sofa, and heaved the biggest sigh of relief! By that time this not so young companion had travelled many tedious miles with me, burrowing the largest manhole- Aha! - even ripping through my last bank account. The next day I peered at it with raised eyebrows, shocked to realise that it truly looked uncomfortably older, scarred and weatherbeaten. Honestly speaking, I was tired of it, found flaws in it, and who wants an old hag? I started eyeing and drooling over other beauties- Whew!-the youngest and latest models!! May you have many joyful and memorable rides with your family!