A few years ago I got a call close to midnight from a friend asking me if I wanted to go in 50 /50 on an LV. The numbers being thrown around were too rich for me and being an eBay auction, time was against us to arrange the funds and who knew what it would end up at. So told him I'm in but he would need to bring two more people in to make it work.
A few minutes later we had the two other guys lined up, except one of them didn't know he was in. He woke up the next day with a bunch of msgs on his phone and surprised as to what had happened, but he was a good sport about it.
My wife asked me what was going on because she had witnessed the entire episode unfold in front of her as she was laying in bed next to me.
I had been caught red-handed in a purchase of another cruiser. Well technically we hadn't won the bid yet, and so it was all talk at that point which probably helped my case with the Mrs, No harm done. Yet.
Side Note: Historically I would always somehow find a way to say that new cruiser entering the driveway at the house belongs to a friend or 'I'm helping with some work on it', or ' yah that, I bought it many months ago and it just arrived', or 'I am selling it for a friend', or 'I bought it to sell it'. I learnt fast that saying I bought it to sell it only caused more problems as she would keep asking about "how much money it would sell for". I think I used all the possible excuses available. But never got caught in the act. But not on this one. I had to tell my wife the truth. Sometimes telling some truth can buy you years of telling untruths. More on that later.
I think it was midnight when I shut the phone and was giggling like a little girl about how crazy this all was and went to bed. Woke up to find out we had won the bid and I was a 1/4 owner of a dream truck that we didn't plan on keeping. Told the wife which she found amusing. The problem with this story so far is none of us was drunk or under the influence. All stone-cold sober and smiling.
If I remember correctly the plan was to restore, sell her and retire to an island and live happily ever after. That was the plan. Funny how they don't always work out.
This is that truck that arrived.
A few minutes later we had the two other guys lined up, except one of them didn't know he was in. He woke up the next day with a bunch of msgs on his phone and surprised as to what had happened, but he was a good sport about it.
My wife asked me what was going on because she had witnessed the entire episode unfold in front of her as she was laying in bed next to me.
I had been caught red-handed in a purchase of another cruiser. Well technically we hadn't won the bid yet, and so it was all talk at that point which probably helped my case with the Mrs, No harm done. Yet.
Side Note: Historically I would always somehow find a way to say that new cruiser entering the driveway at the house belongs to a friend or 'I'm helping with some work on it', or ' yah that, I bought it many months ago and it just arrived', or 'I am selling it for a friend', or 'I bought it to sell it'. I learnt fast that saying I bought it to sell it only caused more problems as she would keep asking about "how much money it would sell for". I think I used all the possible excuses available. But never got caught in the act. But not on this one. I had to tell my wife the truth. Sometimes telling some truth can buy you years of telling untruths. More on that later.
I think it was midnight when I shut the phone and was giggling like a little girl about how crazy this all was and went to bed. Woke up to find out we had won the bid and I was a 1/4 owner of a dream truck that we didn't plan on keeping. Told the wife which she found amusing. The problem with this story so far is none of us was drunk or under the influence. All stone-cold sober and smiling.
If I remember correctly the plan was to restore, sell her and retire to an island and live happily ever after. That was the plan. Funny how they don't always work out.
This is that truck that arrived.