My wife has learned that when I go look at something more than once, I’m not really browsing.
A few years ago, I spent quite a bit of time taking my son around looking at motorcycles. I had just gotten my license a year earlier and was “just browsing”. Next thing you know, I show up with a brand new Yamaha V-Star 1100 Silverado. Well, I’ve been looking at computers recently so it was really no surprise to her when I hinted strongly that we buy that HP we saw at Costco. None at all. In fact, she was prepared.
“Honey, it’s been 6 years since we bought a new computer. My birthday’s coming up; it can be my birthday gift.”
“Well,” she said, “Happy Birthday, Happy Father’s Day, Happy Anniversary… Merry Christmas.”
I like my new computer. Thank you darling, you shouldn’t have.
