Just before our courtship years, the love of my life came to Perth one weekend and, seeing that I was still relying on a scooter to get me to work and back, and, seeing that the scooter was on its deathbead, he very generously offered to hire a car for me for a few days.
I was quite excited about his newfound generosity and imagined he would be taking me to a lovely Rollsrocey place. Instead he took me to the outskirts of Perth to a place called ‘Rent a Bomb Car Hire’.
Needless to say, our courtship was put on hold for a little while.
Anthony …. has a great sense of humor – wonderful *laughing
No – he was serious and he actually rented me this bomb of a car for two days – argh! Oh well, better than the scooter.
…. but everything went well or ??????
Oh yes – that husband-to-be learned a lesson or two!
I bet he did … *laughing.
I’m not surprised your courtship was put on hold for a while. LOL
Yes, it was a little fraught!
Ohhhh FAIL! LOL That’s too funny!
Well it wasn’t bloody funny at the time – lol!
It sounds EXACTLY like something my dad would have done! He was “thrifty.”
Yes – oh yes!
That is hysterical!
No it wasn’t!
Okay. Perhaps it wasn’t too entertaining at the time, but you must admit that it brings a smile to your face now!
Definitely!
hahaha! Love it – what a rocky romance!
Rocky – yes!
Got me laughing-got to watch those expectations.
That’s for sure!
Haha, does the car blow up if you don’t return it when it’s due?
Haha!
lol…ya’ll really had your ups and downs, didn’t you?!!
Sure did!
wow, lol
There is more to this story – ha! I will write it eventually.
Rent a bomb maybe he thought if it was bomb it wouldn’t matter if you smashed it up…………lol
Yes, exactly!
Jules, here we have “Rent-A-Wreck”! HA! Cannot wait to hear the ‘rest of the story’.
I will write it but here is a synopsis: the bomb broke down on the way back to my flat.
Of course it did…what ELSE would a bomb do (except explode and thank You Know Who it didn’t). ahhhh life, just gotta love it!
Fun! John took me to a fancy restaurant and then “forgot” his wallet. I had to pay. Should have told me something, but I kept him anyway. Glad of it.
That is hilarious!
ps. Your comment came up as anonymous.
No way! Was it really called that? You married him anyway, so I assume the car did not break down. LOL
Yes it was really called that – they hired out really old, decrepit, battle-weary cars. And it broke down halfway home.
Was he trying to be funny?
Totally serious!
How funny
Not at the time!
Hahaha! Okay. Over the years, did your expectations become more thrifty or did his thrift become more rollsrocey?
A bit of both!