Heartbroken......

I'm am really heartbroken. I
just did something really hard. Four years ago, five this Christmas, my husband bought me a '71 Beetle for Christmas. Now I was excited, to be honest, but not as excited as the Volvo surprise. I wanted a '67 Cherry Red Convertible.

He worked really hard for two years, and the car went from this.


To this .

Last summer, my husband and dad remodeled our family room. They worked weekends from June, until the end of August - no luck working on the Beetle. Since last winter, my husband's work has been so busy, he has worked almost every Saturday. So the car sits unfinished. With the new Volvo, I have a sunroof and A/C. This bug car will have NO A/C and no sunroof. I am honestly afraid I will not drive it in July or August and being a collector car there are winter months you legally can not drive it in Wisconsin.

So I broke down in tears, and told him that I felt terrible for all his hard work - but that he should sell the car and use the money and put it towards a new one for him and sell the Camry he is driving now.

I was surprised he wasn't disappointed, as it is we have a truck, a sedan and the wagon and a fourth car just isn't practical. I was gratful he understood and his feelings weren't hurt. It really isn't the exact car I wanted, but all the hard work he put into it - it made it that much harder to part with.

I hope you all don't think I'm a spoiled brat.