WARNING: PARANAS

A couple of months ago JP asked me about buying a new car. I said no I am very happy with my car and don't want to visit a car dealership anytime soon! Then a little bit after that I said "I could look at new cars but I don't know about buying one now." Well to JP that was a green light to start looking. I had no idea he was looking and forgot about the whole car thing. Then almost a month ago he calls me at work. I was with a patient so he left a message. He told me to call him when I got off work. It was a Wednesday so I called him when I got off around two. "Come over to the car dealership. I found the car you should buy." So very naive me drives off to the car dealership. I should mention here that I must have a lot of trust in JP. Over the six years we have been married I have done many things I would not have ordinarily done, decided to buy a new house in one night after seeing the house once (and we were not looking at moving at all!), fixing up a house that we did not technically own yet, etc. You would think I would have been smarter and not driven over to the car dealership, but no. So I show up at the dealership and JP is not there. As you may, or may not know, car dealerships are my favorite place to visit! YEA RIGHT!?

I do not get out of my car, but don't worry only three salesmen came out of the building to investigate why I was there. None of them came over to the car and I pretended I was texting and calling people on my phone. Yes, I was talking to myself but I had to look busy to keep from being bothered. Finally JP shows up. He gets out of his truck and I get out of my car. A salesman walks up to JP and says "This must be your wife?" Yes, I am. He then walks me over to a car and tells me to get in and we can take it for a test drive. This is when I should have seen red flags everywhere telling me NO DON'T DO IT but naive me gets in and off we go. As we are driving the salesman is telling me about all the features on the car. I am half listening. JP is in the back seat all excited. We get done test driving the car and we get escorted inside. "Now, lets talk about price." WHAT, I missed a step. Apparently JP was at the dealership earlier and pretty much told the salesman we are buying the car.
I am now confused and JP starts explaining to me that it is a used car with very low miles, it just came in today and it is the car we should buy. I look at him like a deer in headlights. By this time I should mention it is now almost 3:30 and I ate lunch around noon and have not eaten since, so I am getting hungry. I tell JP this and another salesman happens to hear. He comes over with some crackers. These salesmen are good! JP then starts telling me all the reasons we should buy the car. Then we get sat down in a room and the salesman tells JP a price and then we are off to the biding races. For the next two and a half hours JP and the salesman are trying to find a price. I am about to faint from lack of food! Finally they settle on a price. Then JP tells me he has to go. WHAT, YOU ARE NOT LEAVING ME HERE ALONE!!!! He asks how long it will take until we can sign papers. Not too long they say. "I AM HUNGRY. Can't I just go eat and then come back to sign papers?" The salesman won't let me leave. This is where I should have broke down crying, or done anything to get out, but I didn't.
An hour later we are in our new car off to get something to eat. We decide on Rumbi. On the drive to Rumbi I am pretty quiet. "Don't you like your new car?" JP asks. NO, I respond. JP is all confused because if I don't like it why did I buy it. Easy, I don't like anyone or anything at this point because I am tired, hungry and 7 months pregnant!!! Do you understand? We order and sit down. This is when those tears of exhaustion and frustration decide to come. "Why did you make me buy a new car? I was happy with the car I had." Can you picture a 7 month pregnant lady crying in a restaurant while her husband looks at her like a deer in headlights. That was the scene! After we eat we head home. I get ready for bed and lay down. The next day after some sleep, I like my car. (Women, so confusing sometimes we can't even figure ourselves out!)
After I get done with work JP calls me. "So, we can't return the car and walk away but we can get something else." I am confused. Apparently he went to the dealership and asked them what happens if we decide we don't want the car. I then tell him that I like the car. He is totally confused. I explain the whole being tired, hungry, pregnant and at a car dealership for WAY too long and after I had eaten and slept I was OK. JP was VERY grateful! So I am now a proud owner of a 2009 Nissan Murano. And JP has hopefully learned his lesson about making important decisions in one day! I really think this time cured him because he felt really bad and after explaining it to him he understood my point of view and agreed with me. Although he is still confused as to why I actually signed the paper work instead of walking out. I don't quite understand that either (could I blame that on the pregnancy? maybe it was the lack of food and it was too much energy to get up and leave) but at least I am happy with my purchase!