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Blogs > gymrat1974 > ManwranglerJen

Different Paths and New Things  

gymrat1974 49F  
1057 posts
2/17/2020 5:17 am
Different Paths and New Things

I bought a new car yesterday. I went to the dealership with specific ideas in mind, yet I wound up with something I hadn’t planned on buying. The biggest departure is the color. I absolutely wanted a blue car. I always want blue. Everything I have is blue. Blue eyes, blue glasses, lots of blue clothing, a blue head, and my car I left behind was blue. This car is gray...there are hints of blue, but it’s gray. However, I walked on my back porch to look down at my car this morning and smiled. It’s not what I expected, but it’s absolutely beautiful just the .

I think the biggest thing I’m dealing with in the afterglow/buyer’s remorse mixture at the moment is that I let someone lead me in a direction, and I followed. I was given key information that was designed to turn me on, and I think I forgot all the things I thought I wanted. What does that say about me? It’s an internal struggle I’m having. I want to be in control of everything, but I want to experience things that take away my control. I want to satisfy my own immediate needs and wants and have always been stubbornly resistant to anyone else’s input about what would be good for me, even if I would benefit from this information. Yet, suddenly I’m finding myself wanting to allow myself the luxury and pleasure of letting someone else be in control to satisfy me even if his methods would have never been my own.

So, today I have a new car. It’s not blue, but it’s beautiful just the , and I have a world of experience ahead of me that might not be what I expected, but it will be beautiful just the .

Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
2/17/2020 8:08 am

 I'm in sales (and a control freak), and I'm the EASIEST person to sell anything to on the planet 🌏... lol 😂
I know exactly how you feel.
Enjoy your new car... I'm sure you'll have a blast in it. 👍❗😊
Are you in sales? That would explain.... a LOT. 😏😎


gymrat1974 49F  
557 posts
2/17/2020 8:31 am

 I’m not in sales. She’s pretty, isn’t she?


justaguyinalaska 57M
879 posts
2/17/2020 8:34 am

 I will offer a contrarian opinion.

To my mind, you exhibited excellent self-control. You did not allow a (relatively) insubstantial criterion (color) *drive* an important investment. Perhaps you were seduced by a salesperson trained in steering customers to a spontaneous "yes". Or perhaps you were presented with a satisfactory product at a satisfactory price and made a deal that permitted you get back to the important things in your life.

Job done. Enjoy!


gymrat1974 replies on 2/17/2020 3:53 pm:
Fair, lol, but I don’t see blue as being of little consequence. Maybe it’s frivolous, and maybe it’s an internal flaw or mechanism, but blue defines many things about me. Of course, what my post doesn’t touch on is that I went in wanting a Camry and came home with a Corolla. The difference between the two is really that the Camry has a roomier interior. The Corolla does offer every feature I did want, so good for me, but I still feel like I allowed someone else to decide what I wanted for me.

poorboyfloyd 60M
9 posts
2/17/2020 5:33 pm

 Like this one.


gymrat1974 replies on 2/17/2020 6:37 pm:
Pretty color, but I do not like that car.

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