I’m scared to tell her about my sportscar
Dear Wilhemina
I’ve just bought a very, very expensive German sportscar and I haven’t told my wife. The money isn’t the issue, I’ve got enough. She wouldn’t approve, though she probably wouldn’t care too much and wouldn’t have stopped me. But our marriage isn’t scintillating right now (I don’t know if I want to stay in it, to be honest) and I just wanted to have a bit of fun. I’m sure you’re thinking I’m in a classic mid-life crisis. I now have this enormously expensive car, that doesn’t even have room for our children in it, sleeping in the garage of our block of flats. No one knows about it; I’m not really taking it anywhere but around the block. Should I tell her, come what may—or sell it before anyone’s the wiser?
Luke M
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