So we are sitting at our computers, as is often the case of an evening, and she who must be obeyed turns to me and says, with a solemn voice: “I have to tell you something”.
This does not bode well. We have had conversations that start this way before, and they are never easy. So I stop watching my crucial video and pay attention.
I mortgaged my car today. I need to pay for the repairs to my parents’ kitchen. *You’ve mortgaged your car? * Yes. Without discussing with me first? Yes.
Perhaps some background. SWMBO’s parents have a very nice house. Some years ago, they decided to extend to build a bigger kitchen area. Of course they decided to go the cheap route and employ a friend of a friend to do the work. Fast forward to the present and the whole contraption is on the verge of collapse.
Something will have to be done; but there is no rush because her father is currently posted to another part of Thailand and they are unlikely to live there for some time. Right now, her grandmother lives there and she doesn’t need to use the extra space. When we do get round to it, we will need to scope the work, get quotes, and manage a proper builder. We have discussed and agreed this approach. So what the hell was she up to?
Are you going to give the money to your mother? Already done it. But how is she going to manage the project when she live in another part of Thailand? Oh, that’s OK, she will send the cash to my grandmother and she will sort it out.
It was at this point that I pretty much exploded. Her grandmother is hardly capable of managing grocery shopping, let alone house refurbishment. I could easily imagine the scenario where the cash would be quickly wasted and then granny would need even more to money to complete the job. This was a disaster in the making and I spent several minutes telling her so. After I had vented extensively, she interrupted me.
Can I just say something? I suppose so. What? April Fool!!
Damn her. Next year she is going to suffer.
Comments 🔗
2010-04-01| Pete saysClassic!!
2010-04-01| Camberley saysShe knows you too well
2010-04-01| genuinej saysI think you’ve made this up. SWMBO with a sense of humour? Mortgaging a car?? Thai knowledge of the concept of April fool??? You’re having us on, aren’t you????
2010-04-01| Audemars saysYou can try again next month….you can invent May Fool.
2010-04-02| Antz saysWhat’s April got to do with it? :-p
2010-04-02| Spike saysgenuinej, do you really think I would want to be with someone with no sense of humour…. Every word is true, there are only errors of omission as she actually embellished the story more than I have related, with every element designed to wind me up as much as possible. It is possible to obtain loans against a car you own. The Thais call it “mortgage”. After I got into bed and turned out the light she said: “I have already decided how I am going to get you next year. Sleep well”.
2010-04-02| todd saysvery well done indeed
2010-04-02| Billy saysMy congrats to swmbo .. Wonderful!
2010-04-02| Spike saysI must admit that, after the initial desire to throw her out of the window had passed, I was rather impressed with her performance. She then called her best friend who has just acquired a kitten; to tell her that the shop she bought it from had been quarantined because all the pets therein were found to have contracted rabies. A rather cruel trick I thought; but I couldn’t complain because that one was my idea.
2010-04-07| TheSon saysowned.