New Car

I'M not getting another new car, but Will has hit another milestone or rite of passage. To be fair, he did research and buy the last one, but I think Den went with him, and it was a cheaper, private party purchase. This time he went to a dealership. He researched, bargained for and finally purchased this car. It's been fun to get online with him while he showed us different cars. He's phoned us and talked about test driving. He's called the bank and filled out loan papers only to find that the dealer's bank, unbelievably, will give him a better rate. We've talked about money, financing, payments. But he did it all on his own. It's so tempting for parents, even parents of adult children, to want to "help", but it's so much better when the "child" does it on his own. Makes us all feel good!

So sometime today I'm going to take him to the dealership to pick up his 2008 Mazda6. He's pretty happy about it.