He loves his old stereo.

Shannon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:29:00 GMT

My husband tends toward practicality and thriftiness. Which is why I thought he'd love the stereo/DVD I brought home from a garage sale. The speakers were tiny, the sound was great, and the price was right.

Plus, we needed a new one. Ken purchased our old stereo before I met him. It has these huge speakers that crackle and play intermittently, depending on the song. Ken kept saying he'd fix it, but he never did. I figured this would solve everything.

But it sat in the storage room. For a year and half. Though we finally hooked it up last night, our conversation today surprised me.

"What should I do with the old stereo?" he asked.

"I don't know... Goodwill?" I shrugged.

"No!" His shocked expression shocked me. "That's a really nice stereo. It sounds really good!"

I was puzzled. I know he paid a lot for it, but that was twenty years ago. We don't have any other twenty-year-old electronic devices in our house. Especially not any that have stopped working. Plus, I know for a fact that he has not listened to his good-sounding stereo in years. I know this because I disconnected its non-working speaker wire.

I found this rare moment of detected sentimentality in my husband so endearing. He loves his old stereo. It's been around for a long time. And it cost him a pretty penny back then. This tells me he'll probably love his old wife, too...even when her voice is all crackly and her brain waves are intermittent. Plus, she's already cost him lots of pretty pennies!

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He loves his old stereo.