I Sold My Dream Car and Bought a Baby Stroller

I sold my dream car to move to Spain.  A 2018 metallic-blue Subaru Outback. All wheel drive, capable of any terrain in the continental U.S.  Bachelor road trip ready. Destination vacation good to go.  I felt so much freedom when I drove that thing around.  And I believe there’s a piece of me my wife will never know because she never saw me in that driver’s seat plowing down snowy roads.  She never saw me in that thrilling experience of lone wolf freedom and power.

This week I replaced my dream car with a baby stroller!  It is hard to imagine a more drastic change.  We are 4 months away from launch and Jeni found the perfect deal on wallapop.  I am thrilled to say that we bought the Subaru Outback of baby strollers.

A recent model stroller in relaxing pine green (sorry baby girl).  Wheels built for all sorts of terrain.  The description literally explained how to adjust the setup for sand and for snow.  This thing has shock absorbers, sun protection, rain protection, and power steering (okay the last one’s not true, but the rest are legit). 

     I think there is a part of me that hopes this stroller comes with a guarantee of some independence and freedom, a sensation like I had behind the driver’s wheel of my dream car.  But I know that the next few years will be a journey away from independence, further into connected living.

      Despite the new limits, I think this is going to be amazing! The journey from engagement to married life sure has been.  I think I tell my wife every month “I never knew it could be like this!”    

     My life is full of happiness I never knew, even with the independence I left behind.  Because of the independence I left behind!  I think that raising a child is going to feel a bit like this first massive change.  Shocking adjustments abandoning lone wolf independence, that lead to happinesses I have never known!