You mean you would have gone with me to buy the car? I didn't invite him!
It's a 2007 Saturn SUV with 26K miles on it (still under original warranty). Got it for $18,000. It's dark green. Odd you should mention vermilion-- that would have been my first choice in color, too.
Today bf was out at his cabin-- the way I knew this was when the dogs showed up at my back door. I called him and asked him if he wanted to see the new car. He said sure, so I drove over. He liked it a lot, said I got a really good deal. Then I asked if he wanted to go to the grocery store with me. He said, no, he's got too many things to do, "after all, tonight is Christmas Dinner." I said, "Oh?" He said, "Oh I guess I didn't have time to tell you. At mom's apartment. Both girls will be there." He has always been notorious for this! He and his kids would come up with some plans and no one would tell me... I was always invited, it's just that no one would bother to INVITE me.
This whole thing is becoming SOOOO clear.
OTOH, his mom has been having intermittent episodes of severe pain at the base of her ear (back of the jaw). I find this very worrisome... she could last another couple of years, or she might not make it through the weekend... impossible to say.