I met my wife when good friends brought her along when I invited them for sailing/whale watching. She loved boating, but I had a crappy little boat that I liked

I met my wife when good friends brought her along when I invited them for sailing/whale watching. She loved boating, but I had a crappy little boat that I liked because it was so low in monetary value that I didn’t think twice about taking it to Mexico for fishing and general fun anchoring in Bahia de Tondos Santos. My wife didn’t particularly care for my crappy little boat but fortunately she liked the captain. Anyway, 35 years ago we found a boat we liked at a boat show but it was $45K new and would have needed another $5K of gear. We didn’t get it, but a year later we found the same boat used that had definite wear and tear, but at half the price. We enjoyed that boat for almost ten years, and sold it at a good price. I have always been grateful for how well that turned out.