When we first started dating (in our 30s), my now-wife thought I was broke as I was driving a 20 year-old, 100K+ mile Alfa Romeo. I loved the car; she just saw

When we first started dating (in our 30s), my now-wife thought I was broke as I was driving a 20 year-old, 100K+ mile Alfa Romeo. I loved the car; she just saw it as old and a little ratty.