For many years I drove around with a gold chain license plate frame. It was an ironic hipster purchase made in my mid-twenties which later became a convenient way for my husband and me to recognize our car, a common make and color combo, in a crowded parking lot. Friends who met me as a mid-thirties mother would confess that upon seeing it for the first time, they’d ask themselves, “What’s up with the license plate bling?”
Last month I bought a new (used) car and sold my old one, along with the often mocked gold chain frame. The end of an era. Ryan and I bought that car together although we were not actually engaged. It was our first legal commitment.
On Valentine’s Day, he presented me with a surprise. Yes, there’s a little irony in the concept, but also complete sincerity in his support of what I’m doing in this space. Here’s how I roll now.
As an aside, having my license plate saved as a photo on my phone is a brilliant life hack. Now I can look it up whenever I need it.
P.S. For those of you worried about my security, I have transposed numbers in this photo so that this is not my actual plate number. I have no idea what the threat might be, given that anyone who walks by my house has access to these digits, but I see them blurred on reality shows, so I figured I better not share my secret license plate numbers on the Internet.
That’s an awesome present!
Awww. Did he buy me one too?
That is awesome…my husband got me a newspaper subscription:). And to many it may be a gift fail, but what he really got me was a year of leisurely Sunday mornings over coffee and pancakes without having to run out or go without my beloved Sunday paper:). And for the record….I may have given him new underwear….:/
The perfect present – what a supportive guy!
Love this! (and way to be extra secure with the fake number… safety first!)
I absolutely love the idea of a something a little flashier than normal, with a fun story, being part of your otherwise normal life. Putting something like that on your car is fantastic.
Oh, and good call on rearranging your numbers. I don’t know what the actual risk would be either, but I do follow the same practice that if a reality show is regularly doing it, it’s time to be aware and follow suit.
I asked my husband why they blur the license plates… he said it was because you can get addresses and names with the plate info, which anyone can do walking past your car. But they blur them on TV because since it is an identifier they have to have a release to show it.
I don’t know if it is 100% correct but sounded good to me 🙂