Carcissism

I think there is a gaping hole in the English language where excessive love of one's personal property quietly resides unnamed. Well not anymore! We've all seen these people and their precious automobiles. We're inundated with commercials showing smiling faces on actors and actresses paid to portray this. I'm talking about vehicular vanity, automobile affinity, yes even Carcissism.

And like vanity elsewhere, we're told to be proud of ourselves because of who we are on the inside while at the same time we esteem the outwardly beautiful people too highly. The same is clearly true for our cars. The man in the Corvette isn't driving a vehicle, he's driving a statement about himself. The woman in the mustang isn't driving a grocery getter, she's driving an attention getter. We tolerate to some extent the vain behavior of pretty people but in the same way that we ignore the plain and ordinary faces randomly on the street, we overlook the sedan, the station wagon and yes, the minivan. Well I'm here to tell you to ignore the small voices of superficial people and allow yourselves a little pride of your own. It is your world, however filled with soccer practices and band trips. Relax and take no heed of the roads crowded with sports cars and ostentatious SUVs, there will always be room on the road for your minivan(-ity).