This reminded me of back in 1998, my wife comes home one night really upset. She had been driving the 97 and there was only minor damage to the mirror which we easily replaced. The conversation that night went something like this I $h!t you not:

Me "You look upset. Is something wrong?"

Her "Yes. I'm driving home and come over this hill and I see this horse running down the middle of the highway and this pickup starts to swerve into my lane, then all hell breaks loose and I hit the horse with the car." At this point she looks like she might cry and gents...my wife ain't no weepy type of woman.

Get ready cuz here's one of those epic mistakes where you know you've f-d up and there is absolutely no recovering from.

Me "Oh my God!:
(pause)
Me "Is the car ok?"

I am still reminded occasionally to this day that the proper order of things goes something like this : Wife > other people > animals > car...not the other way around. For those who havent learned that, commit it to memory and your life will be easier.

 

There was a lot more the night before the pics where taken, it lightly rained during the night. I hit it's front leg area with my headlight area, it swung the whole body around, rump caved in the fender, and sht went spraying everywhere. It had hopped out from between 2 cars while I was going down a 1 way street, never even let of the gas at 35ish...

And it never got cleaned. Went to the bone yard

 

UPDATE!!!!

Called my gf's uncle today and the insurance adjuster got there on 3/30 (******* insurance company never called to tell me), and they approved a hood, fender, headlight, and new door with all hardware (gt/cs stripe etc.). So I sent payment to a member on here for a headlight for $50 and I just ordered my Cervini Cobra R hood!!! I hope to have the car back within a week or 2

 

first i understand why she might get pissed if you asked about the car first. but im of two minds on this.

i see that and understand that you need to make sure the wife is ok first.

but clearly if shes standing there talking to you about it then it should be obvious from the look of her as to whether or not shes ok. so you can get that information without asking.

but for the wife i guess asking is a requirement regardless of whether or not you already know the answer to the question.