Use your own money to do it (i.e. not out of the 'community pool' for the kid and such). Sometimes you've just gotta do what you've just gotta do. (Or buy, in this case). Just get the bike, then don't bat an eye when she wants to splurge on something for herself.
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No matter what happens now
You shouldn't be afraid
Because I know today has been the most perfect day I've ever seen.
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