The War in Iran Is Coming for Your Retail Therapy

Gas prices are only the start. Your moisturizer, your Asics, and your summer vacation are next.

Bottom line: the cost of Retail Therapy is going to get way more expensive for us all.

Nothing in life is more boring than filling up the car with gas, although drying my hair comes close. So I put it off as long as possible. It’s not the money — it’s the standing there at the pump, always in slow-mo mode, baffled as to why technology hasn’t given it some pep.

The empty tank light doesn’t faze me. It’s only when the car starts offering to look for a gas station that I take action. And before you even think about it — don’t. I’ve already heard from every guy I know who insists on mansplaining to me about how I’m hurting the motor.

So when I finally got around to doing the deed, I stood there watching the numbers climb: $79. I would have preferred a sushi dinner for one, or half a facial. All of which made me wonder — what’s this war in Iran that I didn’t start actually costing me?