Dad talked to dealer this morning

[uclap5]

You have alot of growing up to do. your parents aren't there to give you money or buy you cars, support is not the same thing as money unless you are a single barefoot mother, are u? Your parents are there to teach you lessons in life and give you advice and to teach you have to be a man. You need to get a job and support yourself. You appreciate things much more if you work for them. I see you like you all the time who parents but them and give them everything. It is those kids who turn out to have problems, becasue what they didn't get was love. I would know, I am a social worker.

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Um, economic support is very important. And whoever said thats the only form of support? Read carefully.

I'll support myself when im out of school, thank you very much. thats why im in school, so i can support myself better later. I would say a good education is more important than the lesson learned in having to work 2000 hrs flipping burgers to pay for your own car wouldnt you say?

I sure wouldnt want you as my social worker.

 

[twiztedjeckel]

so does daddy wipe your spoiled ass for you too?

 

[SpecialK]

Get a real f*cking job, uclap and then you have the right to talk. My parents are also rich but unlike ya'll, I have always bought my own cars. Just becasue your parents are rich doesn't mean that is just how it is. Like I said before, you can't talk sense into kids these days. I give up. Grow up clap. Maybe when you graduate you can come talk to me, by the way I am a LMCSW, I paid for all my education and I worked thru it as well. I'm done with you kids.

 

[PA_MP3_Man]

Jesus, SpecialK is definately pissed about this whole father buying him a car thing. My parents aren't rich, but we aren't poor either. They also bought me my first car but it wasn't new. It was an 89 Grand Am that had 156,000 miles and was $500 they bought off a friend. So in perspective it seems only logical that a much richer family would buy their son a much nicer car. I personally think that parents are there to foot the bill, but unfortunately they could only pay half my tuition and I am paying the other half my tuition. I'm freaking 22 and $30,000 in debt already. Gonna be fun working this off. But it's not their fault that their parents are rich. If your parents were rich you'd be lovin the perks of being spoiled too. Except SpecialK who seems to have some resentment towards his parents or something. Please don't take that the wrong way, it just seems like you have some issues there. Well I guess that's enough to piss people off, which seems to be what this thread is doing. Oh well. Just don't take it personal ok.

 

[big_ben]

You guys that are pissed have some inferiority issues. So what, his dad is buying him the car. Don't hate, maybe he is very appreciative, maybe he's spoiled, so what, who cares. If it pisses you off, work your ass off so you can be in that position to buy your kids whatever they want, then don't do it. The way I see it is this. I will also be wealthy one day, when my kids ask me to buy them a car, I'll look long and hard to see if they are assholes, or if they work hard and they appreciate the things I do for them. If they work hard, I'll tell them I'll either pay for the car or the insurance, they can pick. If they are unappreciative assholes, they are on their own.

 

[PA_MP3_Man]

Big Ben, I can't see you raising an unappreciative asshole. You're too well mannered for that . J/k. GL with having a kid. And if you have a girl, she'll have you wrapped around her finger. Like all women have men wrapped around their finger. How do they do that? There must be a secret book or something we don't know about. Hmmm.

 

[big_ben]

And if you have a girl, she'll have you wrapped around her finger.

I just know I'm going to be cursed with all girls. And they are going to be freaking hot. If they look anything like my wife, I'm destined for a life of hell. Little bastards coming to my door wanting to screw my daughter. I'll kill'em all! I'm sure they will be able to make me give them anything they want too, little bitches. Just kidding about the little bitches.(rofl)

 

[MMMatHeart]

You guys that are pissed have some inferiority issues. So what, his dad is buying him the car. Don't hate, maybe he is very appreciative, maybe he's spoiled, so what, who cares. If it pisses you off, work your ass off so you can be in that position to buy your kids whatever they want, then don't do it. The way I see it is this. I will also be wealthy one day, when my kids ask me to buy them a car, I'll look long and hard to see if they are assholes, or if they work hard and they appreciate the things I do for them. If they work hard, I'll tell them I'll either pay for the car or the insurance, they can pick. If they are unappreciative assholes, they are on their own.

Well put. Nuff said.

Perhaps the rest of this child rearing talk would be better placed on Dr. Phil's forum.(drinks) (Note:the drinks are root beer)

 

[bud_d]

hmmm, ya it'd be nice to have rich parents.... I'm 22, I've worked various jobs since I was like 12. I've paid for all 3 cars I've owned, paid for school ( worked full time during). I guess if you're priveleged you're lucky, and I hope that when you finish college you have a high paying job, cause god knows you haven't had an opportunity to learn financial responsibility.

 

[SpecialK]

Sorry to disappoint you, I don't have any resentment issues. Maybe got a little off topic, was just trying to say that if it were going to be his car that he should put a little work into it or the process. So what if he is only 16 and his dad is buying it. It will be his car. I don't take it personally, I think it is funny. You have to have a sense of humor to be a social worker or you won't make it at the job too long. I wasn't trying to hate, just wanted to get my point across.

 

[big_ben]

I see where you are coming from, it does kinda sound like he's spoiled, but if you read his posts, he doesn't sound like he's braging or anything. If he was spoiled, he would have came back cussing some of you out for saying that he was spoiled. Instead, he came back calmly explaining his situation. He doesn't sound like he's unappreciative to me. He sounds level headed. Now as long as he doesn't go out trying to race everyone on the road and kill himself, he might turn out ok when he gets older. If my kids do well in school and show responsibility for their actions when they are at the driving age, I'll buy them a car, but they will pay for the insurance. But I do think that kids shouldn't have high horsepower cars.

 

[SpecialK]

I see where you are coming from Ben. I feel the same way about my kids.

 

[PA_MP3_Man]

I agree big ben. Sorry if I offended you SpecialK I didn't mean to. I think a first car should be a piece of s*** cause I know had those early driving accidents. you know the, too fast in winter and you spin around into a ditch, and all the deer that purposely run into your car cause they don't like the color. It's only natural that your first car is going to get somewhat destroyed from a new driver. I know there are some people that take exception to this rule but not many. I know I totaled my first car not even a year after I got it. It didn't take much to total it but none the less, I ended up on the roof, has anyone else every flipped a car? Its a pretty wild ride. *Kids do not try this at home* Just a little disclamer, i dont want you to go out and flip a car just casue I said it's fun. I didn't get hurt, that's why it was fun. But i was lucky. Alright. Enough of my life story for now.

 

[Theninemilly]

Hey guys....not to piss anyone off, we have seemed to get off the topic of the car here. I understand what everyone is saying and im not gonna get into it b/c i could take up 2 pages worth of writing but im just saying lets get back to the topic, and if you guys wanna futher this discussion make a topic in the "off topic" category.

 

[big_ben]

What was the topic?

 

[twiztedjeckel]

i wonder if i have kids

 

[Allen]

When I was getting out of highschool my dad bought me my first new high horsepowered car!! All of 82 hp at the crank from a Mazda 323!! Woohoo, talk about spoiling me!!!!

Drove that sucker for 10 years before I actually made enough on my own to get a Mazda MP3... talk about moving on up!! (thumb)

 

[big_ben]

My dad bought me my first crack ***** prostitute. Ten years later, I am a full fledged pimp and I have 13 bitches of my own that I smack when they don't give me my money. Pimps up, Ho's down!

 

[Jim Frye]

It's been going on for generations.

When I was in high school, the "rich" kids got GTOs, Z28s, TransAms. RoadRunners, and the like handed to them. One kid got a right hand drive MG! I got my Dad's old 283 '62 Chevy Impala when I needed a car to drive. When my kids got their licenses, they got $2,500 "starter" cars while the kid next door got a brand new Grand Prix GT and the kid down the street got a brand new TransAm. My nephew is driving a clapped out Escort to the privite high school he attends while his classmates are driving Beemers and other high end cars. He takes a load of crap for it, but his dad can't afford a newer car for him. Nothing you can do about it and if you stew on it, you'll just get more upset.
The thing that really upsets me is that nearly all of those new drivers trashed their brand new rides through accidents or misuse within a year. Now if "Daddy" can afford that kind of waste, I guess it's ok. I find it a bad lesson in life. Jim

 

[Allen]

Well if the dealer wasn't blowing out of his rear, then Mazdaspeed will arrive as early as this Friday... but also possible by Tuesday.... weeeeee..... not that I'm getting one.

Just remember, don't be revving on me when you, Mazdaspeeders, happen to stop next to me at the lights. I ain't got no boost juice so you gonna spank me if we race. Plus, you not suppose spank a fellow Mazda brother. Just honk and wave, peace.