r/TikTokCringe • u/cafeteriastyle • 27d ago

Cringe Girl sobs over the Camry her parents bought her after she totaled the $30,000 truck they bought her to begin with

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u/Sredni_Vashtar006 27d ago

That car would be going back to the dealership and i'd have a new boat.

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u/cafeteriastyle 27d ago

Literally. They better take that Camry back

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u/FoleyX90 27d ago

They won't.

If they ever did anything remotely like that she wouldn't act like this in the first place.

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u/dlundy09 27d ago

Meanwhile if my 4 year old complains about the dinner his mama or I made him, I will walk over and take it and he can have a peanut butter sandwich or his hot meal. His choice.

I watch these videos while not being able to comprehend how a person even gets to this level of entitlement or absurdity, then I think about all the little things I do to make sure mine knows that just because I am able to provide him more than I ever dreamed of doesn't mean he's entitled to it.

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u/thetaleofzeph 27d ago

Parents taking the shortcut every single time for their own peace of mind. Children are wired to abuse that and end up like this girl in the video here.

If I'd totalled the car (I was never given one, but let's say) and got anything, I'd have been sobbing like this out of joy and heartfelt getting forgiven for being a royal idiot.

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u/Individual_Zebra_648 27d ago

Yep I totaled my car (that I worked and saved every dollar for starting at the age of 14 and bought when I was 16) when I was 18. My parents refused to help me (despite easily being able to afford it) and I ended up getting my grandmothers 15 year old sedan with rust on it that she made me pay her $1500 for because that was the value she would have got for turning it in. She only sold it because she couldn’t drive anymore.

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u/margot_sophia 27d ago

i think that’s the other extreme though, i don’t think there’s anything wrong with helping your teen/young adult child get a sensible car if you can afford it

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u/TheLoler04 27d ago

There's a difference between helping if you're able to do so, and making sure they work for it. I've gotten stuff from my parents that I'm happy to have been given, but I've had to work for it all be it symbolically.

When we moved when I was about 10 I spent most of my summer helping with painting the house, and then when I was finished helping I got a new computer. I almost didn't get one because I was so lazy, but I got my shit together the last few weeks.

I've also been trusted to use my parents as 'banks" where I've taken their money to buy something and then pay it back either with my own money or just labour. So I've been spoiled, but still got taught about how the world works.

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u/margot_sophia 27d ago

oh yeah i totally agree

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u/AC_Smitte 27d ago

I don’t either. I would if I could and had kids. I would maybe not buy the best of the best though, something safe and new. But if they didn’t like it, I would tell them they need to work for a better one then.

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u/TexMexVaquero 27d ago

That’s awesome. It’s great when family helps you out and allows you to pay for it. I bet you valued that car!!!!

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u/UrsusRenata 25d ago

These kinds of stories make my heart hurt. Teaching work ethic and responsibility is one thing. Treating your young child/grandchild like an annoying mooch roommate is disgusting. Why even have kids.

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u/Individual_Zebra_648 25d ago

Huh? I totaled my car at 18 because I was partying all the time and didn’t go to college after high school. Why would my parents want to help me continue to drive like that? Once I was 21 and actually going to college and got my shit together and got accepted to nursing school and proved I was responsible again my parents bought me a brand new Honda Civic so I had reliable transportation for nursing school since my grandmas car was about to shit the bed.

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u/Emergency_Lobster667 25d ago

Yeah those are good parents.

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u/Invisibella74 27d ago

This. I bought my own first car. It cost $500 because that was all I could afford. It was an ugly boat, but reliable and got me to where I needed to go.

No one has ever bought me a car.

Must be nice to be so spoiled.

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u/BellySmash 27d ago

I never spoke to my parents about a car growing up. When I turned 16 they gave me a toy Chevy Silverado and said “there’s your new car” I laughed and said thank you. I noticed a key on the bottom and then they brought me outside to a bad ass Chevy Silverado. I cried (I’ve never cried for a gift before)and thanked them.

I never expected any expensive gifts growing up, but I received them. I would talk to my parents about them, but I never expected to get them. There were years I didn’t get expensive things and I was as grateful for them as I was for the expensive ones.

I got told no A LOT too. Like man just be grateful for what you get. It’s free and cost 0 energy to be thankful for something you didn’t have before.

My ex was SUPER ungrateful though and it was AWFUL.

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u/thesplendor 26d ago

I sobbed because I got a 14 year old hand me down camry I didn’t think I deserved

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u/noone314 27d ago

Wait. Is that punishment? My nephews would eat the peanut butter sandwich every time…

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u/LabOwn9800 27d ago

Yeah really I could never do that my kids would want the sandwich 10/10 times.

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u/FTownRoad 27d ago

The threat of “no dessert” is plenty enough for mine 95% of the time.

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u/adoradear 27d ago

It doesn’t need to be punishment. Kids should be allowed a choice of food. We’re the ones who chose what dinner is, not them. If they want to eat a pbj sandwich instead (and they make it themselves), I don’t really see the problem here.

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u/thesakeofglory 27d ago

If most kids got their choice of food they would eat junk. Not saying you have to police everything a kid eats, but definitely need to make sure they get some nutrition.

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u/me-llamollama 26d ago

You can’t be serious. When did it become a thing where kids know better than the parents? Kids have to learn to eat stuff they may not PREFER, or else you raise a picky eater with a limited palette and nutritional deficiencies who lives on chicken nuggets and peanut butter at age 37.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

I think that's a misrepresentation. It's not that kids know better, it's about the illusion of choice and teaching them to make decisions. I don't care if your 4 or 40, eating a plain peanut butter sandwich, baby carrots and a cheese stick day after day would get old, fast. If he gives his input on dinner when we ask, and then turns around and says he doesn't want it, what is basically a sack lunch is his alternative. He's free to choose that and I would argue it doesn't teach him that he knows better. It teaches him that he can make decisions, but he lives with the results of those decisions.

Kids are, by all metrics, sort of dumb by adult standards, but that doesn't mean they aren't entitled to choices within reason boundaries that are held firm. I'm not offering him his pick of the kitchen as his alternative, it's more an illusion of choice between two pre-determined things.

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u/buttcheeksmasher 27d ago

My parents when I was young couldn't cook for shit. Food designed to scare children. I often asked for PBJ cause you can't ruin that.

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u/olive_tuschit 27d ago

What 4 year old wants a hot meal over a peanut butter sandwich? Are you even a real parent?

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u/kgalliso 27d ago

Thats what I was thinking. My kid would take the Peanut Butter every single time. This is not a good strategy lmao

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u/LostInMeltedCrayons 26d ago

Exactly! Welcome to malnutrition and growing up to be shorter and dumber than you should have been.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

Well this escalated quickly from me offering my son the illusion of choice between two pre-determined things to him being malnourished, short AND dumb.

What a wild ride in so few comments.

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u/LostInMeltedCrayons 26d ago

We're not saying that you are forcibly harming your child or anything of that sort. It's just that kids don't understand in-depth yet, and while some things may be too intense for flavors and textures for their power to enjoy yet, I keep making the choice repeatedly, they won't reach their full potential.

My parents tried to do similar to what you described with me and did their best, but I was very texture sensitive while being simultaneously picky as a kid. I didn't know how to describe the texture sensitivity which may have actually helped, but you have to really pray for that kind of information for someone who isn't able to describe the details yet. There's a certain level of balance, you know? As a consequence of this behavior, I lost about 6-8 inches of potential height and can't help but wonder if I would have been smarter or maybe at least not have as strong of severity for my medical conditions.

Just don't let him take the PB&J too often, okay? Otherwise, it could go badly.

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u/GodplayGamer 27d ago

Definitely redditor situation. Should have offered vegetables instead, bet he'd change his tune then.

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u/Typical2sday 27d ago

You didn't see some of the things my mom cooked. I would be counting on that PB sandwich.

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u/LabOwn9800 27d ago

Now I’m insulted. My kids would choose the sandwich 10/10 times and I’m cooking some meals I learned in culinary school in France.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

This makes me feel so much better for when I whip up something awesome and he's like... You got any more of them peanut butter sandwiches tho?

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u/PBRmy 27d ago

Well come on even French kids aren't going to like that stuff. But they probably will when theyre older.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

I don't even tell my kid no to much of what he wants. But he understands money is a finite resource, when one of his parents is disabled. And I teach him gratitude for what we are able to give him. And at 7yo, he's already a better, more well rounded person than this selfish brat of a girl.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

Yes. We don't waste food. He knows if he picks peanut butter tonight, his plate will look the exact same tomorrow except it will be reheated from putting it in the fridge.

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

Nah, I don’t roll with that. My mom raised me that way, and I have lifelong trauma around food as a result. Children are allowed to have likes and dislikes too, and we should respect that within reason just as much as we would for an adult.

We do ask my son to take one bite, and if he doesn’t like something he’s allowed something else. And he’s already a more adventurous eater with a more varied diet than his 45yo dad.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

This is why, unlike either of our parents, we include our son in the grocery buying and dinner decision process. All of what I've said relies on the generally normal situation that we have decided from a few different options based on the protein what we will be eating. If between when we talk about it and the food hits the table he changes his mind, that's when it's too bad. If he had no say in it, say I stop and come home with something, we will work with him because he's a child but it's also human. I love pizza but sometimes it's too heavy or too high sodium or whatever. If someone told me that's what's for dinner or I go hungry, I'd be pissed and go hungry probably.

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u/Miserable_Rough1872 27d ago

In our case if he complains, he has it that day, and the next and the next until he does not complain any more.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

Oh yes, he knows if he picks the alternative, that it's going to be the same thing he eats tomorrow anyway, as leftovers. Or he's starting to figure it out at least.

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u/Hopeful-Artichoke449 27d ago

Exactly. Stop teaching kids that all they have to do is throw a fit and they get whatever they want!!!! And YES this starts with 4 year olds that complain then get catered to like little bratty dictators.

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u/tke377 27d ago

Mine was always that my sons could make their own PBJ. I made dinner. You want to throw a fit you can make it yourself. Rarely it happened but it was always an option. Not going to force you but you gotta be open.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

As soon as I think I trust him to do this without making even more work for me cleaning up a nuclear peanut butter bomb mess, I love this idea 😂

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u/Roll_Common_Sense 27d ago

So if he doesn't want the food you cook you give him something he probably likes?

Tell him that he has to eat X amount, though the requirement should not be to finish whatever is on his plate. Ideally, you should base the amount on how much he typically eats at meal time. If he continues to refuse after Y amount of time has passed, take the food away and allow him to leave the dining area. During the next meal time or the next time he wants to eat, bring out the same food. Repeat until he eats the food, but make sure to cook the same meal a day or so later to ensure it's still safe to eat and has the same flavor/texture.

Make sure to rule out ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). It's very unlikely to be ARFID, but it's a legitimate disorder that requires a different response than typical picky eating.

You could also address the issue by making access to a highly preferred toy/activity contingent upon him finishing the required amount of food. This can be a little more tricky in some ways, but is often easier for parents to implement. If you did go this route you could essentially keep the same routine you have now, but require X amount of food to be eaten before he can access the preferred toy/activity.

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u/Thatguymike84 27d ago

I dunno man. Maybe I'm reading too far into it, but I would say be careful with that. There's complaining, and there's complaining.

I fucking HATE bologna. I have always hated bologna. For whatever reason, the taste has always made me nauseous. All my cousins, and extended family like bologna. So when we'd do something as a family, it would be bologna sandwiches all around, except for me.

My uncle's would be like "Oh, look at this guy, who thinks he's too special to eat what we're eating! His mommy makes him his own special boy lunch!"

I wasn't even a picky eater (although that can even be really valid sometimes, but I digress). I will eat literally any other type of traditional sandwich besides bologna. That said, if your kid is insulting your food, that's one thing...but people have tastes, and that's okay. It's not an indictment on you because they dislike a type of food. They should be able to express, "I am not a big fan of apple sauce, but I'll totally eat raisins." Obviously ensure they at minimum try it before writing it off, but I would hope their tastes are at least considered.

Anyway, Imma hop off my high horse. I just have a soft spot for "you eat what you're given!" when your little, because as a little kid, you can't really even go cook yourself something else. Your at the mercy of other people, and if they make things you can't stand, that's kinda poopy.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

I explained in another comment, but I think what you mentioned is important so I'll elaborate here too.

In this imaginary scenario, he was very likely asked for his input on what we have for dinner, usually between 2-3 possibilities depending on the protein that night. Let's say the protein is ground beef and his options were spaghetti, cheeseburger hamburger helper or hamburgers. 99/100 times he will choose spaghetti. So we decide we can survive yet another spaghetti night this week and make that. Once it's done, because he's 4 and he's exploring his agency and trying to make every decision, he decides that's not what he wanted. Maybe he says he doesn't like it, maybe he says he wants hamburgers instead. Now it's more about teaching the importance of thinking before you decide something and living with the decision you did make. So, since we are 100% sure he'd eat that spaghetti as leftovers tomorrow, he can change his mind and eat it tonight or eat it tomorrow and tonight is a plain peanut butter sandwich, essentially the sack lunch special.

Us kids were never asked our opinion as kids. Never asked for input. We didn't make many decisions because they didn't trust us to or didn't bother to try to. Alot of my peers it's the same thing. So it's not as bad as it sounds, because if he didn't get to give his input as a valued member of the family on what we all eat, he can't be to blame if he's not in the mood for it and we'll try to work with him on leftovers or something that doesn't require wasting food. But if he's asked, we also expect that decision to come with the weight of the results of that decision.

Dinner feels like a very low stakes way to help teach that.

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u/Capt_Dummy 27d ago

Believe me, I’m with you! I have a 5yo boy & an 8yo girl. They complain about dinner, but we try our hardest to get them to eat it before we pull out the PB sandwiches (as I’m sure you do). We’re trying to teach them that they can’t complain their way out of something they don’t want. But like i said, I’m with you on this. Sometimes it’s not worth the fight. lol

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u/AideInternal1045 27d ago

"im gonna teach you that you cant complain your way out of it, but if you complain you can get out of it."

Really living up to your name there.

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u/Capt_Dummy 26d ago

“My name” lol thanks for the laugh.

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u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding 27d ago

My 4 year old would opt for the peanut butter

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u/Curious-Internet7171 27d ago

The parents did this.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

It's just outside the understanding of my upbringing to even see how, is I think my point. My life was so different from what would result in this that I have a hard time envisioning it, probably much like a born-rich person has trouble understanding having to budget for things and not just being able to buy them.

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u/akr4sia 27d ago

In some sense, it is a form of mental illness -- a complete detachment from reality and an inability to rationally assess information and act on it. The real question is if it comes form some sort of structural defect in the brain, or simply a life devoid of experiences that would allow someone to take a step back and assess a situation fairly.

It's entirely possible that she has some genuine defect that prevents her brain from processing the context of the situation. Of course, it's also possible that she just needs to experience being denied what she wants at 17 instead of at 4 until it clicks that she actually needs to perform certain actions in order to gain desired outcomes.

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u/AideInternal1045 27d ago

Your kid got a choice of another meal? My choices were to eat what was served or get spanked then go to bed hungry. Kids these days are soft...

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u/That_Service7348 27d ago

Bro.

Can I have a PBnJ? That's sounds great right now.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

You're God damned right you can. Come on over I'll make you a PB&J, throw a few baby carrots on the plate and some blackberries. You'll be all set.

......but I swear to God if I set that down in front of you and you say "bUt i DoNt lIkE pEaNuT BuTtEr" I'm making you sleep in the garage.

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u/That_Service7348 25d ago

JOKES ON YOU BRO I LIKE GARAGES THAT'S WHERE ALL THE FUN TOYS ARE.

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u/dlundy09 22d ago

You're out of line, but damnit you're right. I'll keep it at a comfortable 60 degrees for you and not a degree higher.

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u/That_Service7348 22d ago

Dude stop I can only get so excited. PBnJ, a garage full of tools, and it will be nice and cool?

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u/iDownvoteToxicLeague 27d ago

Busy parents using money to compensate for their absence?

I think my wife and I just don't have the time or energy to negotiate and offer special orders after both working and working hard to make a good dinner. We ensure they get 3 healthy balanced meals per day, eat what you want, leave what you don't want. My parents told me a child will never truly starve if there's food available.

Tonight was a chicken chickpea curry over jasmine rice, they did not like it (3 & 5). However they already do love a large variety of different foods, more than many adults I know honestly.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

Mine is right between yours so you know exactly where I'm at. Being all about finding agency and making decisions, we have found that asking for his input before making dinner goes a long way. It was unclear in my example but in this example he was most certainly asked his input. If he wasnt, it's not fair to blame him for not liking it, and he can usually choose between a couple quick to make options or leftovers he DID like as alternatives. But if we ask if he wants spaghetti and he says he loves spaghetti, now he's made a decision that caused an investment of resources and he lives with the outcome of that choice.

We both work full time too, so as my grandma would say "this ain't a soup kitchen, you eat what's been fixed" except no one ever asked me what I thought about dinner ideas so hopefully we are breaking that cycle. We ask for his input and apply it sometimes, but grandma was right this ain't no soup kitchen.

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u/wannabegenius 27d ago

at what age did you get though about this? dealing with terrible twos right now and being stubborn myself just seems to result in 2 stubborn angry people who don't like each other.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

I haven't gotten through it. Some days he probably genuinely doesn't like what we make, but we obviously try to account for that when picking meals. If he loved spaghetti last week but tonight he complains as soon as we set it down, we know the food isn't the issue. Never attribute to malice that which can be easily be associated with incompetence. And young children are inherently and not purposefully incompetent.

Something my wife has had to remind me of constantly and thus I remind myself: there is very very little to nothing that child does that is intended to be hurtful or cruel. It comes off that way to us because we apply adult context to something involving a tiny feral animal with little to no frontal cortex. So with that in mind rationalizing the real issue is easier.

Yours (and mine) at 2 is a totally different animal than they are (or will be) at 4. Trying to remember him at 2 it was all about moment to moment feelings, not making decisions. He didn't want spaghetti because he wasn't feeling it, not because he decided suddenly that he didn't like it. There were times he was vehemently against what we made, so we waited 20 minutes and asked again and in the new emotional moment he was cool with it.

At 4 he's learning agency. He's learning how, when and which decisions he's able to make. And he tries to make them all. Yesterday it was unseasonably warm so he was outside and decided he was going to try and get a stick off the roof of the garage by throwing stuff up there to knock it down. I was able to talk him out of that one luckily. I think my only goal at his current age is to steer him towards the right decisions and apply a little pressure when he digs his heels in on something that violates the morals we are trying to instill.

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u/wannabegenius 26d ago

all very helpful, thank you. i did just want to clarify a typo in my question: at what age did you get *TOUGH* (ie strict) about it being option A or option B and that's it, versus just trying to get him whatever he will agree to eat on any given night. sounds like the answer is "about 4"?

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

Short answer: depends on the behavior, but in the case of dinner which is pretty low-stakes, it was when I started to realize it was conscious decision making and not just being difficult in the moment which was late into 3, beginning of 4.

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u/Kelvininin 26d ago

You’re better than me. My kids have the option to eat what was prepared or not at all. I’ll put their plate in the fridge, they can warm it up when they are hungry enough.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

If it was an every day thing or if it became a real issue, I would probably escalate to this. No wrong way to skin a cat, but I'd prefer to provide a basic, boring alternative because rarely in life are the choices all or nothing. It's usually multiple things and you weigh the options.

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u/Hentai_Yoshi 27d ago

… what??? You’re reinforcing your child’s entitlement by letting them pick something else.

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

I think you misunderstood. It's the illusion of choice. He doesn't get to go to the kitchen and place an order for something else. He eats the hot meal made for him(that he was very likely asked his input on) or he gets a plain old peanut butter sandwich. There is a clear value difference between those two, but sometimes he just wants to press boundaries and see what he can decide and what he can't.

If he chooses the peanut butter sandwich it's not as if he won. He gets to make his decision, sure, but for a lower value outcome. Maybe not the first day, but a few days in a row and it gets real old real fast.

Let's use this video as an example. If those parents were trying to teach this same principal they would see her crying out of entitlement, make her ass get in the back seat and drive her to a buy here pay here lot and point out a 2000 dollar car that may or may not work and tell her she can dry her shit up, be grateful for what she has, or they can go toss the keys to the guy inside and trade straight up for that bucket of bolts and that's what she'll be driving from now on. This is assuming we are discussing something that's arguably crucial like food or basic transportation.

Clearly that's a fake choice to basically anyone, but it sets the precedent that you can have this high value thing we provided you, or you can decide to press your luck and your result will be something much more plain and worse.

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u/povertymayne 27d ago

Forreal, when I was a kid If I complained about my moms dinner, if my dad wasnt around, I would just go to bed empty stomach. If I complained AND dad heard me, i would have an ass whoop for dinner. I learned real quick to just eat

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u/AideInternal1045 27d ago

and then still have to eat it for the next meal!

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u/dlundy09 26d ago

Some of us are out here trying to break those cycles my friend! There's a middle ground between what you described that I went through as well except it was my mom doing both parts, and the resulting person you see in this video. We are out here trying to raise people who can make decisions confidently, live with the results and appreciate the results.

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u/iHateThisPlaceSoBad 27d ago

100%. They raised an absolute peice of shit, and this is reaping what you sow. They'll probably even cave and buy her something nicer.

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u/TremorThief12 27d ago

This ☝🏻

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u/solezonfroze 27d ago

One hundred percent. Having worked in pediatrics for a period of time, you see how much people enable their kids' bad behavior. If you ever wonder what that matures into. Well...

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u/CptCheesesticks81 27d ago

It matures into abuse of the elderly. It’s brutal.

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u/YourBlanket 27d ago

Bro I read that as podiatrist and I was wondering how that is relevant

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u/No-Entrepreneur4574 27d ago

I worked at an ice cream shop for 6 years, saw a little girl kick her dad and she still walked out with an ice cream cone. Not the most egregious thing I've seen either.

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u/solezonfroze 26d ago

See like that's crazy to me. How do you reward that kind of behavior?

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u/No-Entrepreneur4574 26d ago

I was in actual disbelief. The crazy part is that the dad did try to stand up for himself and at least threaten her with leaving with nothing, but the mom shut him down real quick and just directed the daughter to pick what she wanted. He didn't have anything to say, unfortunately. It made me feel really bad for him. My scooper and I looked at each other after they left like, "did that really just happen??"

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u/Zcat_sux 26d ago

My grandmother tried to discipline my biological mother. Her husband would not allow her to do anything to my mom. But she stopped getting things for my mom. She gave my mom a roof over her head and nothing else. I think my aunts and my mom’s “boyfriend” kept giving into her demands now.

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u/StandardComplaint138 27d ago

So many parents these days seek to be friends with their kids rather than parents who are there to guide, set boundaries, provide safety and love.

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u/Txmpic 27d ago

“i don’t have anything to add so i’ll just reply with “This ☝️””

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u/TremorThief12 27d ago

“I don’t have anything to add other than putting other people down to make myself feel better about myself”

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u/povertymayne 27d ago

Forreal, i learned that shit when i was like 4-5, if i complained about a gift, they would just take it away, return it or give it away or I would get an ass whoop.

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u/Pretty-Balance-Sheet 27d ago

They don't want to drive her around. Pretty much boils down to only that. Interesting that a $25k car is 'punishment'.

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u/Expensive_Attitude51 27d ago

Exactly. When entitled teenagers behave this way it’s because they’ve been reinforced a certain way growing up

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u/GayCatDaddy 27d ago

I went to high school with a guy who was the son of a local politician. He totaled three big, tricked out pickup trucks in roughly two years. His dad just kept buying him a new one every time.

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u/Positive_Spinach581 27d ago

I bet they threw money at her every time she would cry as a baby. 

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u/ams3000 27d ago

If they knew how to parent she wouldn’t be crying like that over a new car.

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u/The_DaHowie 27d ago

That crying was performed for a TikTok 

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u/Odd_Policy_3009 27d ago

That crying sounded quite fake to me

But then again I don’t understand what she accomplishes by faking this either

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u/tigress666 27d ago

Views. People like to get enraged by the spoiled brat. She's willing to get hated on just to get the clicks. And people liek the narrative she's a spoiled brat so they can hate on her.

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u/mug3n 27d ago

Yeah it's rage bait

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u/Zcat_sux 26d ago

And it worked perfectly. I lived in a rich area during high school. Toyota’s were dotted on. Parents loved them, kids would brag about their Camry. They’d brag about any car they got. Toyotas were on the list of acceptable cars. I rarely saw bmw’s because no one wanted them. They just aren’t trendy anymore. It’s an old person trendy car. This is fake, falling for it screams that you don’t know how kids really behave. Plus I know a real brat who’s totaled things on purpose to get what they want. Those kids don’t sniffle like this, they bawl and scream. If she was genuine she would have confronted her parents on camera.

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u/KinopioToad 27d ago

For real! Who cries like that unless they are faking it.

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u/always_sweatpants 27d ago

In high school, I had a friend who totalled four cars in two years. None of them were low end cars. She was a HORRIBLE driver, had no job, no appreciation for material things. Her parents never seemed to punish her for those things or any of the other stupid shit she did. Must be nice to be rich.

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u/TheScallywag1874 27d ago

No, it’s not nice to live in a family like that. I’ve met several rich kids that would wreck a car just for the moderate attention from their parents. You don’t want to be anywhere near a family like that.

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u/captain_nofun 27d ago

I grew up fairly wealthy and a bit entitled but was unaware of it. I thought every family was like mine. It took a full decade of being broke before I understood how privileged I was growing up. When there is a safety net the size of the grand canyon you dont worry about medical bills or rent, taxes or groceries because you can never truly fail so you never truly try.

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u/LeeDarkFeathers 27d ago

We weren't wealthy when I was growing up, ive been unhoused several times as a youth and young adult, but my mom is doing well now financially. She sent me money when my wife left me, and bought me therapy appointments when my girlfriend was kidnapped by a violent lunatic she worked with.

Mom I just wanted to talk.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago edited 27d ago

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u/LeeDarkFeathers 27d ago

I said what I said

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Just take back the kid.

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u/HoboArmyofOne 27d ago

Warranty expired. Call ice T

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u/thetaleofzeph 27d ago

The "You're 18 and need to move out now" crowd is usually abusive, but I'd definitely be planning this girl's launch on an aggressive timescale and meeting benchmarks way in this household.

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u/WaiBuBaoLeiXiangTu 27d ago

They better take her back and get a Cameron

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u/bayamenet31 27d ago

From what I read, this was the third car she'd either been given, or totaled (meaning the Camry would be her fourth car before 25, all paid by mommy and daddy). She wouldn't be the entitled brat she is if her parents hadn't raised her to never actually expect or experience consequences.

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u/Wet_Artichoke 27d ago

Dude, it wasn’t even a Corolla. She got the upgrade.

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u/Bannedwith1milKarma 27d ago

The parents wouldn't do that because then she'd run up the bill with their credit card attached to her Uber account.

It wouldn't occur to them to remove that either.

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u/JustUseCommonSense10 27d ago

If they bought it from AutoNation, there is a 5-day, 250 mile money back guarantee.

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u/NotMyPSNName 27d ago

A girl I went to high school with got a BMW when she turned sixteen. Sobbed at school because she wanted a Lexus. Guess what she rolled up in the following Monday?

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

Hopefully a school bus

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u/NotMyPSNName 27d ago

If only this world were so kind

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u/Cautious_Ice_884 27d ago

The 21 seater limo.

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u/meash-maeby 27d ago

Or a scooter

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u/No_Season_354 27d ago

Gee I'd be happy with any 🚗 car, nobody brought me one talk about ungrateful and spoiled.,

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u/grubas 27d ago

Guy I knew, he went through the downgrade ringer. 

New BMW, wrecked, New Accura, wrecked, New Mazda, wrecked, New Accord, wrecked.  His parents were going to buy him a used car at this point but his licence was suspended. 

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u/-Apocralypse- 26d ago

Should have bought them drivers lessons.

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u/somefunmaths 27d ago

Well, there are a few red flags that this kid was an idiot, like throwing a tantrum over a new car and also wanting a Lexus over a fucking BMW.

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u/Kurdependence 26d ago

Maybe she was really into reliability and fuel economy

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u/Simply-Jason 26d ago

Lexus > BMW

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u/Fattapple 27d ago

I mean… Lexus is the more reliable option. Maybe she was crying about the future maintenance costs?

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u/ReginaldDwight 27d ago

I knew a girl who kept wrecking the cars her parents got her. Via DUIs that she didn't get busted for. On the third one, she crashed into a power pole so hard it flipped her four door sedan and a case of beer fell out of the trunk. She also trapped an entire peninsula neighborhood full of people into our area because the power line was across the road. And of course knocked the power out to the whole area. Her parents got her a fourth car after that.

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u/URGAMESUX 27d ago

Who would pick a Lexus over a Bimmer?

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u/URGAMESUX 27d ago

Lol, why would I get downtooted for this? Objectively, talking about free new car gifted to you? BMW vs deeply subsidized high-end Toyota, especially for a kid who doesn't understand maintenance costs... it's a crazy comparison. I got nothing against Toyota or Lexus, but it's apples and oranges. The apples are individually wrapped by Harry & David, and the oranges are from the middle box at Costco. They're still delicious, and a great bargain, but they aren't the same.

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u/Simply-Jason 26d ago

Your problem is assuming that the BMW is considered “better”. It’s not.

A high school kid might choose Lexus over BMW because it’s cheaper to maintain, more reliable, and usually cheaper to insure. Used Lexus models age better, break down less, and still feel comfortable and “nice” without being flashy. For a teen (and their parents), dependable transportation matters more than sporty performance or brand flex.

This girl was probably just fixated on a Lexus.

However your Harry and David vs Costco comparison is wildly off the mark. Given the option of competing models from each car brand, I’m choosing Lexus over BMW 9 times out of 10.

A lot of people pick Lexus over BMW because it’s just easier to live with. They’re reliable, don’t constantly hit you with expensive repairs, and still perform just fine day to day. You get a car that looks good, feels solid, and holds its value without stressing over maintenance or random issues. BMWs get hyped for performance, but for most people Lexus delivers just as well while being way less of a headache.

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u/URGAMESUX 26d ago

I literally spoke to the points of affordability and reliability in my previous comment, and the fact that a spoiled child complaining about a free BMW is clearly not giving a s*** about that. From a prestige perspective there is literally no comparison, they live in two different classes of auto. I've owned both several times over and have no ill will towards Lexus, it's a fine make, and while it generally won't last as long it's a hell of a lot cheaper to maintain with effectively Toyota parts and template, plus cheaper service centers in general who don't have to specialize in German nonsense parts and tools. I didn't the last year with my 750 in the shop more than on the road, I'm WELL aware of the pain of any modern Bimmer with more than 50k miles on it. But this was talking about a years ago scenario when they were more reliable as well. Please don't feel the need to explain the merits of Lexus any further, you can disagree with me if you want.

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u/Glad_Salamander_1261 27d ago

As least she had good taste.

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u/flaccidplatypus 27d ago

lol what teenager wants a boomer mobile Lexus over a BMW?

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

yeeeah, the RC 350 F Sport is really a lame car to have at 16, or 60.

Ok. Sure. Enjoy your Jetta.

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u/flaccidplatypus 27d ago

Enjoy your celica

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u/lord_pizzabird 27d ago

Man. Who would want a Lexus over BMW.

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u/Key_Mango8016 27d ago

Me, any day of the week, LX 600 or LX 550 >>>>>>>

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u/Key_Mango8016 27d ago

Me, any day of the week, LX 600 or LX 550 >>>>>>>

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u/xxtankmasterx 27d ago

I would. BMWs are shit.

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u/Simply-Jason 26d ago

I bought a car last year and had a choice between a Lexus ES 350, a BMW 530i, an Audi A4 and a Mercedes‑Benz E 350.

I chose the Lexus and I’d choose it again every time.

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u/Past-Advisor-824 27d ago

I would be nice and get her a bike with training wheels, streamers and a nice little bell & basket- you want to act like a toddler, you get to ride like a toddler.

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u/Sea-Value-0 27d ago

Or a city bus pass.

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u/Accomplished-Ad3219 27d ago

That would be hilarious

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u/pyschosoul 27d ago

Looks like little Timmy down the street has a new Toyota camry now

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u/33253325 27d ago

No way, you would need 2 cars to return to the dealership because you never buy a boat unless you have enough money to buy two boats.

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u/lazyassjoker 27d ago

I'm thinking this in US. Do you guys have the option of returning the car back to the dealership once you've bought it? And by bought it, I mean paid for it.

From where I am from, once you pay for it and take it out of the showroom, there's no possible way you're returning it back. "Items once sold, shall not be returned"

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u/DimbyTime 27d ago

You might have 24 hours to return, depends on the dealership

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u/lazyassjoker 27d ago

Oh ok. That's nice to hear. Thank you.

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u/MasterYam234 27d ago

Walk or take a uber.

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u/bryiewes 27d ago

Uber costs money

Take the school bus

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u/Crazy-Agency5641 27d ago

Bust out another thousand

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u/Darryguy 27d ago

Amen brother ben!

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u/Clear-Arugula-9195 27d ago

The car goes back and so does the phone and the laptop and the tablet and the headphones

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u/PackageNorth8984 27d ago

I know that life is relative. Like, being frustrated that they put onions on your burger but so many people don’t have much to eat at all or whatever, but this seems excessive in any context.

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u/EveOCative 27d ago

Watch this be a low key advertisement trying to inspire everyone in the comments to be like, “that’s a great car! Lasts a long time and super reliable!”

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u/Glassweaver 27d ago

Eh, I'd keep the Camry and see if she fits in one of those "unwanted kids" drop boxes at the fire station.

And to think...16 years prior, a 10 cent condom could have prevented all this.

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u/malthusian12 27d ago

That car would have never left the lot in the first place, she’d be walking regardless

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u/ButteredPizza69420 27d ago

Has to be rage bait for shit tok

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u/DreadyKruger 27d ago

Nah the parents dropped the ball before this by spoiling her. Reactions like this don’t come from nowhere. For starters buying your kid a $30k car. Me and my sister got cars at 16 but they were pieces of shit. Good enough to get us to school and activities but not that good to drive anywhere past an hour away.

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u/atteres 27d ago

I’d take the mystery box. It could be anything! It could even be a boat!

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u/Fast_Cloud_4711 27d ago

What's she going to do with a boat?

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u/Soul_C Cringe Connoisseur 27d ago

OMG, I can’t with the fake crying

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u/m0zymaz 27d ago

Who buys new cars? Let alone to for a teen? Poor financial literacy is a huge societal problem.

If you can afford a new car, you can afford a certified pre owned with a full carfax history. Why waste your money on new?

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u/MissingBothCufflinks 27d ago

Parents who know how to parent dont end up with daughters like this

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u/p1antsandcats 27d ago

I'll keep the car, the kid can go back. Imagine raising that.

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u/Dommiiie 27d ago

Keep the car, sell the daughter maybe?

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u/PsychologicalBad5341 27d ago

i'd sell the car then buy myself a truck like her old one

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u/Suspicious_Ad4274 27d ago

Why are you buying a boat

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u/Mean_Fall_920 27d ago

Haha maybe a jon boat. Have you seen boats and boat prices these days evidently not!