You wasted time typing all that in a thread like this.4u2nv said:Ah, we witness another one of life's truisms.
No matter how fast you are, someone is always faster.
No matter how much money you obtain, you will always want more.
No matter how much time you have, you will always waste some and want it back.
Press on, keep a positive attitude on life. Instead of ridiculing the kid, you should become his ally. You don't get far in this world by pooping on the White House lawn. You have to play the game to win and it's done by making sure people like who you are, for what you are.
Meh, only took about 40 seconds. I'm a philanthropist at heart.tomustang said:You wasted time typing all that in a thread like this.
im trying to understand your question since you used a double negative. i thought i explained myself well enough in my post that you quoted, but i guess i'll try again. theres nothing wrong with a good kid getting somthing nice from his parents. i did. but does the kid really DESERVE it? i say no. in my honest opinion, no kid deserves anything as nice as a brand new vette. i was/am that kid that you described. drug free, mature, respectful, hardworking, grateful, honest, etc etc, but i dont think i deserved a 15k mustang GT. i was def grateful for it though. i think the only way anyone is deserving of anything is if they work to pay for it themselves.1fast03pony said:so why doesnt a hardworking, respectful, grateful, clean, drug free, mature kid NOT deserve a decent car?
my sentiments exactly, and i speak from experience. ive done many a dumb thing in my car, as well as in my previous car (98 GT) and my mom's car (02 WRX). im grateful for being alive after some of the stupid things ive done. then i kinda had an awakening as it were. an epiphany. i realized i didnt earn the car i was driving, so why do stupid things in it. i started to value my life and lose that "im invincible" feeling.GT02MG said:To hell with buying them something really nice at first they need to leaen the value of saving and paying for a car when they are young...thats one of the worst things you can do is give a young kid a sports car at that age when rarely one will actually have the common sense to drive it correctly.
DerekStangGT said:IMHO, no kid (kid can be 16-25 y/o) deserves a car or anything else nice unless he earns it himself. my parents bought me my car 3 years ago (when i was 17, but i still paid 2.5k worth, all i had at the time) and i in no way earned it. however, i was, and still am, very gracious for having recieved it. i never did anything to not deserve it though. always been a good kid, stayed out of trouble, kept my grades up in HS and college (graduating both HS and college a year early, and being at the top of my college graduating class), and worked a part time job since i was 16. but this doesnt mean i deserve anything. when kids, or anyone else for that matter say they "deserve" somthing, i think its total BS. the only way you deserve somthing is if you work hard to pay for it, and really appreciate getting it.
yeah, i agree. i like the word earn more than deserve. a kid can very well earn a car through good grades, behavior and the such. a deserving kid is rare, if at allBaXTeR3221 said:In my case, i earned a full tutition scholarship to college, so i feel like i 'earned' the car i got. It was a $5k beater, but it still runs like a champ and its a great DD/winter beater. As for the mustang, i've paid for every single penny of the 3 that i've had. Deserve isn't really a good word for it, earned it is a better word. No one 'deserves' a car, but you can deffinitely earn one.
Mustang5L5 said:Any of you guys see that "sweet sixteen" show on MTV?
I caught a glimpse of it today. Some stuck up 16 year old got a $100K birthday party and was getting all pissed off that her daddy wouldn't get Green Day to come play. Then she started to cry when her dad bought her a Mitsubishi Montero instead of a new eclipse, but her dad surprised her by buying her both cars!
All through the show all she said was "I'm a princess i get what I want"
281pony said:ive seen it. those kids need to be shipped off to a foreign country and work for 18 cents an hour making boots or something.
what is the point of that show seriously?
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