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re: Does HS graduation warrant a new car
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:03 pm to go_tigres
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:03 pm to go_tigres
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My son graduates this year. He's a 4.0 student with full ride scholarships to multiple schools....and he drives a 10 y.o. Pathfinder. If he wants a new ride, he'll need to buy it(and the insurance) with his own dime.
I wasn't raised to be a spoiled arse, neither is he. No entitlement folks at my house.
You sound like a joy.
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Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:03 pm to TH03
the jealousy cracks me up and i didn't even get a new car.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:06 pm to TH03
The OT has changed over the years. It went from everyone acting like theyre ballers to hating on people that spend 30k on a new car instead of getting a used car with good mileage
We(the collective OT) are still smart and athletic, but now we are all poor and frugal/cheap
We(the collective OT) are still smart and athletic, but now we are all poor and frugal/cheap
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:12 pm to Jones
Because the OT grew up 
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:12 pm to go_tigres
quote:
My son graduates this year. He's a 4.0 student with full ride scholarships to multiple schools....and he drives a 10 y.o. Pathfinder. If he wants a new ride, he'll need to buy it(and the insurance) with his own dime.
I wasn't raised to be a spoiled arse, neither is he. No entitlement folks at my house.
I bet he'll come home for the holidays every year to spend time with his jolly ole pops
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:12 pm to jimbeam
Our kids got a new car for their college graduations. No fricking way I would have bought one for a high school graduation.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:13 pm to ElectricWizard0
School isn't hard. Graduating is meeting expectations. Being accepted to a college isn't special. Graduating with a high GPA and earning a scholarship is an accomplishment to be proud of. A kid with Down syndrome graduating on time is special.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:18 pm to ElectricWizard0
its about appreciating the value of money, when you dont have to work for it, you never learn how to value or appreciate it, its just "stuff" and daddy will replace it when i need more.
i had 2 uncles we considered rich even though they werent.
both uncles ran their own lucrative business (one owned construction company building houses and the other a sewerage and plumbing business as well as a small grocery store) so the kids got new cloths, cars, play toys (boats, motorcycles, etc) and even houses and anything else they ever needed. both had many kids and none of the kids ever wanted to work inn the business or learn how to run them because they never "had to work" so they didnt want to. when my uncles died the business died with them because the kids had no intention on actually doing any work to save it. every single one of my cousins today live like a bum because they never learned how to take care of themselves or plan for hard times because mom and dad always broke out the checkbook to solve the kids every problem. i have a 60 year old cousin right now who is relegated to living in one of those little katrina fema trailers parked on another cousins back yard because hew has no money to rent a place to park it now that my uncle died and now he has no idea how to live as an adult. the other uncle died as well and now i have about 14 cousins all with no concept of how to be adults and support themselves so they live like trailer trash now on what little is left of their inheritance.
people spoil kids so much never really understanding they are hurting them by doing it.
if they earn a scholarship to college, then yes they earned the right to get a new car for the money they saved you but otherwise no
i had 2 uncles we considered rich even though they werent.
both uncles ran their own lucrative business (one owned construction company building houses and the other a sewerage and plumbing business as well as a small grocery store) so the kids got new cloths, cars, play toys (boats, motorcycles, etc) and even houses and anything else they ever needed. both had many kids and none of the kids ever wanted to work inn the business or learn how to run them because they never "had to work" so they didnt want to. when my uncles died the business died with them because the kids had no intention on actually doing any work to save it. every single one of my cousins today live like a bum because they never learned how to take care of themselves or plan for hard times because mom and dad always broke out the checkbook to solve the kids every problem. i have a 60 year old cousin right now who is relegated to living in one of those little katrina fema trailers parked on another cousins back yard because hew has no money to rent a place to park it now that my uncle died and now he has no idea how to live as an adult. the other uncle died as well and now i have about 14 cousins all with no concept of how to be adults and support themselves so they live like trailer trash now on what little is left of their inheritance.
people spoil kids so much never really understanding they are hurting them by doing it.
if they earn a scholarship to college, then yes they earned the right to get a new car for the money they saved you but otherwise no
This post was edited on 12/17/17 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:19 pm to TH03
quote:depends on how high oil is
Does HS graduation warrant a new car
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:19 pm to ElectricWizard0
My sons getting a new truck in May when he graduates. He's a great kid, honor student and gets in zero trouble. His hard work in the classroom means his college will cost me ZERO! His reward will be a new truck, he doesn't know yet just in case he screws up between now and then!
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:27 pm to keakar
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its about appreciating the value of money, when you dont have to work for it, you never learn how to value or appreciate it, its just "stuff" and daddy will replace it when i need more.
No. That entirely depends on the person.
There are people all around you whose parents helped them out, while they simultaneously learned the value of money. It just fits your narrative to blanket everyone together and claim that anyone whose parents give them money must be entitled assholes.
This website is so black or white that it’s hilarious. People don’t just fit into two categories.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:29 pm to LouisianaLady
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There are people all around you whose parents helped them out, while they simultaneously learned the value of money. It just fits your narrative to blanket everyone together and claim that anyone whose parents give them money must be entitled assholes.
Exactly. My post is at the bottom of pg 1. My parents helped me tremendously because they were financially fairly well off. I didn't grow into some entitled arse because of it.
This post was edited on 12/17/17 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:29 pm to WilsonPickett
I agree. Your son saved you a bunch of money on college, so he deserves a $30,000 vehicle. 
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:31 pm to ElectricWizard0
I know kids that drive new luxury cars in high school and college. Absolutely ridiculous. Honestly it pisses me off.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:33 pm to adp
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I know kids that drive new luxury cars in high school and college. Absolutely ridiculous. Honestly it pisses me off.
A lot of the high school kids at my daughters' school drive nicer vehicles than I do. It doesn't bother me at all. I don't understand why it would.
This post was edited on 12/17/17 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:34 pm to adp
quote:that's not healthy. you should work on that.
Honestly it pisses me off.
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:35 pm to ElectricWizard0
By the time the diploma made it in the mail to my parents I had my own f250 and fifth wheel and was on a pipeline job in North Dakota
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:38 pm to WilsonPickett
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My sons getting a new truck in May when he graduates. He's a great kid, honor student and gets in zero trouble. His hard work in the classroom means his college will cost me ZERO! His reward will be a new truck, he doesn't know yet just in case he screws up between now and then
Your son sounds like a great kid.
But rewarding him for getting in, and being awarded, a full ride may be a little premature.
What if he goes off to school and losses his all his scholarship?
I'm not saying this will happen, just that I graduated with A LOT of kids that were great students, and good kids.
6 years removed high school and I can say with confidence only about 25% or so of those classmates I graduated with are degreed, productive professionals.
Eta: of the other 75% I'd say only 10% or so are actually self sustaining. The other 60-65% are still living off their parents at 25
This post was edited on 12/17/17 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:41 pm to baseballmind1212
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What if he goes off to school and losses his all his scholarship?
i dont know, maybe take the truck away and make him go get a job
or what if he does well in college?
Posted on 12/17/17 at 2:44 pm to ElectricWizard0
I didn't get a new car for either, got a used car when I started in HS and kept it throughout HS.
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