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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 643848" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Oh I so don't care about a car. We put him walking distance from work. This is not such a large town that you can't walk a lot of places. We do have buses - until 5:30 at night at least - and he can buy a bus pass. He wants the car he's been driving since he got his license, but it's ours and we offered to give it to him twice. First, when he turned 16 we told him to get a job and pay for insurance and it was his when he graduated. He didn't. When he went to college we told him, "Get decent grades and when you graduate, it's yours." He didn't. He wants it now he can get a bank loan and pay for it...and build a credit rating while he's at it. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not once. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> In fact, it's right across the street from a restaurant that I like quite a bit. I intend to avoid it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The only reason I'm willing to give a ride is even with a rain coat, umbrella, etc., and I've ended up soaked from the knees down walking 1/10th the distance. He is cleaning a building, so he can't be squishing his way through work. lol However, it's about 18 degrees today and the low is 5 tonight...not including wind chill. I fully intend to text him later and tell him that cold is not rain and he best bundle up and walk fast. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We when to Italy for our 10th! It was the BEST time of my life. I would live there if I could. Our son was 15 and my in-laws house-sat and took care of him and our pets. We were supposed to be gone 2 weeks, Rome, Belgium and Paris, but the volcano in Iceland blew up and we got stranded in Italy and our 14 days of vacation turned into 19 just in Italy. Strangely, no one seemed to feel sorry for us. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> I will never forget coming home and our son greeting us with this HUGE smile. It might have been the only time I felt like he was really happy to see us.</p><p></p><p>We don't have a will. Yep...lawyers never take care of their own business. But I fully intend to do so soon and the money will go into a trust (we don't have money...but we have a LOT of life insurance) until he's at least 30. I shudder to think what would happen if he got all that life insurance money at once. He doesn't have a clue about that though...we've always kind of made it sound like we're worse off financially than we actually are.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Folks, honestly, we are done! If he screws this up, we are done helping entirely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 643848, member: 17309"] Oh I so don't care about a car. We put him walking distance from work. This is not such a large town that you can't walk a lot of places. We do have buses - until 5:30 at night at least - and he can buy a bus pass. He wants the car he's been driving since he got his license, but it's ours and we offered to give it to him twice. First, when he turned 16 we told him to get a job and pay for insurance and it was his when he graduated. He didn't. When he went to college we told him, "Get decent grades and when you graduate, it's yours." He didn't. He wants it now he can get a bank loan and pay for it...and build a credit rating while he's at it. Not once. :) In fact, it's right across the street from a restaurant that I like quite a bit. I intend to avoid it. The only reason I'm willing to give a ride is even with a rain coat, umbrella, etc., and I've ended up soaked from the knees down walking 1/10th the distance. He is cleaning a building, so he can't be squishing his way through work. lol However, it's about 18 degrees today and the low is 5 tonight...not including wind chill. I fully intend to text him later and tell him that cold is not rain and he best bundle up and walk fast. We when to Italy for our 10th! It was the BEST time of my life. I would live there if I could. Our son was 15 and my in-laws house-sat and took care of him and our pets. We were supposed to be gone 2 weeks, Rome, Belgium and Paris, but the volcano in Iceland blew up and we got stranded in Italy and our 14 days of vacation turned into 19 just in Italy. Strangely, no one seemed to feel sorry for us. :p I will never forget coming home and our son greeting us with this HUGE smile. It might have been the only time I felt like he was really happy to see us. We don't have a will. Yep...lawyers never take care of their own business. But I fully intend to do so soon and the money will go into a trust (we don't have money...but we have a LOT of life insurance) until he's at least 30. I shudder to think what would happen if he got all that life insurance money at once. He doesn't have a clue about that though...we've always kind of made it sound like we're worse off financially than we actually are. Folks, honestly, we are done! If he screws this up, we are done helping entirely. [/QUOTE]
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