Originally Posted by nolan1016 (Post 608677)

I have seen poverty in Asia (where they live) worse then anything in this world. Enough to make anyone break down, its pretty awful. .

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 608684)

that's because you're weak. my parent's place use to have a pit toilet inside the house. i was perfectly happy. ok, this was many decades ago. :icon17:

Originally Posted by fullmonty (Post 608680)

Ok to some of you who think you bought a Lambo, you didn't. You bought a Nissan. Is it a nice looking car? Of course and arguably its nicer looking than a Porsche, but still keep your ego in check. If you got friends who arn't talking to you because of a car, they were never your friends. But hell when you hang out with kids, you need to expect them to be kids. I ain't a helluva lot older than the OP so I know what he kinda means, but I don't go out of my way to hang out with 19 year olds anymore.

And Nolan, I don't care how much money your father makes. My father made good money, but when I was 17 he wouldn't even drop $3K on a car. Not because he couldn't afford it, not because he didn't love me, but because he wanted to instill a certain thing called 'work ethic' and for me to know whats its like to earn something nice with some work. And I bought a pretty nice car.

Now can I sit here and honestly say if he bought me a $40k sports car would I be any different? No, I can't. Am I saying you lack work ethic or whatever? No. But as a friendly word of advice, don't come into this forum saying how much your father makes or how he bought you a shiney new Z. Because now I couldn't give a crap, others on the other hand might. Sorry for the long post guys

Originally Posted by fullmonty (Post 608680)

I don't go out of my way to hang out with 19 year olds anymore.

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 608684)

that's because you're weak. my parent's place use to have a pit toilet inside the house. i was perfectly happy. ok, this was many decades ago. :icon17:

Originally Posted by nolan1016 (Post 608692)

Ok just for a final clarification I was in no way bragging about how much my father makes, and I actually have no idea what the exact figure is.

The whole point of that post was to say, who is someone to try and say how someone else should spend their money? I never really got the whole idea of if someone makes good money and wants to buy their kid a nice gift that its wrong. Then what is to much? 20,000 is a ton of money. Is that to much? What about 7,000? Its all personal preference and relative to the situation.

Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI (Post 608700)

Do you mean "too much?"

Handing your child something that is worth more than the average US family takes home per year is too much.

You're not a mature adult until you're living on your own, owning your own living, and holding at least some kind of major responsibility. End of story.

Originally Posted by frost (Post 608705)

God forbid anyone under the age of 25 mention their age on this forum. :shakes head:

Originally Posted by shadoquad (Post 608708)

let alone anyone mentioning their financial situation, be it outstanding or horrendous!

Originally Posted by nolan1016 (Post 608707)

I would have to agree, there is no substitute to going to work every day and having to support yourself. I'm not arguing with you guys who had to work for every penny you got. I admire you guys more then you know and have a ton of respect for kids my age that do just that. I just expect some kind of respect back, because I'm not a lazy *** who just stays at home mooching off of my parents. I get rewarded for staying in line and doing the right things trying to build my life, I dont think thats so bad.

Originally Posted by wishihadnav (Post 608714)

work sucks man..stay in school as long as you can!:rofl2:

Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 608684)

that's because you're weak. my parent's place use to have a pit toilet inside the house. i was perfectly happy. ok, this was many decades ago. :icon17: