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re: Got to have a job to get a car according to my father.
Posted on 6/10/16 at 3:08 pm to cardboardboxer
Posted on 6/10/16 at 3:08 pm to cardboardboxer
quote:one positive doesn't make someone decent. It's a start. A broken home contradicts. As far as the car, sounds like the father is using it as an excuse, and a good one at that. If the mother wants op to have a car, she can buy him one or at least initiate the purchase and when op gets a job, the father can pick up the payments.
ou dad sounds like a decent upsetting person
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Posted on 6/10/16 at 3:12 pm to airfernando
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one positive doesn't make someone decent.
Good point.
OP if I am wrong and your dad is not a decent person, or you having a shitty job just isn't a big enough motivator to not spite your mom, you need to move onto plan B.
Plan B is get him to commit to some family event (July 4th, Labor Day, heck even Thanksgiving if you can wait that long) that will have someone there- an uncle, his best friend, your mom's super bossy aunt, etc. - that your dad is very motivated to not look like a jackass in front off. Do your job, stick to it and wait for that date.
On that date find a way to sneak into a conversation with that person (within an earshot of your dad, that is the key part of the timing) what you are currently doing in like a five minutes spiel that includes all the worst parts of the job from the perspective of a middle aged man. If your dad butts in and cuts you off before you finish your spiel the car is as good as yours.
Nothing motivates people, even shitty people, like social pressure does. That is a life lesson I wish I knew at your age.
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