<p>I absolutely agree with Arjun. Although, I would be at least a little mad at my dad if he were a CEO of a company and wouldn't offer to pay [at least a little] for my college education.</p>
<p>I'm actually mad at my dad right now. He lies. A lot. He says he's gonna send my mom money for my sister's braces, her horse, child support, etc. EVERY TIME he says, "Oh, the check probably got lost in the mail." Obviously that's a lie, he just got an extremely well paying job in Toronto, yet he complains it's just too expensive to do anything. He's extremely selfish. He gets a new girlfriend every six months, paying for everything his little lover needs. Guess what? He got a new girlfriend a few weeks ago. I haven't met her but I have to when I go up there for Easter. Guess how old she is? TWENTY - SIX! and my dad is FIFTY. SHE COULD BE MY SISTER.</p>
<p>I want to bring up the age difference so badly, but last time I did with some other girl he said in Europe, people go out with girls that are thirty years younger. I'm like... Dad, THIS ISNT EUROPE! Even if he did live in Europe, I would consider it disgusting. </p>
<p>On top of that, he's waiting for his rich mother to die. [My grandmother] It ticks me off so much. He talks like she's dead already. </p>
<p>ripcurl,
I will reiterate once more. Be thankful that your Dad is sending you to college and paying for it I know some kids who work at a job from the time they get home from school til midnight just to pay for college. So, I wouldn't be whining like a spoiled brat. I do not blame your father at all. As immature as you seem to be, I would be leary of sending you far away.</p>
<p>Jonathon K,
I'm really sorry for what you and your family are going through. I will be praying for you and your family.</p>
<p>Making an income of over $150,000 a year puts you in the nice category of the wealthiest top 10% . Ripcurl I think you're just a bit spoiled and melodramatic, but that could be attributed to hormones.</p>
<p>Wow, my psych teacher would be happy to see that I noticed that practically all of you are commiting Fundamental Attribution Error..</p>
<p>Just lay off. Oh and as another sidenote, saying "I know some kids who would love to have what you are having" is just as bad as the African analogy. None of you guys are looking deeper into this guy's problems - its not just about a car and a college, its about a guy who doesn't have a good relationship with his father (seems like the father is a distant guy) and instead of taking the easy road out and bashing the guy, you might want to offer some advice.</p>
<p>All I know is that if you guys were my friends and I had a bad day and came to you with a rant like the OP's, and you responded like you have, you would have one less friend.</p>
<p>Oh and sry for referring to you as a girl earlier, rip.</p>
<p>denial my ass. theres no need for any psychoanalysis here.
fundamental attribution?!? give me a break man...
the op is just using this place as an outlet to express her feelings, whether temporary or chronic. im sure all of us have felt the same way one time or another.
as far as the college thing is concerned, im exactly in the same position. i couldnt even apply where i wanted to apply, much less even decide where i wana go myself. lol. my dad planned where i was going to go to college before i was fkin born man...
now i got into that college, and he is still very unsatisfied. go figure.</p>
<p>But what you said about fundamental attribution doesn't quite make sense because you supported it in the rest of your post. FAE is when you attribute a person's actions to their personality/character (dispositional) rather than what situation they are in now (situational) - like stressed, had a bad day etc.</p>
<p>Verbosity Personified. By making up large pseudo-scientific slang words they shroud their pointless papers in an esoteric camoflage. Terms like </p>
<p>my mom can be quick annoying at times. She is always onto me about SAT scores. Granted, i didn't score that high, 2200, but I like to focus my time on science. I've been to intel isef twice, and was just accepted to rsi (yeah, :)), but no that doesn't matter for her because I don't have a 2400.</p>
<p>Serves the OP right. I'm not afraid to say that I don't favor most people from higher-income households. Get this: my mom makes $13,000 a year, and that's all we've been getting. Get a job if you want the car, or at least have someone give you a ride. Walk if it's that bad (well, if you're too lazy to work). And if you're so adamant on going to the college that you want to go to, then go to that damn college. And if money's an issue, you should have gotten off your ass and started searching for scholarships. It's not that hard. Go to hell.</p>
<p>*And you're probably just another dumbass who feigns intelligence and uses your financial status to embellish yourself. There's just so many of you out there, whining about how your parents won't get you anything. I bet you're involved in a lot of beneficial activities at school (band, dance team, sports, rich crap...) and you take it all for granted. I had friends like you. And I erased them from my mind upon realizing how stupid I was.</p>
<p>Hate is strong word, you're just angry at him (a lot it seems). Meh, I wish I didn't have a car, its a pain in the ass, I'd rather be driven everywhere :)</p>
<p>Righteous_Vigilante, not only did you generalize and stereotype this OP like crazy, but you seem to have some very strong hatred towards the middle-upper class.</p>
<p>It really irks me when others put their stress and anxieties onto others. And righteous_vigilante, this is exactly what you are doing and its very sickening. Just because YOU have encountered people who YOU think are greedy,selfish, whatever, you think you can classify anyone you see as one of these people and get away with calling them "another dumbass who feigns intelligence" or telling them to "Go to hell." After reading your post, you sound just as whiny as the OP.</p>
<p>If YOU have personal issues about this, settle them somewhere other than this thread.</p>