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Parents Try To Help “Useless” Son At Their Expense, Brother Refuses To Be A Part Of It
Mixing money with family is not always a great idea. While helping out family members, if you’re in a better financial situation, is normal, if someone steps on your tail, all bets are off. You try to do a good deed, but sometimes it backfires in the most unexpected ways. It’s like lending your favorite shirt and getting it back with coffee stains and missing buttons.
This is what the original poster (who we’ll just call Alex, for the sake of this story) had to learn the hard way, after gifting his parents his car, only to find out they gave it to their jobless son.
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Man gives his cars to his parents when he upgrades, wants them to have a safe ride, they give them to their 30-year-old son to sell for cash as he is jobless
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The man says his parents have a soft spot for his fully-capable brother who can take care of himself and even went to university but was never able to hold down a real job
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The man gifts his parents a full-option Jeep he could have easily sold for $9k, they use it for 6 months but later give it to his brother who sells it for a huge profit
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The man buys another new car and tells his parents that the only way he would give his old one to them is if they agree to not sell it in the next 5 years, but they refuse
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The man sells his truck for $27k and uses the money to buy a new car, but his dad gets angry when he doesn’t receive his old one like he usually does
Alex was a financially stable guy with a habit of upgrading his car every few years. Instead of trading in his old but still perfectly good cars, Alex would sell them to his parents for a symbolic $1. A sweet deal, right? The idea was to make sure his folks had a reliable ride without having to deal with any maintenance issues. The latest hand-me-down was a loaded Jeep Patriot, which Alex could’ve easily sold for a cool $9,000 but chose family over cash.
Here’s where things get interesting. Alex’s brother, who we’ll randomly name Mike, had a bit of a reputation. At 30 years old, Mike’s career trajectory had been a series of short-lived gigs, all requiring a name tag and a hat, despite his university degree. The parents, who had a bit of a soft spot for Mike, gave him the car Alex had given them, which was a truck in very good condition.
So, what did Mike do when his parents handed over the Jeep? He sold it. Not just for a few bucks, but for a whopping $12,000! While Alex’s intention was for his parents to enjoy a hassle-free vehicle, Mike saw dollar signs and seized the opportunity. Alex was somewhat annoyed. After all, he could’ve pocketed that cash himself, but he chose not to sell the truck and give it to his folks instead.
After a while, Alex was ready to upgrade again, this time to a shiny new Bronco. Before handing over his current ride to his parents, Alex proposed a deal: if the parents sold the truck within the next five years, they had to sell it back to Alex for $1. Seems fair, right? Especially given the Jeep Patriot fiasco.
But the parents weren’t thrilled about the deal, feeling insulted, like Alex was treating them as if they couldn’t be trusted. “They said that I was treating them like children and that once it was their truck, they could do whatever they wanted,” Alex recalls. Taking the high road, Alex agreed it was fair, but instead of handing over the truck, this time he sold it privately for $27,000 and used the money for the new Bronco.
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When Alex’s dad saw the Bronco, he naturally asked about the old truck. The response? “I sold it.” So, the parents were stuck driving an old Kia, and they were not at all happy about it. They accused Alex of going back on his word, but he never actually made any promises, only an offer which his folks didn’t accept. He wanted to show his parents that they shouldn’t take advantage of his generosity, by setting boundaries.
When family members start expecting your help instead of asking for it, it might be time to set some healthy financial boundaries. Let’s be honest, nobody wants to feel like their family’s personal ATM. If your generosity keeps getting taken for granted, it can lead to some serious frustration and resentment.
Experts say that giving financial support should be a choice, not an obligation. Breaking the cycle of financial dependency can actually bring about positive changes. “Maybe by saying ‘no’, you can break the cycle of their dependency on you. Alternately, by saying ‘no’, you might help your relative/friend face some ‘hard truths’ about their financial situation,” experts explain.
If you want to keep both your wallet and your relationships in good shape, setting clear boundaries and sticking to them is the way to go. And Alex did just that when he offered his car to his parents with the condition that they couldn’t sell it for at least five years. He wanted to make sure they had a safe ride and stop them from enabling his 30-year-old, fully-capable brother.
While it might seem like unconditional support is the best way to help your kids, it can actually lead to a sense of entitlement. Parents often aim to reduce their child’s stress or make their life easier, but this well-meaning support can backfire.
Experts emphasize that putting an end to the cycle of enabling grown children is crucial, so they don’t miss out on learning to deal with life on their own. Take Alex’s situation, for example. His parents kept supporting their 30-year-old son, even though he was perfectly capable of standing on his own two feet.
So, what’s the verdict here? Was Alex wrong for setting conditions to protect his generosity, or were his parents and Mike at fault for taking advantage? Share your thoughts and weirdest family stories in the comments!
Netizens side with the man saying he’s not the jerk for refusing to give his car to his parents after they gave the other one to his brother to sell
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Granny's Thoughts 1 year ago
Good for you for not continuing to fund the brothers life choices. Your parents needed a wake up call. You were fair and above board.
MR 1 year ago
Oh no. You have to drive a 12 year old car. Let me sympathetize with you while staring at my 21 year old car. The entitlement of these people is insane. No one the brother is so messed up.
Vira 1 year ago
Right! Lol. You just reminded me my own car is 24 years old. I'd love a 12 year old car.
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Marianne 1 year ago
The car was effectively a present and you don't give presents away, it's disrespectful. I once got my mother a book for her birthday and she gave it to a friend of hers when she couldn't find another present on the spot. I was offended and it was only a book.
Vira 1 year ago
I don't mind regifting. The problem, here, is that the parents are using one child to fund another child's ineptitude, or laziness.
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D. Pitbull 1 year ago
"We've decided we're entitled to take your assistance for granted. We'll give it away/mistreat it/fritter it away consistently, without a second thought, because we will be fully expecting you'll just keep giving us stuff forever and ever." then "What? You're not just forking over free things anymore? How DARE you?"
DarkViolet 1 year ago
They just believed that the aforementioned rule didn't apply to them.
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Karen Philpott 1 year ago
The parents should give the entitled one their old car if he needs a car. I'd accept the deal OP offered. Sounds great to me.
Cedar Trees 1 year ago
If the parents want the vehicle...a compromise could be owner gets separate insurance where parents & he are the only auth'd drivers.o exceptions. He maintains control, parents have a safe vehicle. That eliminates derelict greedy brother from having any legal access. Honestly, I think the brother is a chip of the old block. Success breeds jealousy, contempt. It brings out predatory behavior from family/friends. I bet the parents give brother money too. I think owner is better off with his HEALTHY boundary by washing his hands of all of them financially. Owner can always sell his "trade in" vehicle & use some of the funds to fix something in parents house (with owner hiring and controllibg the project/purse strings of course). He could send the parents on a nice vacation or treat mom to some spa days/massage & dad to a couple of ball games etc. There are many ways to care for your toxic dysfunctional, enabling, manipulative parents without getting sucked into the "CRAZY".
patricia Torres 1 year ago
It's annoying when you can't help someone because they don't appreciate the gift. I realize, you of course love your parents. You are naturally right in choosing to opt in a different direction, in order to avoid being an enabler. Some people would have die if they needed to forage and hunt in order to survive . A fact made obvious by the lack of desire to thrive. Maybe next time they'll choose to embrace the expensive deal.
Dee Shannon 1 year ago
NTA You were being very generous to them and they really didn't appreciate it. I wish someone would sell me a nice dependable vehicle for 1$
SnowWhite 1 year ago
Instead of being upset they ruined a good deal for themselves they will put the blame and any up coming car issues and the fact they can't afford them on the son that helps them. Instead of the parents looking at their, I think I can, car and then to the still unemployed son who got all that money from the sale of the Jeep and realize their man child son is back in the same position he was in but they are worse off, they will be mad at the son that helps them. Hopefully if the opportunity ever presents itself again the parent's attitude will be better and they will appreciate the offer from the son who actually cared in the first place. They needed some humble pie with a dolop reality!!
Franklin Newman 1 year ago
He can give his parents another car, but only if they sign a contract that says the younger brother cannot have it. Mind you, there is nothing wrong with working any job, except being a C. E. O., which requires being an amoral sociopath. Low wage jobs may not be exciting, but they are still important and it's not an excuse to judge anyone. The problem with low wage jobs is that you can be at-will fired from them with no defense, something that makes a mockery of the 13th Amendment. And yes, the rule of gifts is that once you give the gift to someone, it is theirs and you no longer have a say. That is the law. However, a contract will revise that, and you can always give them the car as a lease instead of outright ownership. Then they dare not give it away.
Spittnimage 1 year ago
Parents are AHs. I never give a gift away, it's rude and shows the giver you don't care about their feelings.
Jessica Olson 1 year ago
I mean never is a strong word. In this case he's giving them a car so that they have a safe vehicle so them giving it away defeats the whole point of the gift. So it is rude to give it away immediately (I think it would be fine for them to give their 12-year-old vehicle when they get the 6-year-old vehicle, like a hand me down the line). But many people regift a gift because they do care about somebody's feelings. A good example is a wedding or baby shower gift, say you get three of the same things and you only need one, you can regift a return the other two to switch it out for something you need. Hopefully your relationships are good enough you can just flat out tell them. But some people are shy about it too (or the relative is extremely sensitive and blows up easy). Also after the life of the item has run its course, it's not like you have to keep stuff around just because somebody else gave it to you. You would naturally throw it away or send it to Goodwill etc
Load More Replies... Tiffany De Man 8 months ago (edited)
NTA When my parents split my mom Said She didn’t have money for a car so I gave her mine and bought a new One on a payment plan for myself. I still lived with my dad so i could aford it. When my mom got money from my dad for her half of the house She bought a bmw (quadruple the price of my little car) so I asked where my car was. She sold it…. I could have used that money. She got a new bf and stepchildren ( never met Then they didn’t want the know me, but they were on my Netflix account) when I finally got my own house I cancelled Netflix and order stuff . Mom called me angry yelling at me because Now her stepchildren were mad … Point of case parents sometimes take you for granted.. until you stop caterhing to them Then they get mad … stop caterhing them they are grown up people and you are going to need your money .
elfin 1 year ago
This seems straightforward. You told your parents straight-out what you thought about the situation and what you would do about it. They didn't listen. You then did what you said you would do. That is entirely fair. You were kind to offer and smart to add a reasonable condition. Your goal was a safe car for your parents, not money for your brother; that's fair.
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
NTA. Your parents can continue to give their own money to your brother. My ex-bf always had really nice cars, but then he'd buy a new one and give the "old" one to a relative. He would use that "gift" to try and control them. Only one of the reasons he's and ex.
Jeanne Dansby 1 year ago
Name tag jobs are still jobs and not all journeys are to the top. Frankly, I find OP to be something of a d****e.
Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
One thing for him to say this, but also he sold the car to his parents, it is now theirs and they call do what they like with it. He just needs to stop giving his old cars to his parents end of discussion
Hope Tirendi 1 year ago
Wow your parents are something else. They had a really good car and instead let the loser sell it and keep $12 grand!!! NEVER give them anything again. Tell them the loser can give them their next car. I mean he obviously lives off them so I'm sure he can afford to.
EhCanadian 1 year ago (edited)
It's harsh calling a 12 year old Kia as "s__tbox". First, there's nothing wrong with driving a 12 year old car. I drive a 12 year old car. The average age of a car on U.S. roads is 12 years. Second, Kia is a decent brand and that 12 year old Kia is a lot better than a 12 year old Ford! Your parents are driving a perfectly average car of average age!
Annie Steele 1 year ago
I bought my mother a house, right up until the moment that she realised that she would have to contribute, she thought she was going to be living in it rent free, she was happy. When I broke the news, she exclaimed that she didn't think she wanted it! OK, I'll rent it out. Thankfully she died a few years later and I don't have to deal with her selfish ways anymore.
Kim Kermes 1 year ago
Is there a way he could keep ownership of a vehicle, lend it to his parents, and have no legal liability for what they do with it? Bro can't sell without a title. Maybe rent to them for the cost of insurance and pay himself?
John Austin 1 year ago
My friend makes $12,000 every time his parents give him his brother's hand-me-down cars. Sign up today for our course on how to ditch the hat and name tag and the job requiring both of them. The first lesson is only $1 and your credit card will be charged $50 after three days if you can't find us to cancel. Flirtygirlswithoutunderwesr.com
D.N. Lyons 1 year ago
Entitled losers will always be entitled losers. Do nothing for them anymore, Alex.
TheReader19 1 year ago
I don't think his parents are entitled losers; he said they love all their implying there's more than two. All the rest including Alex came out okay. So that shows they are hardly lovers, if anything; they're just to soft on their kids.
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Gina Davis 1 year ago
I understand him wanting to make sure his parents have a nice dependable car. I can also understand how adult children can play on their parents emotions to get things. Maybe he could keep the car in his name and add his parents as drivers. Then they have a reliable car and his brother can’t get his hands on it.
Krystal Keener 1 year ago
It's a tough situation for sure. I remember as a young adult, I had bought my sister a pretty piece of jewelry to wear for church. Shed really wanted something nice. My stipulation for spending that kind of money was she had to take care of it; so when she wasn't wearing it, she needed to put it in her jewelry box. My mom talked to me later and explained that if I'm giving a gift to someone then there needs to be no strings attached. You either give them the gift and then let it go, or don't give the gift. Obviously a car isn't jewelry, but I kinda lean more towards that vein of thinking. Is it a jerk thing to do after you child basically gives you an amazing vehicle upgrade? Yes it is. But at the same time, once it's their property than it's their property.
Holly Shinn 1 year ago
The first time around he should have kept the car's title in his name and let his parents drive it. The brother wouldn't have been able to sell it. The parents could have taken over insuring it even with out owning it.
Lisa Barbeau 1 year ago
Then he has the liability as the owner. Selling it to them means he won’t lose his assets in case of an accident.
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Isabella 1 year ago
who needs new car every 6 years? that's some new level of American consumptionism.
Fight Hypocrites 1 year ago
People have always done this. There are varying strategies. If you don't mind always having a car payment or can pay cash, you might trade in every 2-3 years while your car likely has it's maximum trade in value. With 6 year car loans available now, some people trade as soon as they pay one off. Some people will only make one payment at a time, so one car will be between new and 6 years old and the other will be 6-12 years old at any given time. Others drive them until they die and start over. I don't know where you're from, but in many parts of the US people drive significant distances every day. Putting 60 miles a day on a vehicle isn't unusual at all. At six years it's easy to have 100,000 miles. If you don't want to take your chances on major repairs, you'd better start trading.
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Solandri 1 year ago
If you're well off enough to give away cars, why sell the car to them for $1 in the first place? Keep it in your name. Get insurance for it with the parents added as authorized users. And "lend" them the car with the stipulation that nobody else can drive it "for insurance reasons."
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Need more context on bro. Is he CHOSING to hope job to job or is he actually strggling to find decent work? Does he suffer from depression/anxiety that prevents him from finding steady work? OP sounds a bit like an AH giving no context on his bro n just calling him "useless" for struggling to find work. Its America. The economy is p**s. Finding work isnt as easy as it was. Also you chose to sell your BARELY old BARELY user car to them for a BUCK! If you sre THAT well off then YTA for being pissy they are trying to help the kid thats struggling. Maybe stop buy cars every other year? No one NEEDS a new car that often
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
If OP wants a new car every few years, that's his right. I don't know where you live, but there are decent jobs available everywhere. You just have to actually work. My neighborhood supermarket is always looking for workers; they pay well and have good benefits. I know many of the clerks and they say there is always overtime. Sure, the job can be boring, but it's work and many of the employees have worked there for 20+ years. The older clerks know many of us by name, and we always chat with them. They also have jobs for disabled people based on their abilities.
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Boblawblaslawblog 1 year ago
I don't normally go against the grain, but I'm gonna say ESH. Mom and dad took for granted they were getting a free used car. OP is in the wrong too. When you give something away, and no longer own it, the new owners can do with it as they please. Also OP smacks of elitism. He's breathing his brother for working?? Really?? Maybe if the guy didn't have a job and was into d***s, I might see a valid point to his argument, but it appears his brother is working class and struggling like everyone else.
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 year ago
You sound like an angry teenager with no respect to elders. Your grammar is pathetic, no half decent adult wouldn't talk the way that you do. How old are you? 15? That's probably about your age or you would know on the first comment you did would be considered HATE SPEECH. This comment ☝️☝️☝️here of yours, reminds me of someone that would have to use a magnifying glass just to locate a part of you to use when going to the bathroom....so you decided that you will have to make fun of the Oompa Loompa so you would feel better about yourself and your little magnifying glass potty problem. 👀🔎🚽
Load More Replies... Granny's Thoughts 1 year ago
Good for you for not continuing to fund the brothers life choices. Your parents needed a wake up call. You were fair and above board.
MR 1 year ago
Oh no. You have to drive a 12 year old car. Let me sympathetize with you while staring at my 21 year old car. The entitlement of these people is insane. No one the brother is so messed up.
Vira 1 year ago
Right! Lol. You just reminded me my own car is 24 years old. I'd love a 12 year old car.
Load More Replies... Marianne 1 year ago
The car was effectively a present and you don't give presents away, it's disrespectful. I once got my mother a book for her birthday and she gave it to a friend of hers when she couldn't find another present on the spot. I was offended and it was only a book.
Vira 1 year ago
I don't mind regifting. The problem, here, is that the parents are using one child to fund another child's ineptitude, or laziness.
Load More Replies... D. Pitbull 1 year ago
"We've decided we're entitled to take your assistance for granted. We'll give it away/mistreat it/fritter it away consistently, without a second thought, because we will be fully expecting you'll just keep giving us stuff forever and ever." then "What? You're not just forking over free things anymore? How DARE you?"
DarkViolet 1 year ago
They just believed that the aforementioned rule didn't apply to them.
Load More Replies... Karen Philpott 1 year ago
The parents should give the entitled one their old car if he needs a car. I'd accept the deal OP offered. Sounds great to me.
Cedar Trees 1 year ago
If the parents want the vehicle...a compromise could be owner gets separate insurance where parents & he are the only auth'd drivers.o exceptions. He maintains control, parents have a safe vehicle. That eliminates derelict greedy brother from having any legal access. Honestly, I think the brother is a chip of the old block. Success breeds jealousy, contempt. It brings out predatory behavior from family/friends. I bet the parents give brother money too. I think owner is better off with his HEALTHY boundary by washing his hands of all of them financially. Owner can always sell his "trade in" vehicle & use some of the funds to fix something in parents house (with owner hiring and controllibg the project/purse strings of course). He could send the parents on a nice vacation or treat mom to some spa days/massage & dad to a couple of ball games etc. There are many ways to care for your toxic dysfunctional, enabling, manipulative parents without getting sucked into the "CRAZY".
patricia Torres 1 year ago
It's annoying when you can't help someone because they don't appreciate the gift. I realize, you of course love your parents. You are naturally right in choosing to opt in a different direction, in order to avoid being an enabler. Some people would have die if they needed to forage and hunt in order to survive . A fact made obvious by the lack of desire to thrive. Maybe next time they'll choose to embrace the expensive deal.
Dee Shannon 1 year ago
NTA You were being very generous to them and they really didn't appreciate it. I wish someone would sell me a nice dependable vehicle for 1$
SnowWhite 1 year ago
Instead of being upset they ruined a good deal for themselves they will put the blame and any up coming car issues and the fact they can't afford them on the son that helps them. Instead of the parents looking at their, I think I can, car and then to the still unemployed son who got all that money from the sale of the Jeep and realize their man child son is back in the same position he was in but they are worse off, they will be mad at the son that helps them. Hopefully if the opportunity ever presents itself again the parent's attitude will be better and they will appreciate the offer from the son who actually cared in the first place. They needed some humble pie with a dolop reality!!
Franklin Newman 1 year ago
He can give his parents another car, but only if they sign a contract that says the younger brother cannot have it. Mind you, there is nothing wrong with working any job, except being a C. E. O., which requires being an amoral sociopath. Low wage jobs may not be exciting, but they are still important and it's not an excuse to judge anyone. The problem with low wage jobs is that you can be at-will fired from them with no defense, something that makes a mockery of the 13th Amendment. And yes, the rule of gifts is that once you give the gift to someone, it is theirs and you no longer have a say. That is the law. However, a contract will revise that, and you can always give them the car as a lease instead of outright ownership. Then they dare not give it away.
Spittnimage 1 year ago
Parents are AHs. I never give a gift away, it's rude and shows the giver you don't care about their feelings.
Jessica Olson 1 year ago
I mean never is a strong word. In this case he's giving them a car so that they have a safe vehicle so them giving it away defeats the whole point of the gift. So it is rude to give it away immediately (I think it would be fine for them to give their 12-year-old vehicle when they get the 6-year-old vehicle, like a hand me down the line). But many people regift a gift because they do care about somebody's feelings. A good example is a wedding or baby shower gift, say you get three of the same things and you only need one, you can regift a return the other two to switch it out for something you need. Hopefully your relationships are good enough you can just flat out tell them. But some people are shy about it too (or the relative is extremely sensitive and blows up easy). Also after the life of the item has run its course, it's not like you have to keep stuff around just because somebody else gave it to you. You would naturally throw it away or send it to Goodwill etc
Load More Replies... Tiffany De Man 8 months ago (edited)
NTA When my parents split my mom Said She didn’t have money for a car so I gave her mine and bought a new One on a payment plan for myself. I still lived with my dad so i could aford it. When my mom got money from my dad for her half of the house She bought a bmw (quadruple the price of my little car) so I asked where my car was. She sold it…. I could have used that money. She got a new bf and stepchildren ( never met Then they didn’t want the know me, but they were on my Netflix account) when I finally got my own house I cancelled Netflix and order stuff . Mom called me angry yelling at me because Now her stepchildren were mad … Point of case parents sometimes take you for granted.. until you stop caterhing to them Then they get mad … stop caterhing them they are grown up people and you are going to need your money .
elfin 1 year ago
This seems straightforward. You told your parents straight-out what you thought about the situation and what you would do about it. They didn't listen. You then did what you said you would do. That is entirely fair. You were kind to offer and smart to add a reasonable condition. Your goal was a safe car for your parents, not money for your brother; that's fair.
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
NTA. Your parents can continue to give their own money to your brother. My ex-bf always had really nice cars, but then he'd buy a new one and give the "old" one to a relative. He would use that "gift" to try and control them. Only one of the reasons he's and ex.
Jeanne Dansby 1 year ago
Name tag jobs are still jobs and not all journeys are to the top. Frankly, I find OP to be something of a d****e.
Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
One thing for him to say this, but also he sold the car to his parents, it is now theirs and they call do what they like with it. He just needs to stop giving his old cars to his parents end of discussion
Hope Tirendi 1 year ago
Wow your parents are something else. They had a really good car and instead let the loser sell it and keep $12 grand!!! NEVER give them anything again. Tell them the loser can give them their next car. I mean he obviously lives off them so I'm sure he can afford to.
EhCanadian 1 year ago (edited)
It's harsh calling a 12 year old Kia as "s__tbox". First, there's nothing wrong with driving a 12 year old car. I drive a 12 year old car. The average age of a car on U.S. roads is 12 years. Second, Kia is a decent brand and that 12 year old Kia is a lot better than a 12 year old Ford! Your parents are driving a perfectly average car of average age!
Annie Steele 1 year ago
I bought my mother a house, right up until the moment that she realised that she would have to contribute, she thought she was going to be living in it rent free, she was happy. When I broke the news, she exclaimed that she didn't think she wanted it! OK, I'll rent it out. Thankfully she died a few years later and I don't have to deal with her selfish ways anymore.
Kim Kermes 1 year ago
Is there a way he could keep ownership of a vehicle, lend it to his parents, and have no legal liability for what they do with it? Bro can't sell without a title. Maybe rent to them for the cost of insurance and pay himself?
John Austin 1 year ago
My friend makes $12,000 every time his parents give him his brother's hand-me-down cars. Sign up today for our course on how to ditch the hat and name tag and the job requiring both of them. The first lesson is only $1 and your credit card will be charged $50 after three days if you can't find us to cancel. Flirtygirlswithoutunderwesr.com
D.N. Lyons 1 year ago
Entitled losers will always be entitled losers. Do nothing for them anymore, Alex.
TheReader19 1 year ago
I don't think his parents are entitled losers; he said they love all their implying there's more than two. All the rest including Alex came out okay. So that shows they are hardly lovers, if anything; they're just to soft on their kids.
Load More Replies... Gina Davis 1 year ago
I understand him wanting to make sure his parents have a nice dependable car. I can also understand how adult children can play on their parents emotions to get things. Maybe he could keep the car in his name and add his parents as drivers. Then they have a reliable car and his brother can’t get his hands on it.
Krystal Keener 1 year ago
It's a tough situation for sure. I remember as a young adult, I had bought my sister a pretty piece of jewelry to wear for church. Shed really wanted something nice. My stipulation for spending that kind of money was she had to take care of it; so when she wasn't wearing it, she needed to put it in her jewelry box. My mom talked to me later and explained that if I'm giving a gift to someone then there needs to be no strings attached. You either give them the gift and then let it go, or don't give the gift. Obviously a car isn't jewelry, but I kinda lean more towards that vein of thinking. Is it a jerk thing to do after you child basically gives you an amazing vehicle upgrade? Yes it is. But at the same time, once it's their property than it's their property.
Holly Shinn 1 year ago
The first time around he should have kept the car's title in his name and let his parents drive it. The brother wouldn't have been able to sell it. The parents could have taken over insuring it even with out owning it.
Lisa Barbeau 1 year ago
Then he has the liability as the owner. Selling it to them means he won’t lose his assets in case of an accident.
Load More Replies... Isabella 1 year ago
who needs new car every 6 years? that's some new level of American consumptionism.
Fight Hypocrites 1 year ago
People have always done this. There are varying strategies. If you don't mind always having a car payment or can pay cash, you might trade in every 2-3 years while your car likely has it's maximum trade in value. With 6 year car loans available now, some people trade as soon as they pay one off. Some people will only make one payment at a time, so one car will be between new and 6 years old and the other will be 6-12 years old at any given time. Others drive them until they die and start over. I don't know where you're from, but in many parts of the US people drive significant distances every day. Putting 60 miles a day on a vehicle isn't unusual at all. At six years it's easy to have 100,000 miles. If you don't want to take your chances on major repairs, you'd better start trading.
Load More Replies... Solandri 1 year ago
If you're well off enough to give away cars, why sell the car to them for $1 in the first place? Keep it in your name. Get insurance for it with the parents added as authorized users. And "lend" them the car with the stipulation that nobody else can drive it "for insurance reasons."
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Need more context on bro. Is he CHOSING to hope job to job or is he actually strggling to find decent work? Does he suffer from depression/anxiety that prevents him from finding steady work? OP sounds a bit like an AH giving no context on his bro n just calling him "useless" for struggling to find work. Its America. The economy is p**s. Finding work isnt as easy as it was. Also you chose to sell your BARELY old BARELY user car to them for a BUCK! If you sre THAT well off then YTA for being pissy they are trying to help the kid thats struggling. Maybe stop buy cars every other year? No one NEEDS a new car that often
Jude Laskowski 1 year ago
If OP wants a new car every few years, that's his right. I don't know where you live, but there are decent jobs available everywhere. You just have to actually work. My neighborhood supermarket is always looking for workers; they pay well and have good benefits. I know many of the clerks and they say there is always overtime. Sure, the job can be boring, but it's work and many of the employees have worked there for 20+ years. The older clerks know many of us by name, and we always chat with them. They also have jobs for disabled people based on their abilities.
Load More Replies... Boblawblaslawblog 1 year ago
I don't normally go against the grain, but I'm gonna say ESH. Mom and dad took for granted they were getting a free used car. OP is in the wrong too. When you give something away, and no longer own it, the new owners can do with it as they please. Also OP smacks of elitism. He's breathing his brother for working?? Really?? Maybe if the guy didn't have a job and was into d***s, I might see a valid point to his argument, but it appears his brother is working class and struggling like everyone else.
ShreekyLette Lois (Shreeky) 1 year ago
You sound like an angry teenager with no respect to elders. Your grammar is pathetic, no half decent adult wouldn't talk the way that you do. How old are you? 15? That's probably about your age or you would know on the first comment you did would be considered HATE SPEECH. This comment ☝️☝️☝️here of yours, reminds me of someone that would have to use a magnifying glass just to locate a part of you to use when going to the bathroom....so you decided that you will have to make fun of the Oompa Loompa so you would feel better about yourself and your little magnifying glass potty problem. 👀🔎🚽
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