Same for me. Except the being 23 part

 

I'm 37. I don't get that kinda reaction from my parents as I have to "fix" their computer, etc. Their biggest thing is making sure I am saving (no ) and investing money (yes ) ...& children (HELL NO )

 

im 22 ive drove every car that my parents have had since i got a DL

 

im 22 (23 on sunday!) and my parents would let me drive their cars, stay at their house alone, or use their pc anytime. hell, my dad always asks if i want to trade cars for a day. i have more of a problem of him driving mine than he does of me driving his (only b/c mine is low and i worry about other people not taking care of it over dips in the road and such, not b/c i dont trust his driving)


i dont think there is anyone in my family like your dad. and when i say family i mean grandparents, aunts/uncles, and cousins. in fact, i just got done dogsitting/house sitting for my aunt and uncle for a week. and im sure i could do that at any one of my families houses (already done it at 2 others)

your dad is weird... no offense

 

My parents trust me. I have a key to their house, I drive their cars, they don't care.

That said, they have a key to my house and I'll give my dad the S2K when he's in town.

 

When I was 17 and my brother was 14, my dad and mom hopped in the car and went on a one month trip to Alaska.

"Do you kids want to come or stay at home with $500 of grocery and fun money and keys to the other cars?"

Tough choice, spend my summer vacation in the car with mom or have the place to myself and a pocket full of cash?

My brother and I did some minor stuff we never got caught at, but I was not a drinker in high school and never got into trouble. So I had trust. I also had an extremely hot girlfriend who spent most of that month over at the homestead. I always was allowed to take friends for weekends to the family cabin in High School and College. I got the keys to the RX7 for prom. etc.

My sister was the Kelly Bundy of Fridley High School. Big hair. Leather mini with handcuff belt. Partier. She hopped onto a tour bus with Tesla and Deaf Leopard for a couple weeks at 20. She had a short leash but still acted loosey goosey. She is retarded though I swear.

And no I don't have pics. She is 41 now anyway and has looked better.

 

My parents have always trusted me. I'm 19, still live at home, and all I do is say "i'm going out, bye" and that's all they need (been like that since I got my license). They know that I'll call if I'm not coming home, or when I'm at my destination, and that I'll call if something happens to me (like when I totaled my car ).

The reason is I don't do stupid shit. If I drink, I drink at home. Why? Because my parents would rather me drink at home with the security of them, then go somewhere else to drink and possibly drive. I've thrown parties at my house with drinking, and they didn't care, as long as everyone who drank had to stay over until the next morning, which they did.

 

Scot is a shit disturber, and daddy has trust issues - and questionable taste in cars I keed.

I did basically everything I could when I was a youngin to destroy my parents' trust, but they continued to want to trust me so at times they acted like they didn't know I was going out to drink (or came home still drunk or hungover from the night before at age 14-19) but talking to them now they knew everything.

There's a difference between turning a blind eye, and watching everything in your peripheral. Mine stayed close enough that I'd never get into serious serious trouble, but at enough of a distance that I'd test boundaries constantly. As long as they kept seeing me do the most important things - be a good person, be polite, friendly, considerate, mostly aware of safety, don't embarrass them etc. - then I had enough leash to get into trouble...and be pulled back out by my throat when I took it too far.

My parents are now pretty blindly trusting to the point where I could ask them for $50k because I need it and can't explain why. I wouldn't do that, but I know I could if I need to. Had a problem last month with my bank freezing all of my accounts due to security issues and a quick call to my folks secured a substantial transfer of funds to live off of until the bank got their act together.

I'll be going to visit them in a few weeks and staking claim on their new Honda Pilot (which they absolutely love)for the duration of my visit. I say it's thanks to me telling them to get rid of the 5.9 Durango and to pick up the Honda. They owe me.



The mystery of SkiBum's list of vehicles is explained in the post mentioning dad's Ferrari You had me thinking I'm failing at life because obviously I still judge my success in comparison to my peers


Scot, don't go opposite just to prove you're not like your dad, and hand over the keys to any 500hp+ cars to your kids. I don't feel like seeing a post or article 10 years from now.