He Bought His Daughter A $74,000 Car For Her Sixteenth Birthday, And Now His Teenage Son Is Upset
This man has two children who are both nearing 16-years-old. Both of his children are conscientious, and they’ve never had issues with jealousy between the two of them.
Once in a while, they do feel frustrated when one of them receives a gift that the other didn’t, but they are aware of the concept that there’s more to a fair distribution of gifts than how much the items cost.
On one occasion, his daughter asked him for a new bed, and he bought one for her that cost $5,500, and he bought new golf clubs for his son that were $3,000.
This wasn’t a problem because his son was thrilled to receive the golf clubs and didn’t mind that his daughter’s bed was so much pricier.
His daughter has always adored his car, which is an Audi Q8. For her 16th birthday, he purchased her a $74,000 Audi e-tron.
“Fantastic safety features and the driver’s assist packages are amazing. All around, I can’t think of a better first car for a teenager. Here’s my predicament: My son wants a C7 Z06. The one he wants is $80,000, so it’s basically the same price as my daughter’s car. But I don’t think a 16-year-old has any business in a 600+ HP, RWD car,” he said.
During the conversation with his son, he expressed to him that if he wanted a muscle car for his 16th birthday, he would purchase one for him.
However, he clarified that the car needed to be about 300 horsepower, limiting him to cars with a V6 vehicle.
“As we’ve gone back and forth, he made the argument that the new Supras are V6s and ‘around’ 300 HP (actually closer to 400),” he explained.
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“I went and drove one, and I still think that’s way too fast for a 16-year-old. I suggested a new Mustang Coupe ($38,000), which I think has aggressive styling and good tech features. It’s just missing the horsepower.”
At this, his son got angry. Up until this point, his son has never been angry over how much he spends on gifts for the two of his children.
So, he picked up on the fact that his son was just focusing on how much his daughter’s vehicle cost so that he could persuade him to buy him the Corvette instead.
Now, he worries that it’s his fault that his son is upset in the first place. For the most part, everything he buys for his daughter is pricier than what he buys for his son.
Each month, his daughter buys more clothes than his son does because his son doesn’t enjoy shopping for clothing, but he does have some shoes that cost a lot of money.
He bought his daughter a MacBook because she wanted something high-quality and practical for when she wanted to bring her computer over to a friend’s house to study.
On the other hand, his son’s PC was less expensive because his son wanted a good computer for playing video games.
“I spend $3,000 a month on dinners with her; he’s always invited (and sometimes I make him go), but he doesn’t like to go to dinner because it takes a couple of hours, and he thinks it’s boring,” he shared.
From his perspective, how much he spends on each of his children doesn’t matter.
He acknowledged that in order to get something, you have to spend money, but spending money isn’t what you’re setting out to do just for the sake of it.
In the situation with his son, his son wants him to buy a fast vehicle, and he clarified that even if he could get a fast car for free, he wouldn’t allow his son to have it. The main concern he has is the safety of the vehicles his son is interested in.
He isn’t going to change his mind and give his son the car that he’s asking for. It would be a mistake to purchase a car that his son could get injured driving or injure others.
What advice would you give him?
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