<p>he asked for opinions and he got them. And I am pretty sure his parents work for their money. 20$ is a lot and he should buy cheap ones. I got a nice pair at the dollar tree for 1$ and they are great. Also, his parents probably want him to not grow up getting what ever he wnats with no work. If he cant get a job, then he should try doing work for him neighbors and I also collect cans for money. Try it you get a lotfor them and when you buy something with your own hard earned cash, doesnt it feel that much better?</p>
<p>people like you guys are gonna burn in hell. spoiled arrogant bastards. i cant imagine what kind of men you’re gonna be when you grow up.</p>
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<p>Yeah, you don’t think he’s spoiled because you’re extremely spoiled and a tool. Things your parents buy you now determine whether or not you take care of them acdequately when they’re older? That’s ridiculous. Nice concept of family.</p>
<p>Exactly spanks…way to come to a conclusion.</p>
<p>If your parents buy themselves everything under the sky and buy you nothing, how would that make you feel? I’m not saying that’s how the OP is, but I have seen plenty of people like that. </p>
<p>And by the way, I’ve worked since I was 15 and pay for everything, including car, insurance, gas!, food, etc. So I wouldn’t necessarily call me spoiled. I’m sure you’ve got more coming to you than me. And don’t leave off the fact that I’ll be paying in full for my college tuition, even though my parents make a decent amount of money. I see no problem with that.</p>
<p>I wonder who’s paying for that Cornell tuition? Maybe you shouldn’t make assumptions a/b people when you have no idea who they are. Geez I’d think Cornell would teach you a little better than that.</p>
<p>And yes, I stand by my statement that if your parents treat you like crap throughout your childhood and give you hand-me-down clothes like my dad’s parents did to him and leave you without dinner b/c you refused to finish the Big Mac from last Tuesday, they shouldn’t get a dime! That’s crap and you are making an opinion based on nothing but your own bias. Perhaps if you had a childhood like my parents have had you would see why they aren’t exactly eager to throw the money at their parents. They’ll still help them, but the feeling is still there, not just based on money but on the overall relationship they had with them. A crappy childhood will do that to you. But I digress…this is a bit off topic.</p>
<p>the op wanted opinions, i think that a few are quite harsh but thats what they are. He doesnt have to listen and some are trying to give him some ideas so he doesnt have to nag his parents for the money. and if you read the post he said 20 $ is a lot where he comes from. So yes I think that his whining was uncalled and if he wanted the sandals that bad he would have used his allowance or done some type of work for them(you can do work and get money with out having a job).</p>
<p>I never said I was/wasn’t spoiled. My parents aren’t paying for most of my tuition. Even if they didn’t give me a dime, I wouldn’t ever have the attitude towards them conveyed in your previous post. You also have no idea how much money I have, so I don’t know how you’re so “sure” that I get more things than you do. How much money I have is not the issue here, since I’m not the one complaining about a pair of flip flops or suggesting that people put their parents in crappy retrirement homes. </p>
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<p>That’s enough information to conclude that you are a tool. </p>
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<p>Your dad’s childhood has obviously skewed your opinion, so maybe you should take your own advice…</p>
<p>Also, you should differentiate between being treated “like crap” and not being given everything you want. Though you claim to know people whose parents treat them poorly, I’m sure you’re not aware of all the details of their situations.</p>
<p>I agree if $20 is a lot of money where he comes from, then he needs to change his ways. I’m sorry…I did not see that part. My last post was a little personal because I hate the way my parents were treated as children…</p>
<p>Spanks - this is getting off topic. You say my dad’s childhood has skewed my opinion and you are probably right. Were you aware of the details, I think you might change your mind as well. I’m not going to argue with you about this. If you have really s****y parents, I mean really horrible (not just not buying you a $20 pair of flip flops), I no longer see any obligation to show them the respect that they did not give you. However, my dad is a good enough man to keep in contact with my grandfather and luckily my grandfather has changed a lot over the years. Still, I don’t think my dad has any responsibility to put his father in a top-notch retirement home or make him feel like a part of the family because he was such a hurtful father.</p>
<p>There is a difference b/w him and this boy’s father though…given that $20 is a lot of money where he comes from, it is stupid to get into a huge argument over something that is obviously a financial burden.</p>
<p>Okay, agreed, but since you didn’t really elaborate in your first post, I took you for a total ■■■■■■.</p>
<p>no problem. yeah I think this guy has gotten enough opinions dont you think? lol</p>
<p>yeah, but the ugliness of ADIDAS flip flops is reason enough not to buy them, even if they were 5 dollars.</p>
<p>lol reefs are much comfier and better looking, my brother bought a pair and i always wear them</p>
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<p>Actually, there’s nothing “gay” about it. Gay means homosexual (or happy, which clearly wasn’t your intended usage of the word). It’s very immature to use gay as a derogatory term for lack of a better word. I have gay friends and they’re very nice.</p>
<p>I’m sorry…I don’t catch myself sometimes with that. As you can see, I’m from Texas. Terms stick…just the way it is. Hopefully my vocabulary will change once I get to a college up north.</p>
<p>lol it’s alright i was just pointing it out. a lot of my friends do it too and i live in massachusetts haha./</p>
<p>Wow someone really needs to grow up. this sounds like something i did when i was 5. You’re 16 years old and you still nag and nag at your parents to buy things? And allowance? ***? My family is relatively well-off, but i’ve never gotten any allowance - I do chores as well.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and posting about your “pain” on an online message board really takes the cake.</p>
<p>oh ok…well I plan on going to a pretty liberal college so I’m sure I’ll hear a/b it if I call things gay.</p>
<p>But then again I guess I could just say I meant those things are “happy.” ;)</p>
<p>wow! This thread has taken a pretty interesting turn. First of all, Let me say that I am definately not gay. BTW: There is nothing gay about wanting flip flops. You know what, **** the flip flops. After reading this thread It has come to my attention that it was immature and childish to blow up in my parents faces over them. Next time I’ll make sure I nag over something that’s worth the trouble and that doesn’t seem too “gay” either.
For those of you who seem quite interested in the whole gay thing, maybe you should go to the “Gay/Strait alliance” thread.</p>
<p>stuck-on-1700, youre gay because of your attitude. you’re a sniveller. men are not like that. if you lived in the US, you’d get smashed by a huge Milwaukee’s Best Light can.
you go to that thread. seems like a perfect place for you.</p>
<p>My attitude is just fine, you r starting to sound like my mom! And you r forgetting something, I am not in the US and I most probably will never go there. And how the **** can a person’s attitude make him/her gay???</p>