I have been looking for a vehicle for several months now. All I had to do was wait for my brother to pay me from babysitting during the summer before I could officially pick out a vehicle. When my brother finally paid me two weeks ago I was excited because that meant that I wouldn’t have to be driven around by my mom or have her permission to borrow her car to go somewhere. When I get the vehicle I want in the right price range then I will have just enough money left over to get insurance and tags and gas for about a month or two. However, I will not have enough money just on hand to pay for gas all the time which means I would need a job which I have been looking for too. The only problem with getting a job is staying on track with my homework …show more content…
She wants me to buy a phone and pay for the phone bill every month which pretty much takes all my money away from my car. She said, “You are going to have to get a job so you can pay for your phone and gas for your car, but I don’t want you to get a job because it will take time away from your homework. I do not want you to get a vehicle before a phone because I do not trust you driving by yourself or without any way to contact me or your dad.” So, basically my mom thinks I should get a job so I can pay gas for my vehicle and pay for a phone, which I am happy without, but doesn’t want me to get a phone, job, or vehicle because she wants me to graduate first. I kind of understand what she is getting at but she is constantly changing her mind from wanting me to get a job and vehicle to not even letting me out of the house because she thinks not letting me do anything will make me do more of my work. In all reality it won’t because I work great under pressure and when I’m forced to be home I’m not pressured at all and do whatever I want, but if I had to worry about keeping a job, pay for a phone every month, pay for a car and other necessities every day of my life, and get my education done then I will be pressured enough to get them all