Okay well I am really embarrassed because a couple of weeks ago I turned 16 but my parents didn't get me any kind of car, not even a used one. And the thing is that all of my friends when they turned 16 they got a car... where I live that's like an expected thing. So everyone keeps asking me what kind of car I got and what color it was and did it come with GPS navigation and it's so embarrassing to have to tell them that I didn't actually get any car at all. It's not the not having a car that's so bad, because my parents let me drive theirs anyway whenever I need to go somewhere, it's just the embarrassment that stems from not having a car when all of my friends do. I know this probably sounds shallow but at my school everyone is judged first by looks/clothes, then by what they have (how nice a house, car, etc) and so for me not having a car is really threatening my social status that I've worked so hard all of these years to obtain.
Any advice? Please help me.
Yeah, because having a job wouldn't be at all embarrassing. Not to mention it would take years of work to afford the down payment. Any other suggestions?
I don't want to be unpopular! I've worked too hard for *years* to get where I am now to lose everything over not getting a car for my birthday. You guys don't understand what it's like when everyone around you has a car and you don't, it's humiliating!
Any advice? Please help me.
Yeah, because having a job wouldn't be at all embarrassing. Not to mention it would take years of work to afford the down payment. Any other suggestions?
I don't want to be unpopular! I've worked too hard for *years* to get where I am now to lose everything over not getting a car for my birthday. You guys don't understand what it's like when everyone around you has a car and you don't, it's humiliating!