Sunday, October 09, 2016

Pros Vs. Cons about Car Ownership

Pro's: damn near everything. 

Con's: being hounded by my aunt to drive her and my cousin all over the place because she is a manipulative, free-loading, disgrace of a person who has literally gone out of her way to say I am not being a good niece because I don't want to drive her all over the place. 

I wish I was exaggerating but after two splendid days at New York Comic Con with my friend Heather I woke up today to a litany of texts from my aunt (who I've been avoiding since my car purchase) asking me to drive my cousin Michelle to a Girl Scouts meeting in a town I have never driven to. 

Unfortunately, while I have had only had my car for about 3 weeks my aunt has asked me almost every day to either drive her to work, pick Michelle up from places I've never been too or help her run errands. I have ignored all of these requests because my aunt has a proven record of using people. This doesn't mean that I do not feel a little guilty for not being their unpaid cab driver but I don't want to get into a habit of picking her up occasionally that she grows to believe she can also rely on me for a free ride. 

While I was at Comic Con yesterday she sent me a nasty text accusing me of avoiding her. When I told her I was busy, she said she's been dying to see my car since I got it and that I make her so sick for denying her this! I then wake up today with a text from asking me to drive Michelle to some Girl Scout Meeting this afternoon. 

I am livid. I am pissed. I love my Blackberry but I never thought having a car would come with this awful responsibility of informing people that you are not a cab driver and that they will have to make do as they have in the past without a car. I am so mayad. I can't even process my anger. 

Comic Con however was very fun and I got so much free swag, i have to go through most of it like I used to go through candy stashes as a kid. 

End Rant 


3 comments:

denise jordan said...

So many times there are people around us who feel entitled to whatever we may have. Set some healthy boundaries and unashamadly enjoy your new ride!

denise jordan said...

Girl, I check here every day to see if you have posted anything new. Hope all is well in your world!

B.Amelia said...

hahaha! I will post something today. I promise. I've been trying to write posts at work, so I can start scheduling posts weekly. I have a lot of updating to do :)