When his son was 16, he had $5000 in savings.
Little did they know what they were getting into!
They felt that he would earn around $10,000 total and they would buy him a $20,000 car.
But the son invested in stock options and earned a total of (drumroll hey!)
Even thecouplewas shocked as now they had to match it and buy him a $70,000 car.
Probably consumed by this confusion, the poster vented online and asked people for their advice.
He also added later that their son was really close to hisgirlfriendand listened to her.
Thats quite a high number and it looks like the posters son is one of them.
And OPs argument that it was a waste of money in a car was backed by many netizens.
They felt that there was frankly no need for a teenager to get an expensive car.
They also stressed the fact that he wouldnt even know the true value of something so expensive.
However, others commented that breaking the promise would really hurt him.
It would be like keeping the promise but not really encouraging the expensive purchase.
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