AITA

<p>Sixteenth birthdays for some, signify a teen&#39;s first foray into young adulthood. In many states, it&#39;s the age when you can start driving. That&#39;s why scores of sixteen-year-olds with wealthy parents drive the cars they get on their birthday.</p><h2>On a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/119j5ds/aita_for_giving_my_son_a_car_when_he_turned_16/" target="_blank">popular Reddit thread </a>in the Am I the A**hole Subreddit, one man gets his sons vehicles for their 16 birthday but doesn&#39;t do the same for his daughter&#39;s 16th birthday.</h2><p>He writes:</p><blockquote> <p>For my eldest son&#39;s 16th birthday, I gave him an old car that I hadn&#39;t used in several years and had broken down. I also gave him some money to help him fix it, but he had spent much of his money fixing it. When my second son turned sixteen, he wanted a motorcycle, and I gave him an old motorcycle; it worked fine enough, and he hasn&#39;t had to spend any money fixing it yet. This was both of their only present from me.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>My daughter&#39;s 16th birthday was last week. I know my daughter wanted a car, but I don&#39;t have a car sitting around to give her. I gave her $500 for a car and got her some jewelry. I told her she would need to save herself if she wanted a car, and I could help her get a loan in my name.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>She has a job, so this isn&#39;t out of the question. She was a little sulky about the situation and complained that I had given her brothers vehicles, but understood I wasn&#39;t trying to spite her. I have other younger sons I will give the same to when they turn 16, so this isn&#39;t me trying to single her out.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I should have thought about how I wouldn&#39;t be able to give my younger kids the same treatment as the oldest when I gave him a car. But he&#39;s significantly older than my other kids, so I wasn&#39;t thinking of them when I gave him the car. I was trying to do something nice for him.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Although my daughter isn&#39;t too bummed out over the car, my ex-wife is a different story. She&#39;s seen me give the other boys nice things for their birthday (my eldest is her stepson) and thinks I&#39;m treating her differently because she&#39;s a girl and I always prioritize the boys. My daughter was more upset about the lack of a car than I had thought.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>She thinks I should at least put more money towards our daughter getting a car as she knows I can afford it and am being an a** by not getting her one. I told her that she could also give our daughter money for a car. I could probably afford to put more money towards buying my daughter a car or even find a cheap used car to buy her.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>But by giving her the $500, I already spent more directly on her birthday present than the boys, as their gifts were sitting around collecting dust in my garage. I can&#39;t remember how much I gave my son to fix the car, but it was max $250. I have three younger kids I can&#39;t continue to set a precedent that I&#39;ll buy each of them a car. Am I being the a**hole? I feel like I ruined her birthday by letting her down.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The internet can settle any family squabble.</p><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Comfortable-Set-819/">Comfortable-Set-819</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>You gave your boys something worth more than $500 and some jewelry. You gave them freedom. YTA (You&#39;re the A**hole).</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/OrangeCubit/">OrangeCubit</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>YTA - you gave BOTH sons vehicles and I bet both were worth more than $500. You blatantly favoring your sons. How did you expect her to feel about this?</p> </blockquote><p><a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/txa1265/">txa1265</a> says:</p><blockquote> <p>YTA - please take the time to estimate the replacement value of a working car and working motorcycle, and use THOSE numbers rather than assuming zero value since you owned them. That is not how assets work. Also, giving jewelry when you&#39;d already established a precedent (2 for 2 on 16th birthday is rock solid) of giving vehicles is pretty sexist and sends a pretty clear message about what type of person you are.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>OP, you owe your daughter a car. If anybody wants to watch a sixteen year old cry because she got a blue BMW instead of a white BMW you should check out &#39;<em>My Super Sweet 16.&#39;</em></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Man gifts his sons cars for their birthdays then gives his daughter $500, asks AITA?

Sixteenth birthdays for some, signify a teen&#39;s first foray into young adulthood. In many states, it&#39;s the age when you can start driving. That&#39;s why scores of sixteen-year-olds with wealthy parents drive the cars they get on their birthday.On a popular Reddit thread in the Am I the A**hole Subreddit, one man gets his sons vehicles for their 16 birthday but doesn&#39;t do the same for his daughter&#39;s 16th birthday.He writes: For my eldest son&#39;s 16th birthday, I gave him an old car that I hadn&#39;t used in several years and had broken down. I also gave him some money to help him fix it, but he had spent much of his money fixing it. When my second son turned sixteen, he wanted a motorcycle, and I gave him an old motorcycle; it worked fine enough, and he hasn&#39;t had to spend any money fixing it yet. This was both of their only present from me.  My daughter&#39;s 16th birthday was last week. I know my daughter wanted a car, but I don&#39;t have a car sitting around to give her. I gave her $500 for a car and got her some jewelry. I told her she would need to save herself if she wanted a car, and I could help her get a loan in my name.  She has a job, so this isn&#39;t out of the question. She was a little sulky about the situation and complained that I had given her brothers vehicles, but understood I wasn&#39;t trying to spite her. I have other younger sons I will give the same to when they turn 16, so this isn&#39;t me trying to single her out.  I should have thought about how I wouldn&#39;t be able to give my younger kids the same treatment as the oldest when I gave him a car. But he&#39;s significantly older than my other kids, so I wasn&#39;t thinking of them when I gave him the car. I was trying to do something nice for him.  Although my daughter isn&#39;t too bummed out over the car, my ex-wife is a different story. She&#39;s seen me give the other boys nice things for their birthday (my eldest is her stepson) and thinks I&#39;m treating her differently because she&#39;s a girl and I always prioritize the boys. My daughter was more upset about the lack of a car than I had thought.  She thinks I should at least put more money towards our daughter getting a car as she knows I can afford it and am being an a** by not getting her one. I told her that she could also give our daughter money for a car. I could probably afford to put more money towards buying my daughter a car or even find a cheap used car to buy her.  But by giving her the $500, I already spent more directly on her birthday present than the boys, as their gifts were sitting around collecting dust in my garage. I can&#39;t remember how much I gave my son to fix the car, but it was max $250. I have three younger kids I can&#39;t continue to set a precedent that I&#39;ll buy each of them a car. Am I being the a**hole? I feel like I ruined her birthday by letting her down. The internet can settle any family squabble.Comfortable-Set-819 says: You gave your boys something worth more than $500 and some jewelry. You gave them freedom. YTA (You&#39;re the A**hole). OrangeCubit says: YTA - you gave BOTH sons vehicles and I bet both were worth more than $500. You blatantly favoring your sons. How did you expect her to feel about this? txa1265 says: YTA - please take the time to estimate the replacement value of a working car and working motorcycle, and use THOSE numbers rather than assuming zero value since you owned them. That is not how assets work. Also, giving jewelry when you&#39;d already established a precedent (2 for 2 on 16th birthday is rock solid) of giving vehicles is pretty sexist and sends a pretty clear message about what type of person you are. OP, you owe your daughter a car. If anybody wants to watch a sixteen year old cry because she got a blue BMW instead of a white BMW you should check out &#39;My Super Sweet 16.&#39;

Sixteenth birthdays for some, signify a teen&#39;s first foray into young adulthood. In many states, it&#39;s the age when you can start driving. That&#39;s why scores of sixteen-year-olds with wealthy parents drive the cars they get on...