On my 16th birthday I got a gas card, but I've only used it once because my parents have taken my car out to fill it every other time. I blame them for my friends dependence on my transportation. When my kid gets a license, I will make them pay for their own gas for the first month.
Until they leave for college, I will only give them the amount of gas money that they spent during the first month, because chances are they drove the least possible distance to save their own money. I have to admit, I do a lot of leisure driving and unnecessary favors at my parents expense that I would not if I had to pay my gas bill.
A typical day on the town consists of me driving
everywhere. Even if my friend has a car, they expect me to drive them to the mall and back, or to the beach and home again even though I live within walking distance. At the mall, I always end up paying for a pair of sunglasses for Rachael, box candy for Jayne, or movie tickets for Becca.
It's a one way street, because each of them would expect me to pay my share, but they don't even think of paying
me back. They either think that my parents have an unlimited money supply, or they just don't have any respect for my family. I'm generous with cash whether it's mine or my parents, but I feel guilty for giving it up so easily.
I'm sick of it, and I've had enough. I will stop to think before I become the sugar mommy for my clique.
Ever have you're friends try to mooch of you? How do you get them to stop?
