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[–] WhiteRonin 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

This is not fair ... maybe ... unless you count the motor cycles and over all receivables.

Her brother got away with some good tools.

She gets more!?! Daddy bucks is playing favorites it seems.

Does she really know the difference between them? Or is she eye balling them based on price?

Also consider that you were dicking around when to trade in your car to make sure you got that extra 10-15k

But hey, not my money nor my “kids” ;-)

Personally, I’d maybe double brother’s birthday and make her earn the right to play real guitar by showing her dedication until you buy her a guitar that is worth more than mum’s car!

Don’t I always seem to pop up at the times money is being invested! Lol

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[–] TheBuddha [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

She is very well school and her choices have all been for exceptional guitars that I'd be happy to one one myself - and in one case she wants a remake of a guitar I do already own. She wants her own '57 Gibson Les Paul but they're a lot of money. Gibson made a re-issue and she wants that.

It's an excellent guitar and it's worth the money. But, it's like 10k, at the cheapest. I can try to use my name and get an 'at-cost' guitar, but they're not going to just give me one. That'd burn some social credit and I've spent enough of that already. If I'm getting an at-cost (artist price) guitar, it's going to be for myself. That's how it's supposed to work. They sell it to you at cost so that you play it and play it in public. Just giving one away would be bad form.

And I'm definitely playing favorites. I give the youngest anything he asks for, within reason. He wanted permission to go work at the barn for money. He wanted permission to ride the dirtbike across the street, or walk it across if there's anybody watching. He has all new PPE that is no longer hand-me down from my son. He works on the farm, earns money, and hangs out with his mom and her boyfriend. So, I'm going to guess that he knows I'll catch him and say something.

He wanted to go out to her boyfriend's house with them - and so I had him load it onto a trailer and watched him load it. I drove him to the destiny, talked along the way, and told him to find his own way back. He was back on the right day and just a little after dark. The trail system is well laid out and once you can get to a main trail, such as an ITS trail, you can go anywhere you want. You can even go to Canada. Lots of people do.

We've got a pretty big trail system and he's technically underage to be unaccompanied on the trail system, but only a fool stops for a cop when they are on a dirtbike.