Be who you are don't hide it be proud of it!

dazner

dazner

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So the other day I saw this kid walking to school normally nothing would be suprising but he was from my neighborhood and i knew him he has a car why would he be walking I didn't get it so I pulled over and asked him where his car was. He said at home?? I asked him why weren't you driving it and why are you walking instead. He just looked straight down and said oh my friends walk to the bus stop and go on the bus from there. I was soooo confused, I told him i'd give him a ride to school he agreed. We talked breifly but he said none of his friends had a car and his car is a two seater. (corvette) so he didn't want to drive it anymore he was ashamed to come from a family with money????? I didn't get it but after some thought I kinda do now..


Funny how people are like this to be who they are and they hide stuff I hide nothing my race my heritage my family my house my son.. nothing i'm going to talk to him tomorrow about it any ideas of how to explain to him a teenager he shouldn't be ashamed? his dad is in the military and his mom is a lawyer so he gets no time with them at all. I go over alot his mom is my brothers sister in law.
 
That's a tough one, Dazner.

He obviously cares what his friends think of him. Most teenagers do.

Just let him know that who he 'is' is more important than what he has or doesn't have. He shouldn't have to be ashamed of anything.
 
He's a kid, it's important to him that he fits in and to be honest, I doubt you could say anything that will convince him to do things any differently.

If all his friends take the bus, that's important bonding time. He misses out on that time if he takes his car, and he can't exactly give lifts as it's only got 2 seats, so he gets the bus, gets to see his friends and is happy. What's the problem?

Hell, if nothing else, it's better for the environment if a group of kids get the bus, rather than all using their individual cars.
 
hmmmmm you'd think his owning a corvette would've made him popular, instead it seems to have had the opposite effect.....weird. I've heard of kids hiding stuff from their friends, I probably did the same thing at that age but I can tell you one thing for certain, if I owned a corvette everybody would've known about it..lol...just my thought.

I'm sure his friends would still be his friends if they knew the truth....high school can be so tough.
 
thank you to everyone I did talk to him he's just embaressed to come from money all his friends don't have much he even dresses down doesn't make sense but I let him know in the long run he is who he is.. he can't change his skin color or origin money will soon shine through.. bleh it was a tough talk. lol

Kyle B said:
That kind of stuff makes me cringe.
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me too.

AnitaBeer said:
Sounds to me like he obviously has too many friends to fit into his car so he doesn't drive it since they don't all fit.
Tell him to sell his Corvette and get a roomier car to fit all his buds in.
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haha I like you're thinking. lol
 
Who gives a rats balls... I'd of flaunted the hell out of that shit. If kids looked at me different because of the family i came from id of gotten new friends. If you have a great personality then money shouldnt be an issue. If you have money and you're a dick because of it then that is different.
 
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