
Every day since my daughter has been born, I put $5 into my other separate savings account to go towards her college funding. When she was about 12, I told her abput the account, but I didn't go into depth other than that I won't put money in if she misbehaves.At 16, I sat her down and told her the details of it when I deemed that she has a better grasp of money than at 12.I told her that I put $5 into that account to help her with college and I want her to be in less debt if possible. On the conditions that she doesn't get in trouble with the law, be disrespectful, or get pregnant while she's living with me (her dad and I have 50/50 custody with an amicable divorce). I told her that while a lot of kids underage drink, I would like that she doesn't. I said it under the pretense that it's something that I shouldn't be surprised if she did, but I would like to not know about it.I get teenage hormones, so I do cut her slack when she has horrible days and is absolutely disrespectful. If she got in trouble, I try to hear out the circumstances.I did warn her sternly that if she got in trouble w/ the law or pregnant, I will not give her the funds. Those 2 conditions are not something I can look the other way when she's underage.This system works for us and I tell her that if I'm being unreasonable, she has to tell me so I can do better. I grew up with those conditions from my parents, and I'm debt-free because of them.Recently, she's 17 and went out with some close friends (all living in the same neighborhood as us) and they stayed at a rented cabin for the weekend for a friend's birthday. When she came back, there was a video circulating that they had a hunting rifle and shot a deer. The neighboring cabin heard the shot (it was dead in the night) and called the police.I didn't know anything about it because she claimed that she was 18 and had to right to keep her life from her parents. I did find out and I was extremely upset, and rather disappointed at her irresponsibility because in the video, she was happy to shoot the deer herself and encouraging others to do so too.The problem with the police and the law is a matter her dad and I are still handling at this moment, but I told her that she's not getting the fund. She's choosing to living with her dad full-time right now because I'm being unreasonable and it's rightfully her money, claiming kids do stupid things and she deserves to have a second chance and not go into debt.Now I'm thinking I might pushed the conditions too hard on her.AITA? via /r/AmItheAsshole https://ift.tt/3i10jGO
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