What would you do in this situation.

I just got my Income Tax return. I have a Muscle car (a 1968 camaro) that I have been building on for the past ten years and am practically finished with it. All it needs now is a good paint job and she'll finally be ready for the streets.

Now heres the problem:

My girlfriend wrecked her truck a while back (a 1991 Ford Explorer). She only had liability insurance, so the company didnt give her hardly anything for it. I found another truck (a 1993 Chevy Tahoe) that runs very well and is very clean.

My Question:

Should I use this tax money to buy this truck for her, or should I use it to finish my Hot Rod!

Which should I do :(

It'd be nice of you to help yr girlfriend out and get her the truck. Make sure she has comprehensive insurance this time! This could be her Valentine's Day gift.

Then later this year maybe she can help you with yr Camaro or just wait for next year's tax refund.

Does she live with you and contribute to household expenses? Are you in a long term committed relationship? How many times in the past decade have you given to another rather than spend on yourself? I have been in similar situations where I kept putting off something I really wanted in order to "do" for another, and generally kicked myself in the butt for a long time after. Put your Camaro back on the road. Be selfish. She'll figure out how to get herself another ride if she wants one bad enough. JMO

Finish your hot rod. Honestly...

She can find her way. Give her advice and support, but pay for the car? She needs to learn her own way. You're not married, after all.

What would you do in this situation.

I just got my Income Tax return. I have a Muscle car (a 1968 camaro) that I have been building on for the past ten years and am practically finished with it. All it needs now is a good paint job and she'll finally be ready for the streets.

Now heres the problem:

My girlfriend wrecked her truck a while back (a 1991 Ford Explorer). She only had liability insurance, so the company didnt give her hardly anything for it. I found another truck (a 1993 Chevy Tahoe) that runs very well and is very clean.

My Question:

Should I use this tax money to buy this truck for her, or should I use it to finish my Hot Rod!

Which should I do :(
She wrecked it? Her fault? She needs to pay for her own mistakes; it's not your responsibility to fix them for her. Finish your Camaro.

Notice the men's opinions versus the one woman.

Notice the men's opinions versus the one woman.
Pathological response? "'68 Camaro....SWEET! BUILD THAT SHIT!" What would have been the response if he wanted to repaint his Miata pink instead?

Notice the men's opinions versus the one woman.
Actually, I agree with the men.

Actually, I agree with the men.

As well you should.

Look at it this way, fellas--the next time the girlfriend wrecks, it might be in the Camaro.

Get the truck.

He's not going to let his girlfriend drive his Camaro, especially if he doesn't care about her enough to help her buy a new truck.

He's not going to let his girlfriend drive his Camaro, especially if he doesn't care about her enough to help her buy a new truck.

ROFL...you may have just got her the truck DF. ;-)

ROFL! Help her buy a new truck? That's a one-way ticket to single-land. The sad thing is, women do not respect men who buy them stuff. I've known plenty of women who have men buy them shit all the time, but do you think that gets them any favor with them? Nope. She'll consistently go for the cooler guy, the one who makes her feel good, not the ones that buy them shit.

Let's say you do front her some money for the truck. Surprise her with it, even, on Valentine's Day. Six months down the road, let's say the two of you are having problems. Do you think the fact that you bought her a truck six months ago is going to have any merit in an argument? Do you really think it's going to bring the two of you closer together? Honestly now! Think with your head, the one closer to the sky.

Buying her a truck is actually more manipulative than fixing your hot-rod is selfish.

ROFL! Help her buy a new truck? That's a one-way ticket to single-land. The sad thing is, women do not respect men who buy them stuff. I've known plenty of women who have men buy them shit all the time, but do you think that gets them any favor with them? Nope. She'll consistently go for the cooler guy, the one who makes her feel good, not the ones that buy them shit.

Let's say you do front her some money for the truck. Surprise her with it, even, on Valentine's Day. Six months down the road, let's say the two of you are having problems. Do you think the fact that you bought her a truck six months ago is going to have any merit in an argument? Do you really think it's going to bring the two of you closer together? Honestly now! Think with your head, the one closer to the sky.

Buying her a truck is actually more manipulative than fixing your hot-rod is selfish.
It's only an inherently manipulative act if you think about it as you just did. Some people actually do nice things to be, you know, nice? Not as a way to win favor to bring up in a hypothetical future argument.

That said...fix the damn Camaro!

What would you do in this situation.

Being gay, I'd paint the car. ;-)


I just got my Income Tax return. I have a Muscle car (a 1968 camaro) that I have been building on for the past ten years and am practically finished with it. All it needs now is a good paint job and she'll finally be ready for the streets.

Now heres the problem:

My girlfriend wrecked her truck a while back (a 1991 Ford Explorer). She only had liability insurance, so the company didnt give her hardly anything for it. I found another truck (a 1993 Chevy Tahoe) that runs very well and is very clean.

My Question:

Should I use this tax money to buy this truck for her, or should I use it to finish my Hot Rod!

Which should I do :(

Seriously, I think you should paint the car, and if there's any money left (what kind of paint job costs as much as a truck?), toss it into the kitty and help her buy the truck.

I don't mean to try and judge your relationship Dunkirk, but if you are having this dilemma in the first place, it seems to me that your relationship isn't so close and committed that you should be expected to finance her transportation. Besides, I'd rather see pictures of the car. :D

Look at it this way, fellas--the next time the girlfriend wrecks, it might be in the Camaro.
The next time she wrecks a car, in this case, his Camaro, she needs to acquainted with a boot to the face.

ROFL! Help her buy a new truck? That's a one-way ticket to single-land. The sad thing is, women do not respect men who buy them stuff. I've known plenty of women who have men buy them shit all the time, but do you think that gets them any favor with them? Nope. She'll consistently go for the cooler guy, the one who makes her feel good, not the ones that buy them shit.

I have a guy that buys me stuff AND makes me feel good. :)

It's only an inherently manipulative act if you think about it as you just did. Some people actually do nice things to be, you know, nice? Not as a way to win favor to bring up in a hypothetical future argument.

That said...fix the damn Camaro!
I do nice things all the time for people. Spending assloads of money on them, isn't nice though. It's manipulative.

Nice is telling people, "You make me feel good," giving them back and foot rubs, surprising them with a teddy bear, cooking them dinner. Not buying them a truck. It's too much. Any woman who would ask a guy anyway, "Why did you fix your car when I'm out of one?" is really being manipulative, and should be given the boot immediately, anyway.

Notice the men's opinions versus the one woman.

hahaha, I was JUST thinking that!

I have a guy that buys me stuff AND makes me feel good. :)

Borg is a sugardaddy?

I do nice things all the time for people. Spending assloads of money on them, isn't nice though. It's manipulative.

Nice is telling people, "You make me feel good," giving them back and foot rubs, surprising them with a teddy bear, cooking them dinner. Not buying them a truck. It's too much. Any woman who would ask a guy anyway, "Why did you fix your car when I'm out of one?" is really being manipulative, and should be given the boot immediately, anyway.
Of course, the woman shouldn't expect the guy to buy it for her, but I think that a girl has a right to ask her boyfriend, who supposedly cares about her, to lend her a little money to help her buy a used truck.

Borg is a sugardaddy?
Hmmm well I do call him daddy sometimes... :D

I don't agree with the guys, so what if it was her fault that she wrecked the truck. Be a gentleman and get her a car or whatever she wants. It's how a serious relationship is supposed to work, help each other out. But that's my two cents.

I don't agree with the guys, so what if it was her fault that she wrecked the truck. Be a gentleman and get her a car or whatever she wants. It's how a serious relationship is supposed to work, help each other out. But that's my two cents.
Well aren't you just so cute and romantic. :)

Be a gentleman and get her a car or whatever she wants.
And make yourself a slave to the female sex. She can front the money for her own transportation.

And make yourself a slave to the female sex. She can front the money for her own transportation.
Not what I was saying. You can do things for her without being a slave, but since that's the way you took it, ok...

Seriously, I think you should paint the car, and if there's any money left (what kind of paint job costs as much as a truck?), toss it into the kitty and help her buy the truck.

I don't mean to try and judge your relationship Dunkirk, but if you are having this dilemma in the first place, it seems to me that your relationship isn't so close and committed that you should be expected to finance her transportation.
Makes sense. Though I'd skip tossing money into a cat; they're not very good banks. :confused:

If you "buy her a car or whatever she wants" you become a slave to her ineptitude.

A woman is like a fridge, 6 feet tall, 300 pounds, keeps your dick cold, and if she malfunctions you can always smack around the parts in back.

Not what I was saying. You can do things for her without being a slave, but since that's the way you took it, ok...
Buying a whole truck is being a slave unless the relationship has at least progressed into the "talking about marriage" stage. I don't know where Dunkirk is, but if it's still a fairly casual relationship, he shouldn't be buying vehicles for girlfriends.

If you "buy her a car or whatever she wants" you become a slave to her ineptitude.

My boyfriend would probably buy me anything I wanted, if I wanted it bad enough... but he's not my slave, nowhere near. ;)

Buying a whole truck is being a slave unless the relationship has at least progressed into the "talking about marriage" stage. I don't know where Dunkirk is, but if it's still a fairly casual relationship, he shouldn't be buying vehicles for girlfriends.
True, true. I was assuming that the relationship was quite serious because he even considered buying it for her.

Not what I was saying. You can do things for her without being a slave, but since that's the way you took it, ok...
It was exactly the way you phrased it. You might not have meant it that way, but the way you worded it says that you should pretty much be a gentlemen, gentleman being buying her whatever she wants and being thankful for the privilege.

Enough of that, and you will be a slave. Even doing it once, early on in the relationship, will set the expectation for next time. Don't do it again, and it will jar the relationship, and lead to a weird fight in which you both have to set boundaries. Do it again, and she'll expect it every time, making it that much worse on you when you finally put your foot down and say no.

It was exactly the way you phrased it. You might not have meant it that way, but the way you worded it says that you should pretty much be a gentlemen, gentleman being buying her whatever she wants and being thankful for the privilege.

Enough of that, and you will be a slave.
How many girlfriends have you had, Nappy? :rolleyes:

It all comes down to that, huh?

It all comes down to that, huh?
Grinding on the toilet in your dad's master bathroom does not count as an intimate relationship, either.

But DF, Nappy has read the bible, err...The Alphabet of Manliness, multiple times. He knows what is what with the ladies.

If you have to ask, you already know the answer... paint your car.

This has nothing to do with slavery or future expectations. It has to do with where the relationship is at. I get tons of things bought for me. I like it. He likes it. I buy tons of gifts for him. Presents have zero impact upon fights or anything which has to be negotiated.

Your relationship is not in a place where you should be buying her a truck. Or here's something to ask yourself. If you buy her the truck and she tells you to take a hike in a month will it matter. If it does there's your answer. If it doesn't consider a diamond instead of the paint job or the truck.

Grinding on the toilet in your dad's master bathroom does not count as an intimate relationship, either.

But DF, Nappy has read the bible, err...The Alphabet of Manliness, multiple times. He knows what is what with the ladies.
He doesn't pull it off as well as Maddox does. If I were single, I'd screw Maddox, but not Nappy. :D

I know it all. Fail to listen to me at your own peril.

If a woman fails to give you your proper respect, just give her a good hammering right in her baby-maker. That will ensure swift compliance to your next wish, even if it's, "Grab me a beer, bitch!"

If fact, the crotch punch is good for all kinds of hairy situations. If your woman feels like watching soap operas, when you want to watch the game, and she wants to give you shit about it? Punch her in the crotch.

If she wants a diamond ring, cause nobody's ever given her one before, she probably doesn't deserve it as much as a punch in the crotch. Give her what she really deserves.

I know it all. Fail to listen to me at your own peril.

If a woman fails to give you your proper respect, just give her a good hammering right in her baby-maker. That will ensure swift compliance to your next wish, even if it's, "Grab me a beer, bitch!"

If fact, the crotch punch is good for all kinds of hairy situations. If your woman feels like watching soap operas, when you want to watch the game, and she wants to give you shit about it? Punch her in the crotch.

If she wants a diamond ring, cause nobody's ever given her one before, she probably doesn't deserve it as much as a punch in the crotch. Give her what she really deserves.

:rolleyes: You're even too much of a misogynist to turn me on, and if there's one girl that gets turned on by being mistreated, it's me...

In fact, fuck it. Paint your car, then punch your woman in the crotch the next time you see her. She probably deserves it, and even if she didn't, she might someday. Go ahead and get pre-emptive. Hey, it works for the US Government!

In fact, fuck it. Paint your car, then punch your woman in the crotch the next time you see her. She probably deserves it, and even if she didn't, she might someday. Go ahead and get pre-emptive. Hey, it works for the US Government!
You're getting a big "meh" from me here. You're trying a bit too hard.

Seriously, I think you should paint the car, and if there's any money left (what kind of paint job costs as much as a truck?), toss it into the kitty and help her buy the truck.

You just might be surprised at how much a good paint job can cost. $3000+ is not unusual, unless you go to Earl Scheib for the $199. special.

You're getting a big "meh" from me here. You're trying a bit too hard.
Not everybody is fucking Maddox, you know.

You're not a kid, you're forty three years old. How long have you been going out with this woman? How long have you been an item? How serious are you? How important is she to you?

Answer these questions and you will have the answer to your initial question.

What would you do in this situation.

I just got my Income Tax return. I have a Muscle car (a 1968 camaro) that I have been building on for the past ten years and am practically finished with it. All it needs now is a good paint job and she'll finally be ready for the streets.

Now heres the problem:

My girlfriend wrecked her truck a while back (a 1991 Ford Explorer). She only had liability insurance, so the company didnt give her hardly anything for it. I found another truck (a 1993 Chevy Tahoe) that runs very well and is very clean.

My Question:

Should I use this tax money to buy this truck for her, or should I use it to finish my Hot Rod!

Which should I do :(
go ahead and buy her the truck, but keep the title in your name!


of course that means you have to pay for the insurance, but it gives you some piece of mind knowing that you have some leverage if things go south between you two.

besides, it's not like you had a 1971 Mustang convertible:D

Being gay, I'd paint the car. ;-)



Seriously, I think you should paint the car, and if there's any money left (what kind of paint job costs as much as a truck?), toss it into the kitty and help her buy the truck.

I don't mean to try and judge your relationship Dunkirk, but if you are having this dilemma in the first place, it seems to me that your relationship isn't so close and committed that you should be expected to finance her transportation. Besides, I'd rather see pictures of the car. :D
but what color (colour, for our Canadian readers) would you paint it?:corn:

It all comes down to that, huh?
Translation: NONE:banana:

Of course, mikezila, of course... :rolleyes:

Excellent insight, Frogger.

Of course, mikezila, of course... :rolleyes:
was this in reply to "keeping the title" or "you couldn't get laid in a whorehouse"?

but what color (colour, for our Canadian readers) would you paint it?:corn:

Something that would complement the interior color. Is that the answer you were going for?

Something that would complement the interior color. Is that the answer you were going for?
So, fuschia and chartreuse with with gamboge racing stripes?

WELL here is my two cents I used to have a 68 cuda 340 six pack i had it for 15 years and it was sweet ride, my girl friend at the time now my wife got into a bind and i sold it to pay off her student loans so look at it this way you get to be the hero and keep your car, now I have A half built 1926 Indian scout silver anniversary that she lets me blow cash on.

was this in reply to "keeping the title" or "you couldn't get laid in a whorehouse"?
Yeah, that.

Something that would complement the interior color. Is that the answer you were going for?
actually, i was looking for Cherry Red or Midnight Blue (my apologies to Lou Gramm):drive:

Yeah, that.
that's what i thought.

I see. Anything else? Don't hold back, this is your chance to shine!

I have a new idea for a color: Canary blue.

I have a new idea for a color: Canary blue.
:confused:

I see. Anything else? Don't hold back, this is your chance to shine!
nope, nothing else. you're dismissed.

That's what I thought.

Hi everyone

Sorry I took so long for me to get back to this post. The guy that was selling the truck gave me a REALLy good deal on it, so I went on and bought it for her. :)

... but my whole next paycheck is going straight to the camaro' paint and body shop for sure :cool:
:hula:

Hi everyone

Sorry I took so long for me to get back to this post. The guy that was selling the truck gave me a REALLy good deal on it, so I went on and bought it for her. :)

... but my whole next paycheck is going straight to the camaro' paint and body shop for sure :cool:
:hula:
Sounds like a great compromise! :)

If you "buy her a car or whatever she wants" you become a slave to her ineptitude.

A woman is like a fridge, 6 feet tall, 300 pounds, keeps your dick cold, and if she malfunctions you can always smack around the parts in back.

My god! What sort of women have you been dating!?? Any woman that can kill you on accident is a baad thing to have around.

nope, nothing else. you're dismissed.
That's what I thought

Oh come on! Step it up a notch you too. That was like two large truckers getting into a slapping match then stopping because someone broke a nail.

I even gave him first licks!

My god! What sort of women have you been dating!??
Oh, I've never left my house. I always thought a woman was that thing in the kitchen that made my stuff cold. My dad likes to draw something called "boobs" on the door.

Oh, I've never left my house. I always thought a woman was that thing in the kitchen that made my stuff cold. My dad likes to draw something called "boobs" on the door.
Is your dad that sex-starved?

Is your dad that sex-starved?
He went to Catholic school.

Oh, I've never left my house. I always thought a woman was that thing in the kitchen that made my stuff cold. My dad likes to draw something called "boobs" on the door.
that explains a lot:rolleyes:

He went to Catholic school.
that explains even more:lolhit:

Oh come on! Step it up a notch you too. That was like two large truckers getting into a slapping match then stopping because someone broke a nail.
he drives a pick-up, i just stand around and point and talk...kinda like being a Teamster again:drinktoth

sometimes arguing just gets boring....

May I forecast for you by tarot? But it's another matter that the forecast will be exist or not.:cool:
I would forecast by physiognomy also. It would be often to get home.:rolleyes: