Today, I live in a household of 3 people, with only one vehicle. My transmission blew right after working 16 straight hours. I had to walk 6 miles home, not to mention figure out work tomorrow. Now my oldest, who does not live with me, is pissed because it is an "inconvenience" for her. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my car died after I got off work at 1am. All of my coworkers had already left and nobody could come out to jump my car. I had to walk the 3 miles home in a torrential downpour. FML
Today, I went to visit my aunt who lives 6 hours away from me. Her car was missing from her driveway, but she's unemployed and barely leaves the house. Turns out, she moved in with her new boyfriend and didn't tell anyone, so I had to drive 6 hours back. FML
Today, I sold my wife's old car because I bought her a newer and nicer one. On the way back home from the sale, the transmission went out in her new one. FML
Today, I was doing some routine maintenance on my car when a radiator connector broke unexpectedly. I realized I'd rather walk 3 miles in freezing temperatures than call my nearest friends for a ride and have to listen to their drama. FML
Today, after buying hundreds of dollars worth of Christmas presents, my transmission blew up on the interstate heading home. Now, I either have to return the gifts or not drive over 25. FML
Today, my wife made me feel like an asshole for not leaving work to come home because she wasn't feeling good. I'm working at a jobsite 1.5 hours away from home, plus my vehicle wasn't at the jobsite either. FML
Today, my car crapped out in the middle of the road, after over a year of only being able to find short contract jobs, all while juggling the grief of the back to back deaths of my mother and grandfather. FML
Today, my car broke down. I had a two mile, up-hill walk ahead of me. About half way up the hill, a car beeped. Thinking they were poking fun at my misfortune, I began to curse and use obscene gestures, only to find out that it was my neighbor asking if I needed a ride. She drove off. FML
Today, I got woken up by my parents telling me I had to go buy a car so they could have transportation. Neither of their cars work, so I was letting them use mine, and then they wrecked it. It needs nearly a thousand bucks in repairs to be drivable again, but since it was my car, I have to replace it now to appease them. FML
Today, being the man of the house, I decided to work on the car. Long story short, there's a towel in my transmission. FML
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Sady_Ct 38
Some people don’t just use their car for transport to and from work. Being a community carer I use my car to drive FOR work. Without my car I see none of the clients who are waiting for support to go about their daily lives, thus no car-no work. If I was in this situation, it would seriously suck. Good luck OP, maybe your eldest daughter needs a reminder of all the inconvenient trips you did for her when she was a kid.
LostSoul 20
It costs $40 one way to get an uber to my doctor appointments. Not everyone lives where it is easy to be without a car. Not to mention, depending on the time of night, I cannot even get an uber here.
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ajh1800 25
There's been a lot of people on here lately who need to be introduced to Uber or who just really like to got for long walks.
leximichelle 13
Unless it’s just a few miles, uber and lyft are pretty expensive.
LostSoul 20
It costs $40 one way to get an uber to my doctor appointments. Not everyone lives where it is easy to be without a car. Not to mention, depending on the time of night, I cannot even get an uber here.
LostSoul 20
It costs $40 one way to get an uber to my doctor appointments. Not everyone lives where it is easy to be without a car. Not to mention, depending on the time of night, I cannot even get an uber here. My husband gets off work at 3am. No car means he walks 3 miles after 12 hours working in a factory.
1gullible_bugger 34
Not all places have access to uber. That's fine in a big American city, or whatever, but I don't have access to uber outside of 3 major cities in my area.. All 2-4 hours away. Also no taxi service. I would have to bum a ride to work or walk 22 km.
DeeVa 7
Or a lot of people who don’t find it easy to add Uber expenses to an already tight budget.
millie14225 31
That's my situation😔
Sady_Ct 38
Some people don’t just use their car for transport to and from work. Being a community carer I use my car to drive FOR work. Without my car I see none of the clients who are waiting for support to go about their daily lives, thus no car-no work. If I was in this situation, it would seriously suck. Good luck OP, maybe your eldest daughter needs a reminder of all the inconvenient trips you did for her when she was a kid.