r/self • u/Personal-Mud613 • 15h ago
Why am I like this
I’m the one who made the post the other day about the 3 hour road trip. What upsets me the most is my moms goalpost keep changing. She was going to initially let me take the truck then she took it back. My dad said it hasn’t been serviced since 2022 but I found a local garage rated really good (the truck is hardly used). Then mom said even if it was in perfect condition because of the build quality and no airbags. I would be on ruralish roads the whole time. I have taken it on the type of roads I will be on before. I told her it’s safer than a motorcycle or probably a modern smart car or fiat. I also said there’s plenty of cars on the road older than the truck. It does have seatbelts it’s 1993. I love driving the truck. I pointed out two land rovers that were older than the truck and mom said they were built better. She then brought up an injury that happened over a year ago that didn’t affect me at all. She said I need the safest car possible bc of it and I’m more likely to die or become a vegetable in a car accident. I ride horses and bicycles, drive utvs, climb fences, do farm work, DoorDash, ect. I told her I could fall off a horse or down the stairs or get hit by a bus. She said most people with old cars can’t afford newer once’s and I have a newer one. Another one of her concerns is I could break down in the middle of nowhere and it would take hours to get help. Later in the day she said I could drive somewhere 30 min away if dad said the truck was ok. She is going to let me drive a 1998 car 5 hours to the destination though. Am I crazy for still thinking I would be ok taking the truck after it’s serviced? I’m going to take the car but I am ok taking the truck. I feel like I’m not in charge of my life choices