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Basically yes.
If you train at home and don't take as much lessons you can get of maybe 300usd~ less, but the common price is about 1200-1300usd. (10 000 SEK)
Edit, Found this at an info site:
"Priset för ett körkort är i snitt 15 000 kronor. Sköter du allt själv, utan lektioner på en trafikskola, är priset för de obligatoriska momenten cirka 4 000 kronor."
"The price of a license is an average of 15 000 SEK (1780usd). Take care of everything yourself, without lessons at a driving school, and the price for the compulsory course will be about 4 000SEK (474usd)."
In Sweden it's legal to start practicing driving at home and at a school when you turn 16, and you can take the test when you're 18.
Some families put away money for their kids to pay for it. (Like some american families save money for college)
I have to decide between a birthday trip to Florida and a car, and I need a car because we only have two which my parents are always using but I reallllyy want to go to Florida for a mer birthday bash, I totally wanted this to be a surprise but I was just alerted that I might have to pick. I just wanted to do this for my 16th birthday because I've gone three years without doing anything because last year I was in treatment (although it was sweet, they made me this) http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09...88e9f3ab5b.jpg and the other two I was supposed to go to Disneyland but that never happened. I eventually took a 6 hour Disney trip earlier this year but if anyone remembers it was kinda awful. this sucks
Get a car.
So i called my mom today to ask when she wants to go grocery shopping and then she tells me about how she and my dad were at my brothers and sister in laws place on Saturday and had been working on the programme for the release party.
My mother said to me:" Your brother told us that you will be singing one of dad's songs and the party, that is so wonderful!"
I was like....WTF???!!!!!
I NEVER told him i was going to sing, i told him NO i DO NOT want to sing and he told me to think about it....he NEVER talked to me about it anymore after that.
Even when i saw him at the show we did last week, he said nothing and he pulled that whole" Here mom paint the card board storage box deal" on me.
Anyway my reply was:" No mom, i am not singing at dad's party. He called me to ask and i told him no, i told him i did not want to. You all know how much i hate singing at parties and events and how nervous i get. I will be a nervous wreck all day and i don't want to. I have no idea why he said this to you."
Maybe he thought he could get me to sing by simply walking all over me?
Or maybe he did tell my parents that i did not want to sing and my mom decided to say this to walk all over me and make me sing?
I have no idea.
Anyway....my mom started the guilt trip on me with:" You're not serious are you? You're not singing? Please tell me that's not true? Oh no!" etc etc etc
I told my mom that my hubby and I would love to make festive cupcakes though for the party in the music/showbizz theme (put edible music notes on them, guitars etc)
But she actually said no.
She said she is going to bake buttercake....the saddest cake in the world
It is just butter, flower and sugar and it looks so sad:
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A few minutes later she said she would ask my dad if he wanted cupcakes or not and let me know.
I am guessing not!
Now i have another idea of something i could do for the party: I could sing the song at home, record it at home. Then have my hubby or a friend make a videoclip that goes with it which they can play at the party.
When i say videoclip this is what i mean: The song my dad wants me to sing is a song he wrote for his mom. About how wonderful she is and all she did for him. My grandma past away years ago. So what we could do is edit photos together of his mom (my grandma) of her life and some of his childhood as well.
I think that could be a very nice gesture.
Any thoughts on this idea or the cupcakes?
The video idea sounds like a great idea!
Adalira, I've been lurking here and following this whole development and first off I want to say that I'm really proud of you for standing up for yourself to your family - I know that can be really hard and it takes a lot of guts, but you did it, and it seems to me like they're finally starting to get the message. I think the video/recording is a fantastic compromise, and really the best your family could hope for. As for the cupcakes - honestly, if you want to make them, I think you should even if your family scoffs at them a bit. It sounds like they would be more appropriate and festive than what your mom has planned, and I can't imagine anyone saying, "CUPCAKES? UGH, DISGUSTING!" and then turning around and feasting on buttercake... Well, if that did happen I hope you'd laugh about it with me, because that's too absurd!!
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I love the idea of the video, especially if you can edit in pix of your dad's mom.
Make the cupcakes anyway. Butter cake sounds sad.
Deliver the cupcakes and video and ditch the event, if you want. They all sound so manipulative and know they can walk all over you. You've made a stand, don't back down!
I've lurked this whole situation and refrained from speaking up because I am blunt. But since you finally said no, you are starting to take charge of your own life. Refusing to be part of toxic relationships is the best thing you can do for yourself, even if it is family.
Good luck!
you're right, I should get the car. I can have an awesome party here in California, I could even drive to SoCal for a swim with my car.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaGlass Siren
It is so hot that, after leaving my walking tail in my car, the sequins have LITERALLY MELTED!
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/09...9801b7e204.jpg
Oh no!!! Is it ruined?
Ouuuuch. Salvageable?
I'm going to pull all the melted ones and put them in with my "factory seconds" that I give out to kids as keepsakes. It's a good thing I had to get 3kg of sequins when I ordered them- I've got spares!
I have just been informed that one of my molars will either need a root canal or extraction.
My teeth have always been troublesome and I don't particularly care if I lose the tooth but it's a whole lot of pain and bother and money that I don't have and would rather not spend.
:anger explode: :anger explode: :anger explode:
Do dentistry the old fashioned way...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Kelda
Tie a string to the tooth and have someone yank it out. My Grandma did this to us when we were little.
Ugh! So there I was yesterday, in the bra shop trying on a really cute retro looking 2 piece... I am a size 12 but for some unexplained reason, this other size 12 felt more like a size 16! I even checked the label to make sure they put the right one onto the size 12 hanger. Yup size 12... Too big!!
Ok I thought, I can do this! I go to exchange it for the next size down, a 10, never have I squashed my boobies into a smaller top until this day!
So much annoyance at being in between sizes! Luckily, the pants fitted, so I bought it, without the top...
After all that, I resolved that day, I'd never buy another swimsuit again. Its just too painful, physically and mentally, to go looking for the perfect one. I can make my own now anyways.
If only :sad eyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
A small observation from someone who has lived in multiple countries around the world her entire life - your attitude means everything. If you feel like you only meet jerks in your current town, you'll meet the same people overseas.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaMage108
Who cares if the headlines are stupid? They're designed that way to sell. That is a really dumb reason to move though (especially if it is the only one). You said you loved your city and your family, so is it worth it? America will still act the same way whether you're in it or not. Be the change you want to see. Vacationing and traveling is good. It is always nice to broaden horizons and to take a break.
here's my bitch:
So I moved back to uni a few weeks ago, and neither of my roommates cook or know how to cook. Now that wouldn't be a problem at all... but they both eat all my food! I wouldn't mind if they helped pay to purchase the food and ingredients but they don't, or if they asked or offered to help me cook, but they don't, just just sit there on their laptops as I cook.
I started to make just enough for only me since it was my food I was cooking and I was the only one cooking but I'd go to the bathroom or somewhere and come back and they've eaten ALL my food, didn't leave anything behind! And usually when I cook, I cook because I'm not going out again to pick up any food, or I was craving it.
So my boyfriend is planning on coming to visit, I bought some ground beef, jalapenos, etc to make hawaiin burgers and jalapeno poppers for us.. I come home and the ground beef is gone, One of my roommates decided to take it to her boyfriend's house to have him make tacos for his roommates! Now I'm debating if I should go and get more ground beef, but I only have $500 and that needs to last me until December! and that money also pays for medication, clothing, doctor visits, etc. I really don't want to stop buying food and cooking since I enjoy it so much but they don't leave me any choice. I can't keep affording to replace the food I buy that I don't even get to eat because of them..
Have you said something to them?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Momo
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Try putting your name on the stuff you buy. Or just tell them straight off, if you want to eat, contribute! If not, then get yer dirty mitts off my food!