No kidding! Fortunately no daughter of mine depends on a guy to drive her to the mall. Or anywhere for that matter. Hell, the oldest did a 4-month bike tour through SE Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) solo a few years back, the next one, with her husband, rode their bikes 8,000 miles across Asia from Turkey to China, India, Bangledesh, finishing in Myanmar for their honeymoon 3 years ago. Neither of them have time for deadbeats in their lives, and that's why I'm more concerned about Katie than I am about Nate.

Nate,

I don't hate you, but you are amusing on this forum in a [Bleeeeep!] up sort of way. Congratulations on having saved $4k over the last two years. The puzzling part is that you come across as a job averse deadbeat who leaches off his mom, yet you saved money and are making car payments. If you don't hold down a job, where do you get the money for these? Selling drugs comes to mind, given the stories you share about your neighborhood. I mean, how does someone who avoids work like Maynard G. Krebs (old Doby Gillis TV beatnik character that you're probably too young to know about) pay for anything?

Most of us, unlike you, have occupations and jobs. That's how we pay rent, buy cars, fishing gear, support wives and kids, etc. The only time I recall you doing something useful was when you said you fixed some lady's computer for $100. That would be a good trade if you did it eight times a day, but making $100 one time doesn't make the grade as a job or occupation. So what do you do with your time that is legal that makes it so you can save $4k and make car payments?