My dp is a bit of a twat, very controlling and a nightmare to deal with sometimes. Things are good and bad at the moment.
We recently were given some money by his parents to buy a new car because our one is unsafe and falling to peices. The money was a loan to both of us to be paid back each month. This was all fine with me, I thought it was a nice thing for them to do because we would never be able to save for one ourselves.
We have been looking for a while and every car I've suggested hasn't been good enough. I knew this would be the case but I thought if I made him think it was his idea, he would go with it.
He has found one that he wants to go and buy tomorrow. It's a massive car, 2.5 turbo diesel with lots of bhp, very fast and very big. I have been driving for a year and I'm 26 so insurance was always going to be quite high.
I got a couple of insurance quotes for this car and the cheapest is £140 a month with me as an additional driver. I've shopped around as much as I can and this seems to be the lowest I could find. With dp on the car alone, it's going to be £30 per month because he has been driving for 20 years, is older and has no claims.
He is going to buy the car tomorrow. I'm a bit put out because I know I'll never be able to afford the loan repayments and the higher insurance along with diesel etc but he is adamant this is what we are getting and that's it.
Aibu to think this is not fair and that I should point out to his parents that I will not be repaying the loan for a car i will not be able to drive? Hi parents are lovely and will not be happy when they hear about what he has done but I don't really want to pay back for a car I won't be driving, even though I will be a passenger.
I was going to use the money I'd have paid back for the loan to save over a few months and buy something small and cheap for me and dds to use day to day. At the moment we have a golf which is cheap to insure but it's just on its last legs.
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BoldBlackCherry · 06/06/2014 11:26
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