To get slightly irritable when my car is slagged off whilst giving a lift?

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I offered to give my mum and sister a lift to the dentist today, it's in the neighbouring town so it's quite a drive and if I hadn't have taken them it would have took them around an hour and a half faffing on the bus and then a long walk.

So as soon as she gets in the car my sister said "Oh I hate these small cars". Before we'd even got out of their street she said the following:

"Look at the state of it in here, tissues all over!" (one small pack of tissues had fallen out of ds's school trousers as he left the car this morning).
"God it's so low down, I don't like low cars"
"Not much space in here is there?"
"i don't like Rovers to be honest"
"At least it doesn't stink like your old car, that's something I suppose".
"God I don't know how to can put up with that tree thing bobbing around on the mirror, that would do my head in"
"Is this car second hand? hmm you can tell".

I mean, ffs I was doing her a favour! She's 17 so really should no better.

AIBU for taking all this a little personally? She loves to rub it in that I don't have much money. We don't all get given thousands on a plate as soon as we're born . I know it sounds cruel but I'm kind of looking forward to the day when she joins us in the real world and learns that money doesn't fall into your hand as and when you need it when you're an adult.

Hopefully she is 17 she will grow out of it, my sister hasn't and she's in her 50's!

I'd have made her walk.

I once kicked my boyfriend out of my car when i was a student for criticising it and my driving. He was the son of very wealthy parents and had always had brand new 'nice' cars because in true spoilt brat style he had actually written off his first one.

He never criticised my beloved Peugeot again. However, he also wan't my boyfriend for very much longer either!

sorry beesimo, that ain't quite what Schadenfreude means.

sis sounds like a pain, if nothing else, stream of moaning and complaints. I wouldn't accept that from any of my dc. Did I understand correctly your mum was there too? Did she join in in a similar fashion?

Don't offer again.

How did they get home?

AH teenagers and the value of money. YANBU! MY DSD (18) is the same. We have a 14 year old Peugeot 106, she asks her dad for lifts EVERYWHERE. He usually obliges but she always gets him to drop her off down the road from where she wants to go so her mates don't see her getting out the car, even though they all know what type of car we've got. Sometimes he gives her and her mates a lift to the pub the whole time will be spent with her moaning about the state of the car. Really pisses DH off.

She honestly has no idea about money, "Oh I'll have this car, and this house in this area when I'm older." I just look at her and laugh oh how she'll learn.

She'll learn. In the meantime, smile to yourself and plot your revenge.