Throwaway account for obvious reasons 

Two days ago I was in a car crash, luckily I only made it out with only a little bruising. I lost control of my car after the back tire blew out and totaled my car. My parents are having to pay $500 in damages and I feel like shit but I’m having trouble with taking all the blame. 
   
To start my dad originally got the car for $50 not $50,000 but $50 from a stranger who bought a car from his dealership. After that it was stolen for a bit and during that my brother wrecked his car so he got mine and I was left with Uber. Which would’ve been ok if he hadn’t completely trashed the car while he had it, he’d do donuts in parking lots, hot box it constantly, and he even got in a few minor accidents. By the time I got the car their were 23 problems in the transmission alone and it couldn’t go on highways because it couldn’t go fast enough. I still loved having a car though and all the freedom that came with it. 

Then came two days ago. While avoiding the freeways I went down a backroad that they warned me about but like I said the car can’t make it on the freeway. I was on my way to my friends house when I hear this screeching noise coming from my car and before I know it I’m being helped out by some Good Samaritans who heard the crash. 

The crash itself wasn’t that bad but my car was in pieces and I got pretty beat up (the airbags didn’t go off) I was just thankful to be alive but my parents won’t let me forget that the crash was all my fault and that after I buy myself a new car that I owe them the money back. Which is gonna be hard because I now have to get a job within walking distance from my house, still I get it. I told them that I’ll take full responsibility for the crash as long as they recognize that they’re to blame for some of the elements that went into it. They dismissed me completely and continue to act like I’m just some dumb teenager trying to shift the blame.



