[legio207]

Hi im new to this forum,i wanted to ask you guys a question.

Im 22 years old and i live with my parents i have untreated ADHD my parents were never willing to get it treated (im guessing because off the costs).. My life is 1 big chaos and im confused all the time im filled with stress,anxiety, frustration and anger because i cant find a job and i cant keep a serious relationship because my peers expect me to be like a responsible adult that works and is organized. I sometimes worked with my father on unnoficial jobs but thats over because he would let me do almost all the work and then take his cut from the work i did (50% or more).
I think my parents are very manipulative and i think i cant trust them and thats why i need you're help because i dont have enough focus to see the big picture..
(i hope this makes any sense.. )
Now,to my question:

My mom wanted to buy a occasion car so she asked me to buy it with her so we would share the car i agreed and payed $1500 for the car it were all the savings i had (total cost of the car was $4000). She also payed the insurance for the car ($300/year) and tax. I learned to drive with the car and got my driving license but i could only use "my" car for working purposes if i wanted to go to friends with "my" car my mom always said no and 1 day i seriously had to steal my own car to go to a friend...
Now 3 years later she got a new car from her mom so she wants to sell the car i helped her to sell the car for $2000 (atleast thats what se tells me..).

Now i expected maybe she would give me maybe 500$ back from the money i invested in the car. But no i get nothing not a single penny she just sold "my" car right after she got her new car wich she got from her mother so i cant use it. And now i have to search for a job without a car wich is very difficult because i need to be able to easily get to my job every day...

Now i want to ask you who is wrong here? Is it my mother or am i going crazy and its me thats wrong??

[hannabee]

Mathimatically you are nearly correct. She put in 2900 (2000 plus 3 years insurance) and you 1500 so she roughly owns twice what you do. To make a hundred percent, then she owns 66.6% and you 33.3% so 33.3% of 2000 is $666.00. So if I've done this correctly, asking for $500 is a deal for her! But, if she maintained the car and if she had to pay any other costs, those need to be deducted.

This is also assuming that you were reliable with the car and didn't cause undue worry or frustration for her. You were trying to help each other almost as friends. I would never treat my daughter like this. I would have given you the car when I received the gift from my mother. Sorry, sounds like you didn't do too well in the parent department.