Is it just me or with the way the whole story was written, it sounded completely made up.

… im i the only one who didnt think it was unreasonable? Like just ask your parents… its literally not that hard, this is how i live as well, not allowed anywhere without permission. "But why?" Because if im ever in trouble or if my parents need me they know where i am, i also want to point out that the end sounds so made up.

I call BS on this whole story. Perhaps something mildly similar happened but this sounds more like wishful thinking. As if he wished he actually had the balls to do that and get away with it.

Even if this story was real, it’d be stupid. Kid just got his license, probably wasn’t driving a car that belonged to him, or paying for insurance/gas.

I think it's a case of "We want to know where you are and who you're with" taken a bit far. Kids need boundries, especially a 16 boy with his first car. They went overboard, possibly because they panicked when he was late home the first time he drove alone, and they realised the didn't know where he'd gone. They over-reacted, which was a mistake, then tried to stick to the unreasonable rule, which was also a mistake. Cue malicious compliance, and that's when they realise they're being over-controlling assholes. Kudos for Dad for calling a halt to it, and agreeing to more reasonable rules. Well done to the son for handling it without breaking the rules and clouding the issue.

And then everyone stood up and clapped. Also, in the unlikely event that this story is actually true, to me the only person who comes off (kind of) well here is the dad.

So did the op tell the step mother the reason why they didn’t drive the sister? Without that I find it very hard to believe the outcome to the story

I was kinda expecting a "I ran out of gas because they never gave me permission to stop at a gas station" lol

You'd have to be incredibly naive to buy this harrowing tale from the life of this criminal mastermind 🙄 This is nothing but a self-aggrandized fantasy that exists only in the mind of an entitled (and evidently deluded) teenage 'tough guy' wannabe. That said, if - by some miracle - this nonsense IS true, then the father is certainly not a hero, as some have suggested...but rather a spineless idiot who is apparently too weak-willed to stand up to his son and call him on his sarcastic, narcissistic, & passive-aggressive BS.

How Petty!!. There are thousands of other 16 year olds who don't even have access to a private car. And they have other problems to cope with. Total waste of my time .

The story read like a brat thinking he’s something special.

Well done my man, Well done. Let their own rule come back and bite them on the backside. Pops knew what you did is what they told you do. I would love to had seen the look on his face. Priceless!

Man sounds like a spoiled brat your not even tht slick it's clear you had previous orders to continuously take her to the class. And there's no reason to be a jerk to your own sibling be happy your parents were willing to teach you to drive mine never did... ungrateful and entitled

OP forgot to mention that everyone clapped.

I'll never forget a similar situation. In public school my parents forced me to have a learning aid. They were nice, mind you, and they were needed EARLY ON but...In high school I didn't need them anymore and ditched them as often as I could. Hell, the last one even took a hint and only occasionally checked up on my once an hour or sat in the corner reading a book. But my story is like this one because my parents intended to send the aid with myle to college. Except I had a trick - ai DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE like I did K - 12. I said if they got me an aid, I would reject my acceptance letter. Needless to say my parents were shocked, but for the first time ever the power WAS in MY hands, so they had no choice but to close out the case with the company as "Successful". MAN, it felt great to walk into college all alone. My parents did convince me to allow a check in for the first tw years, but it was 1 hour once a week and not during class. 9 out of 10 times we just played a game

Nice try. You're 16 and living under their house, using a car that doesn't belong to you. He was asked to go to the store real quick and that means to come home after. I would have been in so much trouble for that just like I would have been trouble for not taking my sibling to a dance class when I've already been taking them. As a 16-year-old it ain't that hard to ask permission to stop by your friend's house and get permission. I was never allowed to go anywhere without asking permission since I'm using their car, gas and their insurance. Also I will get in trouble if my GPS on my phone isn't working because my mother would track where I go and keep track of the time. Now that is overbearing and controlling. I'm 19 and she STILL does it. My sister is 25 has her own car and insurance but since she's still living at home she still asks permission to go anywhere out of respect for our mother. Now I think that's controlling all my sister should have to do would be tell where she's going

I get that OP want to have freedom of driving and by all means he deserves it as long as he drive responsibly and don't cause trouble. I just hope that he inform his parents where is he going every time.

What a brat. Until you are the one paying the car note, the gas, the insurance etc you damn well will ask permission when you are going to use my car to go to a friend's house. You're 16 years old! I get that in the heart of the moment absolutes were put into place but since you think you are grown then I guess you need to act like it and communicate your thoughts and feelings. Also, no one gives a s**t if your younger sibling was being a jerk, that's life.

Young people can drive where they want. Fire hard parents.

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Sometimes stepparents are more concerned about damage to properly and liability costs from a teenage driver.

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