On 4/30/2014 5:37 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/30/2014 12:21 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:58:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll never understand why fathers keep thinking of adult daughters as
>>> little girls.
>>
>> Your daughter is still your little girl, no matter how old she is! My
>> husband did that when our DD was house hunting too. IMO - it keeps
>> the old man busy. DD's act appreciative and then buy what they want.
>> Their money, their decision.
>>
>>
> My daughter has always done her own thing aside from buying her first
> car. I went with her for that. She was eady to sign, but we walked out
> when the salesman would not budfge. She was upset but I took her to
> another dealer and saved $600 in minutes. After that, she was a tough
> negotiator.
>
> She bought a couple of houses on her own too.

My dad had to admit he made a mistake when it came to my buying my first
car. He thought he was doing me a favour when he went to the Toyota
dealer and offered them $9000 on a used Corolla. Little did he know I'd
already found the same car, brand new, for the same price he offered for
the used one. I'd already gone to the bank and was in the process of
securing the loan when he announced he'd found a car for me.

Had I asked for his advice yes, I'd have listened to him. He was a very
smart man. But in this instance he made an incorrect decision. He
should have talked with me first.

Jill