My dad will yell at me for wasting less than 20c of water in the shower, but he will waste $10k on a cruise for a couple of weeks and call it a good deal.
>>84165468Sounds like a lead brained boomer.
>>84165468Well it's not wasted if he enjoyed the cruise. Anyway you could start helping your father paying the bills and he won't be mad anymore, tell you more he would be proud of you.
real. my dad would be ok with the family taking three baths a day in addition to their 30-40 minute showers, but if i leave the faucet running a bit too long while i'm doing the dishes then, o boy, what the fuck is wrong with you? you're wasting the water, i pay the bills you know not you, who do you think you are to disrespect me like this, etc etc etc. i feel like they're just the retard generations of needless bitching. they're all like that, they just find different people to attack for different bullshit reasons.
>>84165515>Well it's not wasted if he enjoyed the cruiseI enjoy showers. Enjoyment can be bought for much less than 10k.>you could start helping your father paying the bills and he won't be mad anymoreI do.
>>84165468You should tell him to take you on the cruise next time. Remind him that he'd be sad if you asked to go, he said no, and then you died.
>>84165468>My dad will yell at me for wasting less than 20c of water in the shower, but he will waste $10k on a cruise for a couple of weeks and call it a good deal.There is actually some weird human psychology behind why parents do this. Heres a breakdown of why his logic feels so broken:>The "Control" FactorFor many people, small, daily habits (like the shower) feel controllable. He can see the water running, and it triggers a "waste" alarm in his brain. A cruise, however, is categorized as an "Investment in Memories" or a "Reward." In his head, those are two completely different buckets of money that never touch each other.>The Generational CarryoverIf your dad grew up in a household where money was tight, those "frugality muscles" are overdeveloped. He might have been raised to believe that wasting resources is a moral failing, regardless of the actual cost. So, he isnt yelling about the 20 cents; hes yelling because he thinks hes "teaching you discipline.">Mental AccountingHumans are notorious for Mental Accounting. We treat money differently based on where it comes from or what its for:The Utility Bucket: Must be minimized at all costs.The Vacation Bucket: A pre-approved "splurge" where the rules of math apparently don't apply.
