Well laid down the law last night, told her I don't care wtf she does, but the budget is what it is, and she needs to earn $1*** a fortnight for us to get through. (I put in $1*** a f/n and a fully maintained work car)

Also reminded her that her dogs have set us back $20k in vet bills the past 6 yrs and I can't sell a dog when we run into a bill, thats her hobby the cars are mine period.

We went to her folks which is where she tries to complain about me the most, so I took the Truggy along and hacked around the front yard. Lasted 3 minutes before both front wheels detonated, one tyre came off a rim, the other stripped a wheel hex (silly me used a socket to tighten the 17mm wheel nuts by hand and didn't wrench them that extra bit) So the stripped wheel hex I have tried to save by putting a coat of silicone in there and molding a new hex shape, and will get some tyre glue today.

9XL motor ran cool on 4sA123, watts meter showed a amp peak of 114 amps geared 17/51 and in 3 minutes used 1150mah so not the most efficient set up.

man im lucky, my gf loves going to the track and racing with me, hell she even buys me alot of stuff and somewhat funds her own r/c's.

As for the college fund thing, my father fits in the category of makes too much money every year, it was very hard for me to get the scholarships i have even ALOT of academic scholarships have fucking income limits which sucks whne you work hard all through school to be told "Well you dont qualify for this academic scholarship even through your the top canidate your father's income is over the limit." I had to live at home and drive over an hour each way every day for my first two years of college and work 30hours a week, after two years was up i was able to reapply and get ALOT of transfer and specialized scholarships, that along with a decent paying job from the first degree i earned allowed me to move out into my own house with my girlfriend. I was even layed off for 5 months but i had enough in saved up and i did odd jobs for the longest and even through that time ive never asked my parents for anything, I guess its how i was raised. I won't take anything from anyone and ill do with out before i ask for something. I'm not sure if it stems from being embarassed or what, even when my parents offer to do things for me i refuse. Where the college fund comes into play is that I have one..... Ive never used it for school since i have payed my own way but i bought some "school related" items with it, (like 9,500 worth of snap-on tools @ 40% off and now its paying for my pilots lisecense and intrument rating) My dad was really proud that i was able to use it for things i would keep my whole life and glad it wasnt wasted paying into some school fees and crap.

anyways you need to have a talk with the ole lady and come up with another plan because like others said what youll get for the r/c stuff you sell wont be a drop in the bucket in comparsion to other ways you could reorganize your spending, I think your being more than reasonable.

One positive thing about investing in a college fund, like the GET program, is that it will guarantee tuition rates - which in my eyes is a huge savings. I wish I had been able to do that for my step daughter, but at the time, I was paying support on my birth daughter, and just didn't have the extra funds.

That just it.
 

Thats just it we all have so many things that we have to pay for these days that saving money for a possible future college fund is really not in the arrangements anymore. If you have the cash to set aside for that kind of money then good for you, but most of us are barely getting by from month to month and trying to make ends meet. Still like the last young man stated he is proud of the fact that he makes ends meet all on his own, which helps greatly with his self esteem. Not to mention I am willing ot bet that your dad is proud as hell of the sacrifices you have made and that you are wanting to do it all on your own. When we get old and reach those days of losing some of our abilities that last thing we want is for our children to suffer trying to take care of us. So that excuse does not wash either. If you want the education bad enough you will fight your way through whatever you have to in order to get it. Then you have something to be proud of for sure.

Glad to hear that you laid down the law in your own house. It sounds like she needed a little old fassioned wakeup call to get off her butt. Keeping animals when you are struggling to pay the bills is another pet peave of mine. If you struggle to put food on the table, then the animals have to go.