By crushed - 11/12/2015 00:12 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my mother won't let me intern at a prestigious college, working with graduate students and professors, and being paid, because she doesn't want to drive me. FML
I agree, your life sucks 25 260
You deserved it 5 047

Same thing different taste

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Great opportunity to get your license perhaps?

christge1beast 17

Is there no other way to get there? Perhaps a bus, or bike, if not too far? There has to be a way no?

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ViviMage 39

Time to get your lisence and go! Or a bus system?

She is cheating on your dad and doesn't want you to know.

Why does everyone assume that's there's public transportation everywhere!? Aside from a taxi the nearest public transportation to me is over a 4 hour drive away. If I had to get a taxi to my nearest college I would be paying over 100 bucks for just one way! (No the taxi isn't robbing me, the nearest taxi to me is 30 minutes away with no traffic and the nearest college is just over an hour away with no traffic). And no, I don't live in the middle of butt **** nowhere. So I feel you OP, I really do.

Okay my best buddy used to ride his bike to work everywhere uphill down hill it didn't matter how far that kid would clock 10-20 miles a day going to and fro work and getting around town. Now I'm not saying that's for everybody, but it is proof that if there's a will there's a way.

Where there's a will there's a way, OP. If you really want this job, you'll find a way to get there. Never let anyone or anything stand in the way of your goals in life. You might even be able to get someone who already works there to give you a ride. You never know unless you ask. And if you were my daughter, I'd be thrilled to help you with such a great opportunity. If you only take the time to look, you'll likely find there's someone else in your life who would likewise be thrilled to help you. Good luck, OP.

Train? Bus? Cab? Two feet and a heart beat? This is not your mothers problem. This is yours. Time to grow up and get to places on your own and not hold others accountable for your lack of transportation;)

What strikes me is that most people assume that OP is fully physically able and that there is all means of alternative transportation available. Of course I don't know any details, so all of the following is hypothetical - what if OP has some sort of physical disability that requires some sort of support? Or what if OP was supporting her family in some way and now just would like to have a favour returned? What if OP's mother encouraged her and assured her to give all the support and now backed out? Of course it could also be a case of OP being plain lazy and wanting to have everything served on a silver platter. Or OP being overly demanding or a horrible passenger. We won't know, only OP knows the full picture.

Exactly, this has been bothering me too. I have to rely on public transit, which I am very lucky to have, or my father for transportation when he's in town. If I have to use a wheelchair that day, I have to use the bus since he doesn't have a wheelchair van anymore. My options are very limited, and if I wasn't lucky to have public transit in my town, I'd be screwed.