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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So per the kid's older sister, he didn't want to go on the sub and only did it bc it was Fathers Day/his father was Titanic obsessed (others had dropped out so seats opened up). Per his aunt - he was terrified of going and had expressed to other family members that he was terrified.

Wow. Learn to say no - even to mommy and daddy - folks. Or as I said before why on earth could mom not step in here and tell DH he was free to do what he wanted but her DS wasn't going esp since he was terrified!?[/quote]

What makes you think the mother had any say in this matter? Different culture. [/quote]

The mother is white/British. She's not a subservient Pakistani woman - and btw if you think Pakistani women are subservient with respect to their baby boys lol you don't know our culture. Mama always wins re her kids and esp her son at this age.[/quote]

The culture issue may not be Pakistani vs European culture as much as billionaire culture. We don't know how this guy was - he actually wasn't a billionaire, "only" worth hundreds of millions. We don't know if this was a family where daddy was like you live this life because of MY money, MY empire, we'll do things MY way - and everyone went with it because of course they liked their rich lifestyle.[/quote]
The guy was 19 yrs old, not 9. I mean really. I know kids are taking longer to grow up these days but man, he was 19.  He could’ve said no, my kids refuse to go everywhere with me. Not blaming him but let’s not act like he was a child.[/quote]

I agree with you but LOTS of 19 year old MEN these days may as well be 9. Hell lots of 25 year old men these days aren't their own man yet. All I'm saying is it isn't hard for a rich daddy to influence a 19 year old in this day and age.[/quote]
They may as well be 9, but they aren’t 9. Huge difference. 25 year olds may as well be 12. It’s sad he had a rich dad. A shame he had no autonomy.[/quote]
Look, no one twisted the 19 year old man’s arm to ride that crap device.[/quote]

How do you know what kind of pressure his dad put on him?  People on DCUM regularly talk about withholding college tuition payment or cutting off the cell phone if their college age kids don't do whatever it is their parents want or stop doing something, it's extremely common for parents to use their money and power to control college age kids even if the kids are technically adults.[/quote]

Ha right. I love how DCUM - the most helicoptering of helicopter parents - who don't allow their precious babies to grow up even at age 25 are sitting here being like noooooo a 19 yr old is grown man who could've done what he wanted. Newsflash - daddy probably controlled him with money just like you control your kids with money, and unlike your kids this kid had an empire he was going to inherit so he wasn't trying to piss off his father lest he lost his lifestyle. And add the element of southeast Asian parent in there, I'm one of them - yeah we keep our kids dependent on us for FAR too long, at 19 we treat them like they're about 14.

But in the end money, empire, not pissing off daddy etc. all just did not matter.[/quote]

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