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apple macbook
Last year around the same time as now, I asked my dad for a macbook. A simple, white, around $1000 macbook. My dad said, "Wait until Christmas." I didn't get it for Christmas. I asked again and he said, "Wait until March or April." At the end of April, no Macbook. I asked and begged for it on my birthday. My dad said, "I promise, for your birthday, I will get you a macbook." I had so much hope and excitement in me. It was a perfect day. My last day of school was on my birthday, and it was perfect to think about coming home to a brand new macbook. Well the macbook didn't show up. No happy birthdays, just from my friends, and I was in my room crying the whole day. My dad came in and said, "I'm sorry, I promise you that you will get a mac before the school year starts." He apparently was getting a macbook pro, top of the line, for a low price from his friend who sold them on ebay. But it never came in. My dad got put on house arrest for extortion for 2-3 months. So I thought, he'd be home, why not try and convince him to get me a macbook off ebay. He kept saying no, PC's are better, mac's aren't worth it, which I had many more reasons against HIS argument. But no mac so far. He bought me a new battery that I needed for my current Toshiba laptop, which also sucks. He got me a webcam so I could at least have one feature of a mac, but turns out the webcam didn't work with AIM or AOL, and took horrible pictures. I told my dad I was done with Toshiba and Dell, and just in general done with PC's. He got mad at me and told me to stop it, and that my attitude was stupid and I wasn't getting a mac until much later in life. This is making me furious. I made posters about getting one. I talked to him about it every chance I got. Everyone in my family told me I deserved it. But nothing. And I need some VERY good reasons why Macs are great and possibly better than PC's. Because I want this computer so bad.
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Grow up. Do you really need a $1000 laptop? Give your dad a break for chrissake. $1000 is a lot of money.
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well he clearly does not want you to have a mac, even though they are obviously 100 times better than PC's! anyways, he seems very controlling and extremely stubborn, so stop asking him. Get a job, save your allowance, ask for checks from relatives for your birthday. It would be much cooler to have a macbook that you earned than one that technically belongs to your dad, because the way you described your dad, even if he gave you one, he'd probably make up some lame excuse why he "needs to use it for a couple days" or something, so just buy your own!
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I'm sorry babe, nobody 'deserves' a macbook the way they deserve clean drinking water and I really don't think matter what you say to him about macs being better then PCs.
Why are you flogging a dead horse? You dad has had amble opportunity, and had promised you one, but still no macbook. I think it is logically time to come to the conclusion that he will not be getting you a macbook.
Give him all the reasons you want, yell, scream, cry, argue, bitch and moan. Still, there will likely be no macbook.
Maybe he doesn't have the money. Maybe he just doesn't want to. Maybe he is a jerk. Sadly, parents are allowed to be jerks and there is nothing their kids can do about it.
So please, stop trying. Save your pennies. Maybe ask these relatives of yourself to give cash gifts, so that you can save up for your macbook.
When parents fail you, you have rely on yourself and become proactive. Sitting around and demanding the same thing over and over again certainly isn't getting you anywhere now is it? No. So come up with a different plan.
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