What has always outraged people about others is perhaps double standards. That is, a life attitude in which a person allows themselves certain behavior and actions towards other people that they are completely intolerant of when strangers do this to them. Double standards are a perfect example of entitlement in all its glory.
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The couple is rather well-off so the man recently bought a big truck he probably had long been dreaming of
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The family also have the wife’s Porsche Cayenne and their elder son’s Jetta, old but reliable
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Recently the guy found out he couldn’t park his truck in the office garage since it was too big
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So the man wanted to borrow his wife’s Porsche for the days he went to the office, but insisted she couldn’t even touch his truck instead
This was already the third car in the family – the original poster has a Porsche Cayenne, which they usually use as a family vehicle, and there is also a child seat there. Also, the OP’s eldest son owns a Jetta, which his parents and grandparents helped him to buy. A good reliable car, in the author’s own words, although it doesn’t look very good…
And so, one fine day, the OP’s spouse got a promotion at work, and among his new job responsibilities were regular trips to downtown, twice a week. The office has a parking garage, but when the guy drove there for the first time in his brand new truck, he was incredibly upset that it simply didn’t fit in the garage.
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“What can I say? It’s great that the man followed his dream, earned money for a truck that he probably wanted from a young age, and finally bought it,” says Irina Matveeva, apsychologist and certified NLP specialistfrom Ukraine, whomBored Pandaasked for a comment over this situation. “Other than that, he behaved quite selfishly. No, if you don’t want someone else to drive your vehicle, that’s also your right. But in that case, you shouldn’t take your wife’s car, or your son’s car either – even considering that you chipped in to buy it.”
“Yes, it seems to me that there is a use of double standards here – like ‘what’s mine is mine, and what’s not mine is common!’ Of course, I don’t know all the ins and outs of this story, but it seems to me that this woman should have a serious conversation with her husband about about his attitude to things, and respect for the personal boundaries of his family members. I think this wouldn’t hurt at all,” Irina presumes.
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