I think that's the least happy new (to owner) car owner I've ever seen.....

tredfg543 said:
I think that's the least happy new (to owner) car owner I've ever seen.....

Understandable, considering they went three-and-a-half grand over their budget...

tredfg543 said:
I think that's the least happy new (to owner) car owner I've ever seen.....

furry4ever said:
Understandable, considering they went three-and-a-half grand over their budget...

I think the car is fine but Hildegard said she would help her stretch the budged.
It's more the feeling that you are in debt to someone and you felt you have to return the favor somehow,
like you got an unexpected, expensive gift and you feel uneasy about it.

prokura said:
I think the car is fine but Hildegard said she would help her stretch the budged.
It's more the feeling that you are in debt to someone and you felt you have to return the favor somehow,
like you got an unexpected, expensive gift and you feel uneasy about it.

Also a way Hildegard could guilt trip Adrian on going on a date with her

prokura said:
I think the car is fine but Hildegard said she would help her stretch the budged.
It's more the feeling that you are in debt to someone and you felt you have to return the favor somehow,
like you got an unexpected, expensive gift and you feel uneasy about it.

Precisely

I get why Adrian is feeling uneasy. However, if her past cars haven't been lasting very long, this is likely a short-term loss, long-term gain situation with the new car purchase.

Some people that are willing to accept help start to get uneasy or angry if the help takes the form of what feels like a handout. Three hundred and fifty dollars is a lot of money when you actually have to live on a budget, let alone three grand. So if somebody else was enabling such a purchase I'd pull feel like I was being given a handout. Depending on the circumstances anyways.

I think the real issue is... The decision was made for her. Yes Hilde meant well.. but she just pushed this car on her and made the decision to buy it basically without Adrian agreeing to it. Adrian was being told what to do. If Hilde had taken a bit more time she could have brought Adrian around to agreeing on the merits of it all. Now Adrian is rightfully feeling she has been stepped on. Hilde heard the words that Adrian would really like it, but did not hear where Adrian was trying to point out some concern and shut her down with agreeing to buy the car.

Not to mention SUV's ain't exactly cheap to operate either. Our family had a Suburban and Expedition and the fuel and maintenance cost on those damn things over 1 year was about the same as nearly 3 years in my old Civic. If you're trying to operate on a budget, SUV's can be a very poor choice.

*happy Ali noises*

Oh FUCK yes. I love seeing new A&H comic pages. I would totally be donating to Rick's patreon if this was the only comic he was making, as this comic partially fulfills my need to see a unique anthro-people culture that is not just animals dressing up exactly like humans and pretending to be puritan Christian American humans. I want to see a culture built around creatures with a life-saving sense of smell and other ordinary but extraordinary senses for animals that would force their society to evolve around being unable to lie or cheat on each other and get away uncaught from such.

But hey, a society where none of the anthro animals wear pants or skirts works for me.
Now if only there was an anatomically correct version! My monetary donations would flow! lol.

Lot of good theories on why she isn't happy about her "new" car, but there's another factor to consider: her ex.

He had a habit of pushing expensive purchases on her just to turn around and guilt-trip her about expensive items she actually needed, such as her medication. He'd try to play it off claiming he's only spending "his" money on these expensive "gifts" for her but the reality is when you're married there is no "my money" and "your money." It's all "our money" and actual necessities take priority. Adrian's a much more practical, pragmatic, and frugal spender. She doesn't like spending more than absolutely necessary and only on what she really needs. An SUV, while arguably still "practical," is also very much a "luxury" in her eyes and luxuries were the main tool her ex used against her, narcissistic control-freak that he was.

She's told Hilde about this, which adds salt to the wound, because Hilde should know better than to push this on her; even if one can argue that Adrian needs to stop making Hilde (or anyone else for that matter) pay for the past crimes of someone else. It is, unfortunately, an all too common pitfall that has destroyed many relationships that otherwise would have flourished.

cacoethes said:
Lot of good theories on why she isn't happy about her "new" car, but there's another factor to consider: her ex.

He had a habit of pushing expensive purchases on her just to turn around and guilt-trip her about expensive items she actually needed, such as her medication. He'd try to play it off claiming he's only spending "his" money on these expensive "gifts" for her but the reality is when you're married there is no "my money" and "your money." It's all "our money" and actual necessities take priority. Adrian's a much more practical, pragmatic, and frugal spender. She doesn't like spending more than absolutely necessary and only on what she really needs. An SUV, while arguably still "practical," is also very much a "luxury" in her eyes and luxuries were the main tool her ex used against her, narcissistic control-freak that he was.

She's told Hilde about this, which adds salt to the wound, because Hilde should know better than to push this on her; even if one can argue that Adrian needs to stop making Hilde (or anyone else for that matter) pay for the past crimes of someone else. It is, unfortunately, an all too common pitfall that has destroyed many relationships that otherwise would have flourished.

To be fair, hilde is far more impulsive then her. I think personally they'll balance each other out, starting here. She likes her and wants her to have something nice, now the car may be a tad exorbitant, but it's use's are What she thinks about not the price i.e. the clothing store. Since she was in a crash, hilde wants her in a safer car, and is not like the prick who loited gifts and the like over her. I personally have been treated that way and even though it can bring up those red flags, it's the first steps into a healthy relationship, regardless of how it makes people feel. The first step is letting people care about you, and doing it in a way that shows it.

wait this comic is still going i thought it only had 5 chapters not that it was still coming out with new content awesome

pattiger said:
wait this comic is still going i thought it only had 5 chapters not that it was still coming out with new content awesome

This is chapter 5. Oo.

mathbrony93 said:
I get why Adrian is feeling uneasy. However, if her past cars haven't been lasting very long, this is likely a short-term loss, long-term gain situation with the new car purchase.

That's pretty much always how these things work. Long-term gains tend to be more expensive in the short term. Also why poor people are often trapped in their situation; they can't afford the short-term losses to actually benefit from the long-term.

Those folding flat seats are the best. My old yaris verso had those. Back in those days this was something really special. And I can tell you getting groceries into my jimny is kinda a pain with those awkward folding seats and the little bowl than is to short for anything but to big to ignore.