How has gasoline prices affected your life style?

My grandson is a junior, dual enrolled in high school and tech school. He drives 11 miles to high school every morning at 7 AM. At noon he drives 21 miles to tech school campus. At 3:30 PM he drives 10 miles home. He mows two lawns every Saturday to buy gas and a little spending money. He drives a 1976 dodge pickup truck that he and his father rebuilt. It's paid for, and runs like a new truck. It gets about 15 mpg. As you can see, he doesn't have much left for spending money when gasoline is $2.25 per gallon. Today that price is $4.30 a gallon.

He doesn't ask for it, but I pay for his insurance.

I hope that the oil companies and the administration will stop and think about all the young people trying to become self sufficient and return to some type of reality.

Well i need to be careful too now. Here in germany we are at 2.50 euros per liter. And i have about 40km to work and 40 back. Not even gonna get into seeing my boyfriend is another 100km each way. Makes like 70 bucks per week just for gas.

No. It’s means I just have to go out and work more.

I remember in High School the recession was going strong and we was reaching these type of prices. I was driving a 1990 F-150. I mowed on average about 4 lawns with other side jobs like painting a bathtub, helped someone dig up his septic tank, or farm labor jobs.

Most of the money went towards gas and parents helped with insurance while I went to trades school in auto collision repair.

These times are looking to be worse than the recession but we will have to learn to adapt. Save money where we can, find contentment in less, band together, trade the truck in for a car, see if anything at school is offered online, possibly ride the bus to school or carpool with friends, and we as fellow countrymen unite under hardship to show the forces of evil that we live in joy rather than fear, sadness, or no hope.

Our church actually has a ministry that shares Jesus as they randomly pay for peoples gas.

Hate to be the party pooper but what better way to make the younger generation reliant on the government...maybe sway them toward UBI....than make it impossible for them to survive on their own? Food prices are rising, rent has long been ridiculous. Add growing gas prices and you've got the perfect set up for financial control.

The truck is an ongoing project with his father. They are working on the body now. Work on the truck has slowed to a crawl because most of his income is going toward gasoline.

He is taking ASE welding course at tech school and must drive from high school to tech school. By dual enrolling, he will complete high school and tech school at the same time, and doesn't have to pay any tuition or fees.

Sounds so familiar. My truck turned into a project truck when a SUV slammed into the driver side engine panel.

I went to school to learn how to fix it. But unfortunately life now has me driving a car money went elsewhere. Now it sits in my yard needing probably $2000 to $3000 dollars worth of work done to it. Old trucks in less completely refurbished seems to always need work lol.

interesting but young people are not self-sufficient its a myth. Young people depend on their parents and their parents should look after them not kick them out and expect them to survive. Young people can also help their parents.

Families need to stay together not break apart. Families are stronger together not miles away.

I agree except if someone isn't contributing and they have every ability to. Then we are only inhibiting the bad behavior that is keeping them from maturing.

This is not always in our control, especially when it comes to marriage/meeting someone from another place. If in individual is already living in another city, it is very unlikely she/he will find someone from their hometown (unless they limit their selection that way). And, to a lesser extent, when it comes to jobs. A lot of the better jobs are in the cities, or only in specific cities depending on industry.

The price of gas is out of my orbit accepting it makes the busses more crowed and slower.

I agree. It could also be that Yahweh has called someone to serve Him in another area. To become a missionary.

I've told my kids that if they want to stay home and pay a small amount of rent after they turn 18 and save up money to buy their own place, they can do that. Or stay forever, if they want. Though sharing a room with siblings as a 30 year old might not be very pleasant. lol. But they're not going to be jobless, sitting on their rears, eating me out of house and home.

My eldest (17) has been trying to figure out how much she would need to save and how much she would need to make to move out on her own. After going through all the bills she'd have, she realized she'd need a better paying job than the one she has now. She actually got a bit sad about it, said, "Guess I'll NEVER be able to move out."

When I was 18, my piddly job paid for my rent and all my bills. I had to budget but it was doable. It's not so doable for young adults, on their own, nowadays. Which breeds great ground for Daddy Government to come in and offer "solutions".

I've told my kids they can live at home as long as they want, as long as they're paying some kind of rent and contributing. But our goal as parents are to get our kids to the point where THEY can be adults and go out and do what God has called them to do. I'm not saying to kick them out on their 18th birthday, but they and we as parents should be working for them to take care of themselves.
Shouldn't be dependent on mama and daddy their whole lives.

I agree, young people can help their parents. Don't have to live at home to do so, though.

I don't get out much. I live in a rural area so everything is pretty far from me. I'm glad my work place is very close.

It sounds like your grandson has a good head on his shoulders. Kudos to him. Hopefully the price of gas won't continue to go up.

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If I recall Jesus looked after his mother even when he was away from Nazareth doing his ministry he was not just looking after only himself. He always had his Father as well and always depended on Him.

though this thread OP is about 'life style' not ministry.

When you are in ministry, nothing is going to stop Gods will being accomplished. Its not a 'lifestyle' as if the christian life is some sort of fashion statement or trendy uber status thing.

Do you have a good Bus System? When I lived in Denver, I took them every day.

Where do you live, I need to move. Country is all I need to know.