like title apparently my certification will be held November 19th at the Bunker and im very confused to where bunker is? i have checked the ryerson map and also checked all the ryerson facilities names but nothing under "bunker" shows up
When I was in college, I struggled a lot during my senior year and lost my financial aid due to bad grades. I was dealing with some mental health struggles that made it hard to keep my head above water. My parents sold their beloved 1960s alfa romeo convertible to help me pay for a gap semester of mental health treatment, and the rest of my college and finish without as much debt.
It was a big sacrifice, they'd dreamed for so long of retiring and traveling the country in the Alfa. They put off their retirement for several years too.
I turned my grades around and got into counseling and treatment for the eating disorder which was wrecking my health and graduated with an electrical engineering degree, and a few years out of college I worked my way up in my field to a job where I'm making 6 figures. It's more money than I know what to do with honestly, I live a pretty frugal lifestyle.
This year, I was doing my financial review and realized I had a lot saved that I had nothing to do with. My debt was paid off, my retirement savings were maxed out, and I was living way below my income personally.
I wanted to pay my parents back for what they sacrificed for me and asked them about what their dream car would be. They talked about another convertible, not a classic car this time because the maintenance and reliability was a struggle. But something that they could use to go on road trips and vacation. Something reliable and cute and small. I didn't tell them I was actually thinking about buying them a car.
I bought them a 2020 mazda miata as a Christmas gift and they love it so much. They'd been feeling a lot of cabin fever this year and they've been going out for scenic drives and trips to the forest every chance they get.
The issue is that my boyfriend and I who have been together for five years are disagreeing over it; he is upset because we were starting to talk about getting engaged and he thinks that me making a huge impulse purchase without thinking to talk to him first was a problem.
I didn't really see it as an impulse, I've felt very thankful that my parents believed in me and sacrificed for me when I was feeling hopeless and needed it. They took a big risk putting a lot towards college tuition when I really hadn't been showing I'd been able to put in the work for some time. I 100% owe any current success I have to them. So I'd wanted for a long time to do something nice for them.
But my boyfriend sees it very much as an impulse and thinks t
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