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Welcome to our slash out by the jerk, where this dad promises his son a brand new car, but

instead gets him a toy one.

Find my little jerk for refusing to forgive my dad for breaking our deal.

When I, a 17 year old man, was 8, my parents bought me a piano and signed me up for lessons.

I was super excited because I love music.

Over time I kind of became known as the piano guy at school.

I played at school concerts, accompanied the school jazz choir, and played once a week

for the residents at a couple of retirement homes in our town.

When I was 15, I started to talk about quitting lessons, and my parents quickly tried to guilt

me out of it.

I told my mother to try other things, and that between piano and studying, I didn't have

much time left for other extracurriculars.

My dad proposed a deal.

If I kept playing in taking lessons until I reached level 10 RCM, Royal Conservatory of

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