Accident

So I hit a car. With my car. It wasn’t intentional, it wasn’t unavoidable, afterall, he did stop abruptly and almost instantly. I didn’t.

His car was brand new, bought the very same day. Mine is 6 months old (or 6 months new). He doesn’t want to claim insurance to get that Zero Claim Bonus you get after a year. He wants me to reimburse him for whatever damage that has happened, which will be repaired by the authorised service center. It costs shitloads.

I am willing to pay, even if it does cost shitloads, it’s 40% of my monthly salary. My parents and the cousin (who was in the car with me that time) think it’s a bad idea, and want me to pursue him into claiming insurance.

The problem is, I feel his pain. I get how getting the car bumped in the ass on the very day you buy it would feel like. It didn’t happen to me, sure, but I have a very vivid imagination and I did think of this scenario. It wasn’t a pretty one.

I do want to pay him, but doing so would incur disappointments from my parents.

I wonder if paying him would make me feel better or the guilty feeling just won’t go away.

I feel lost. Am I lost?