MEC wrote:PetZounds wrote:The following rant is going to sound really self-entitled, but I'm frustrated.
Backstory:
I had three older siblings and all of them were told by my parents that if they went to college and didn't work a job, my parents would provide everything for them. This stipulation arose because my mom dropped out of college while she was working a job on the side, because she made too good of money to want to waste her time in school. Anyway, none of my siblings decided they wanted to go to college and live off of my parents. They all wanted to do their own thing. None of them ever did too well in school anyway or really cared about college.
I did well in high school, got a partial scholarship to a decent university, and my parents made me the same deal. I just had to go to school, get good grades, and be a full time student with no job and they'd take care of my expenses. I went through my first year of school and everything was fine. Then, this summer, my mom decided to quit her job (which was the majority of my parents' income). She used the money from their retirement fund to purchase a small newspaper of sorts that is distributed around where my hometown is. It's free and makes all its money from ad revenue. So now not only are they only living off of my dad's income, she's working day and night trying to get this paper off the ground and putting a lot of resources into it.
So now money's tight. So I offer to get a job to help and my mom refuses to allow me to. But every month, the checks are getting smaller and smaller and coming closer and closer to the last minute. I worked two jobs this summer and saved it all, and I don't have a penny of it left. I'm having panic attacks every month because I'm terrified of the numbers in my bank account. But my mother insists things are fine, things will work out, blah blah blah. "The paper has the potential to make x dollars per month if I just fill up the ad spaces!" It sounds like some sort of pyramid scheme where my mom is the one who sold herself the product.
I know that no one is forcing me to live off my parents, I could go get loans, etc. But I just wish I had known this going into college, or even prior to making my living plans for this year. I would have at least been expecting it and could have planned accordingly.
This is such a stupid thing to complain about, because at least I'm in a position where I can go to college, but I'm just kind of pissed off right now and I've been laying in bed thinking about it for the last two hours and just had to get it off my chest. If you read this whole thing, I really appreciate it. I promise I'm not always this big of a baby.
Just get a side job and don't tell her about it.
Also, make sure you tell her how much you appreciate her help (even when the checks are less than before and arrive late).
Yeah, I was going to say the same thing.
