9:48 PM : : Family love : :
Last week, on Friday, my parents decided to have a "family meeting". If you don't know what this means, it's basically the "I've had enough of ________ and I want to sit and argue about it with everybody else" family meeting. This time, reality is finally setting in and they realize they don't have enough money any more.
First mistake my mom did was email me at work telling both my sister and I we need to discuss a few things when we get home. 1) I don't know how many times I've told her I can not get personal emails at my work. They have fired people for this. 2) I don't need to hear about how she has too much time on her hands and can only think about what's for dinner, why they can't afford their bills, and how she wishes my sister would move out. Not my problem!
So after I got my feathers ruffled and I was able to vent to my co-workers and discussed a resolution on this issue with my 'friend' at work, I left and went home. Never in my life have I heard such issues about dinner nights and Tide/Downey. Have you?! We spent 45 minutes arguing over why we can not stick to a concrete 'dinner' night. My mom seems to think we have NO life, we're still children, and we all should have a family dinner night. It's not going to happen. We're all adults, we all have our own lifes and families... it's just not going to happen! Both my sister and I stressed this to her but she seems to not want to absorb it. It's not my concern that my mom has nothing else better to do during the day than to sit and admire the leaves falling off the trees and thinking who is going to cook for dinner and what it is going to be.
Another issue was the Tide & Downey. Apparently I don't buy enough tide and downey. I'm sorry, but, last time I checked I am only one person and only uses about 3 loads a week. My mom wants to wash EVERYTHING in the house. If it's not glued or nailed down, it's going to be washed every week. My sister seems to think this as well and between them two, the washer and dryer never stop. So, I decided that I will start buying my own tide and downey. I bought a big bottle of tide and downey for the house (my last comment when I bought this was "This will be the last Tide and Downey I will buy for this house.") and then I bought my own Tide, Downey, and dryer sheets for my own use. I'm just going to start buying my own things, like I pretty much already do. I can not and will not be accused of this stupid thing anymore. You think my parents would appreciate that I'm taking this step? No, my dad is not. He was once mad that I don't buy enough and when I decided to start buying my own he's mad about that. I swear, he stresses over the stupidest things in life.
The "main" reason of this meeting was their financial embarrassment. After a year, they just now realized that half the income, twice the families living in the house, and double the bills have put a hurting in their pocket. All their bills double since last year before my mom decided to do the whole "early retirement" thing and let my sister move back in. My sister have their own floor (the basement). I live in my room practically. The rest of the house my parents use up. After I settled down from the email at work, my 'friend' and I discussed that it's probably time I start paying rent (if I look back a few years, I swear I remember hearing my dad tell me they will never charge me rent... but whatever), I was thinking an extra $100.00 a month (added to my 150.00 I already pay for cable and my car insurance). Which, now the meeting is over with, I was right, starting January I'm paying an extra $100.00... which is fine.
It's hard to tell my mom, get off your lazy ass and get a job! They can not afford her spending habbits!
Maybe this will all change and go back to normal when my sister moves out. God, I wish I didn't have a huge car payment or my ass would have been out that night. I need to move out, I need a place on my own. I feel like my parents treat me like a child. I'm 22, I may be the baby in the family, but I am an adult and I can make my own decisions on what I want in my life.
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