I’m very frugal. I always have been, I’ve saved nearly every penny I’ve made. When we eat out, I order the cheapest things I can eat (I’m Pescetarian), and I’ve never asked for much. Just a book here and there. For my birthday, I got a very special present, a motorized scooter! Another year, I got an electric keyboard! I LOVE playing piano. I’ve got to admit, I have it VERY good, and our family makes a good living. I could live FAR more luxuriously, and get anything I want. But I don’t want to. I feel bad spending money, and even if I didn’t I wouldn’t spend NEARLY as much as my sister, because I don’t want much.
My sister has NO guilt getting whatever she wants, spending hundreds of dollars a month on luxuries such as clothes, hanging out with friends money, and food. For her 16th birthday, she got a car for 40,000 DOLLARS. I cried, because I’m disgusted by her greed. She’s just never cared about money, she doesn’t know the value of a dollar. She thinks because she behaves: doesn’t drink, smoke, do drugs, have sex (which is rare, I admit) and makes good grades that she’s entitled to everything she wants. I also make phenomenal grades (Honors Classes: 96′s and up), but I still don’t ask for a lot. She drives into the school parking lot with the most expensive car on campus and doesn’t think much of it. I just don’t know what to do about it.
I’m 15, with a permit. We’ve been looking around for cars. Right now, I’m looking at a ,000 car, still pricy, but a lot better than 40k. I could have a better car, but I don’t want one. I could have better things, but I don’t care about materialistic things as much. Even though I don’t want these things, I can’t help but feel angry about the thousands upon thousands of dollars of inequality between me and my sister that I’ve known my entire life. I just don’t know what to do! I want to ask for help with my apartment instead later in life, but since it’s so uncommon, it would be out of the question.. help?
PS: I know, I’m VERY fortunate. I’m happy with my life and my things, but I’m unhappy with the inequality. I don’t want to buy more things to even it out. I want my sister to sell her things to even it out, and maybe give it to charity, or put it towards our college. I’m just tired of saving thousands of dollars with no appreciation..
-My family’s pretty messed up. My dad’s an alcoholic, and when he comes home drunk from work (he owns the place he works at, so he drinks as he pleases), he’s VIOLENT. He’s made my moms entire thigh a dark purple from lifting her up and throwing her on the ground. It’s strange, because my mom still goes back to him every single time, because she can’t let go (they were high school "sweethearts")
-My family’s wealthy. We drive cars that are above 65,000 at least, except for me and my sister. We live in a home that cost us nearly 1 million.
-I’ve done marijuana, and I still strongly support it, because I’ve done my research. So my mom knew about that, and threatened to start drug testing, so I quit. So that might have a little say.
-I’m pretty much the anti-version of my family. They’re conservative, I’m independent. They eat meats, I don’t. They’re christian, I’m agnostic. They’re straight, I’m gay. No, I’m not some punk that just wants to rebel. I do my research on everything and still