
11-02-2008, 02:48 AM
I don't know if just ranting here about this is going to make me feel better, but I'd really appreciate any advice anyone can give me.
I really need to let go of materialism. See, my birthday happened recently and pretty much everyone I know had their birthdays 1-2 months before me. I got everyone presents for their birthdays, but now they're all too poor to give me anything. I got one present for my birthday from my dad...$100. Which was really nice, but I had to spend it plus a little of my other money to pay the water bill at my mom's house(my parent's are divorced). I'm 21 now and I feel like I'm too old to hold grudges about these kinds of things. I mean, I still live at home, so that's kind of a present in itself...but I just can't seem to let go of being a little hurt over it.
I'm pretty poor myself now and I feel stupid for spending money on presents for people who are capable of understanding that presents can't always be afforded. It would be so much easier to help my mom right now if I had extra money. I don't want to talk to any of my friends or family because I'm embarrassed of being so materialistic and also because I don't want them to think that I blame them. It's not their faults that they're poor, one of my friends has been going to nonstop interviews and can't get a job and my mom has been working tons of overtime, but is in so much debt that it's still a struggle to get by.
Does anyone have any advice of how I can get over it?
Last edited by juniper_silver; 11-03-2008 at 09:10 PM..
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