Finances, boys, and Nazis
So I've decided that, due to my somewhat eccentric and very impulsive personality, I pretty much suck at anything financial. Saving? Budgeting? What are these strange concepts you speak of? I've just never had to deal with money until I got a job and then I ended up with more money than I knew how to use. So I got in debt and was in the hole for months. Story of my life. I don't think there's been a time where I haven't been in debt for something to someone.
But I'm going to college next year. And that terrifies me. How on earth am I going to pay for college?! It scares me that I didn't even think about this until now. How do you juggle school and work like that? Will I be able to do it with my history of spending money I don't have? My mom assures me that I'll be fine but she sounded like she was trying to convince herself...
Boys are so complicated sometimes and other times they're just...stupid. They say stupid things that really hurt and are too busy notice you're upset. And they all become interested as soon as you're taken.
I'm so glad my parents don't try to dictate who I hang out with. Half of my friends are banned from each other yet we all manage to hang out. Are some parents really that naïve? Do they really think they can stop two people from being in love? All they do is make the desire to see each other stronger. My mom once said, "We don't try to dictate who you hang out with because it would be pointless. You would find a way to hang out with that person somehow." The other day, my friend Mike's dad called us trying to find Mike and accusing us of hiding him and his girlfriend, my other friend Jenessa, at our house. Mike and Jenessa are banned from each other, you see.
My message to all the clingy parents out there: please try and see that your teenager is going to hang out with whomever they wish and you're only driving them further away. Because my parents don't restrict me very much, I cherish the times I spend with them and we're all much happier because of it.
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Well, finances are easy. Take all the money at the end of the month and shave off one fifth for spending money, put a tenth in tithing and save everything else. (By save everything else, I meant pay all necessities, i.e. rent, phone bills, taxes and whatever else is absolutely mandatory [clothes don't count] and everything else goes into a nice savings account with at least 7% interest and you
re good)
As for boys, I mean, we're stupid, don't know what we have until it's missing, and are blind, selfish, and insecure about four fifths of the time.
As for nazis, parents have the right to make any kind of rule they want as long as they feel it is in the best interest of their kids. I've learned from experience that when parents act crazy, you have to go with it until they forget or until you've proven yourself worthy of their trust. If they don't trust you, that means that you need to work to earn it back and need to give them more than a little until they decide to give you freedom. (I'm not talking to you Bo, I'm talking to whomever you were talking to) If your parents are "crazy" in your opinion, you probably need to take a subjective look at all of the things that you've done and decide whether or not their distrust was well-founded or not. I personally took a look at my life and realized that my parents trust me so much more than I deserve.
I'll put my soap box away, now...
Glass
Well said. :] Thanks.
Your parents rock. I think I am going to be a horrible parent. Should I take lessons from yours, or can you recommend another genius pair to study?
My parents are as good to learn from as any. :]
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