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More than anything, I hate snide comments about my financial situation. I have an uncle who constantly gives me guff about money, when he has no idea about how school is being paid for (he assumes it's loans and working--like it was for him, it's actually my parents--for both now and undergrad). I've basically cut myself off from being around him because I hate hearing either about how spoiled rotten I am, or how I can't do things my 'rich' friends do. It's like, pick something to be bitter about, okay? I know it's because he feels he missed out on a lot because my grandparents didn't pay for anything for him---but he shouldn't take it out on me because mine did and he doesn't know about it.
I didn't have to worry about tuition or housing (Because I did well. Had I not, I would have been on my own, and if I couldn't swing it, I'd have to come home.), but I did have to pay for my "Munchkin" stuff. I didn't feel it was appropriate for my father to be paying for my birth control or tampons, nor did I want them to shell out for my Spring Break. I know if there's anything I need they'll always be there, but they have encouraged my sister and I to stand on our own.
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