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i'm not afraid to say that i'm spoiled......i drive a new car, my parents support me, and i own my own townhouse.
but there's a difference between being a spoiled brat and just being spoiled. i know and acknowledge that i have parents (who are well off) that spoil me but they do it because they both grew up very poor and they want the best for me and my brother. also, when i was younger, my family didn't have the kind of money we have now and i've seen my parents struggle. i'm appreciative of what my parents give me but i know that this won't last forever. i don't want to depend on them for the rest of my life and they know that too. in a way, my parents live through me and my brother. my parents never went to college....they just didn't have the money to. So when they see me and my younger brother in college and me looking at going to grad school after i graduate, they know that they're doing something right. my parents aren't afraid to put their foot down. i have a part time job so its not like i'm sitting on my ass all day.
i have friends who are in the same boat as me but i also have many friends who aren't as lucky as me and they keep me grounded. what disappoints me is when people judge me because of what my parents do for me because i feel like my parents do this voluntarily.....if they really wanted to, they could have told me i was on my own. now i dont know if i could 100% handle that but i know i would make the best of it.
i respect people who support themselves completely while in school......one of my best friends does that and i have so much respect for her. she's one of the hardest working people i've ever met.
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