Mom trouble ... HELP!!!
By serenity264
@serenity264 (366)
Philippines
August 12, 2008 11:32am CST
I love my mom... We get along with each other perfectly. But... There is one thing that we really cannot agree about, and that is money...
We live off on the veterans affairs benefits that I receive for educational purposes. I really disagree with her regarding our financial situation because she tends to buy groceries or inventory for her little store that has little to no profits rather than prioritizing our debts and bills. She keeps on telling me that the money that she invests on the store will pay off but in reality it doesn't, and we have a lot of bills and debts to catch up on. Even my grams think that she's kind of a one day millionaire, once she receives the money she spends it rather than budget it for the bills the debts and our daily budget for the month...
I've tried talking to her about it but every time I do she either a) gets angry and think that I'm questioning all the things that she spends when she doesnt do that to me, or b) tell me its just cause everything now is more expensive and that's why we dont have any money left... Help me what should I do?
3 responses
@MadaManu (113)
• Romania
12 Aug 08
Maybe You can talk with our mom` and you can search about your mom` little store whit what or how you can increase your profit.
And just accord some time to make more money, and be relax, and watch for your school or job and don't thing about money , money ,money.
Just enjoy myLot.com! and talk with your mom` with those new inventions and some tips/triks from the internet for the store.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
12 Aug 08
It's sometimes hard for a mom to listen to a grown daughter so the only thing I can suggest is that you let the bills do the talking. Sit down with her and the most important bills the next time the money comes in and ask her what she thinks should be done in order to get through the month. Good luck.
@serenity264 (366)
• Philippines
12 Aug 08
hi spalladino thanks for the advise, however even when the bills start talking she still finds a way to blame it on me. This month our electricity got cut off because of the negligence of the bill it was an 8-month electric bill and I was surprised that it even reached 8 mos, I swear I am not kidding. but thanks to the kindness of our neighbors they let us have an extension cord plugged to their place then when their bill comes we pay half of it. We are going to have it reinstated this month, that's accdg. to her, I hope it's true this time because It is really hard to work in the dark. When I talked to her about it she said it was my fault for always using the computer, but i'm rarely home I'm always at school and the time that i'm home is at night where I use my computer for research, and recently mylot. I really don't know how to get through to her...
