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19/f and my brother is 7.
For Christmas my parents usually spend the same amount on both of us. My parents told me that as long as I'm living under their roof, I'll have a Christmas, which I appreciate greatly; even though Christmas isn't about gifts. It's still good to recieve stuff when you don't have the money to afford it for yourself.
Well anyways; my brother wants junk. Every year he askes for stuff and he either breaks it after a week, or doesn't play with it after a couple of days. They spent $560 dollars on him this Christmas.
Well, for my Christmas, I wanted a Yorkie, A laptop, a Camera, and a stocking (those are my favorite)
and my boyfriend and my parents split the yorkie (150 a piece) and my mom and dad said thats all I'm getting for Christmas. Which is cool, I love my puppy; but I don't see thats fair; or maybe I'm over reacting. I'm a college student, and I don't have my own computer; its my parents and I'm limited to 30 minutes a day; including when I have to do homework; so I'd really like a laptop to help me with school work; so I don't have to rush to write papers, ect. I told my mom, I'd be happy with a 320 dollar laptop from Walmart, and thats it for christmas; and the laptop along with the dog, doesn't even cost more than my brothers. This is something I could use for many years, not just a couple of weeks.
Any suggestions? If I'm over reacting, please let me know. (link)
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At 19, you're an adult. So you got a dog out of it, which is great (dogs rule!). Anything else you can work for and buy yourself.
Look, you have to have a sense of proportion. You have a roof over your head with hot and cold running water, you eat regularly and your parents sound like good people. That's a pretty good deal compared to what half the planet wakes up to every day. So relax and keep things as simple as you can.
Christmas is mostly for little kids anyway. That your sibling treats his toys the way you describe is pretty common. He's seven and boys are pretty rambunctious anyway. They haven't learned to channel their natural aggression yet at that age.
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