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Mom making me pay for everything
17/f I recently got a job babysitting this little girl and I watch her twice a week and I get paid $40 a week so it's not bad and by the end of the month so anytime I want something my mom now goes "well you have money" and I'm not trying to sound like a little princess but I don't think that's fair because before I hadthe job she would buy it. I want to save the money for more expensive items. What can I say to her?
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It's not unfair. It's just different than it was.
Frankly, you've got no standing here. It's her money after all. It's perfectly fair. By law she is really only required to feed and clothe you, and she's not even required to do either of those praticularly well.
You could try to explain your saving plan, and perhaps, if she feels what you are saving it for is important enough, she'll be supportive of that.
But I think it's probably time for a larger discussion, where you and your Mom draw up a list of things you mother is willing to pay for (or, how much money she is willing to put towards things each month) and then you know that you are expected to make up the difference.
You aren't a child any more, there are a lot of perks to that, and a few downers. You have to embrace both with maturity and sense.
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