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My Sister Let Me HAVE One Of Her Games, And Now She's Wanting It Back. I Already Have A Lot On There And I Really Love That Game. It's $60, But I Found One On eBay (Reliable Seller) For Less... But There's A Problem. I Have No Money. My Parents Don't Let Me Do Chores And They Won't Get It For Me, Either. My Birthday Is Coming Up In 3 Months, And I Asked If They Could Get It For Me For An Early Birthday Present But They Said No. Any Tips On What To Do? I Really Don't Want To Wait, And I Don't Know How To Get Money.
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You know, in a few years time you'll be earning money because you HAVE to, to buy clothes for yourself, or pay rent to your parents etc.
I know you WANT it. Have you checked your local library to see if you can rent it?
Have you thought about getting a job? It'll give you independence so you don't have to rely on your parents to buy you things all the time. Or babysitting?
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Well there are other ways to earn money.
You can wash cars for neighbors.
Recycle bottles and cans and you can get some money from that.
Mow lawns
You could try babysitting.
If you know some of your neighbors well, maybe they pay you some money to clean their house.
Rake leaves
If you know any neighbors that are going on vacation, you can house sit for them. Like water their plants and feed their pets.
You could also have a yard sale and sell things you don't really need or want.
Lemonade stands
Bake sales
Sell candy
Maybe you know how to make jewelry or something and you could try to sell some.
On trash days, you can go to your neighbors and ask for a dollar to take their trash to the road.
Anyways, be creative. If you don't want to do anything else, then just be patient. But doing these things will help with earning some money.
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It's nice she shared it with you but unless she said she was giving the game to you clearly as a gift to keep, then you can not be hogging it to yourself, it is hers.
I grew up in a time where if you wanted something you found ways to earn it yourself. My sisters and I babysat, brother did a paper route. A friend walked dogs for neighbors. My own daughters when grade school age did lemonade stand, selling cut extra flowers from my garden with my permission, selling rocks painted to look like smily faces or lady bugs, and drawings and they really made money.
Yes, things are more expensive now but it is a good thing to learn how to earn your own things. Why? Because of your hard work to get it, you'll appreciate it more and take good care of your things you bought not that you don;t do that now. Your parents love you and because of that their heart wishes to give and give, all parents feel that. We hold back because we don't want to spoil our kids and want to teach them a little self reliance appropriate to their age.
Learning to wait is a good thing. I have nothing to say how to get what you want instantly because there really is no way. When it's your hard earned money, you may find it interesting after a while how what you find important to buy has changed. I did the same as a teen. Saving my cash till it added up more and more. My parents couldn't afford a bike for my youngest sister so she could bike ride with her older siblings. I was the one who bought her a bike not expecting to be paid back because it was more important to me that she be able to ride with us. Earning your own money gets you to think about what is really important to you. You stop thinking about yourself first and gratifying all your desires.
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