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Azunite
March 4th, 2011, 03:23 PM
My parents dont allow me to use money.

Seriously from an angle it is good that when you want to buy something your parents just intervene and give the money for you but...
I want to use my OWN money, I don't want to be in their need.

Sometimes they say " Come on I wouldn't give this amount of money to this piece of shit come Cengiz let's go " But I HAVE MONEY and I can buy it dad! You don't need to spend your precious money, I have mine!

And when I say "Dad why don't you allow me to use my money" and they are like " It is rude! You shouldnt be talking about that stuff! Why should you spend money while your parents have?"

Donkey
March 4th, 2011, 03:32 PM
This probably sounds a bit shit, but is this just the West/East divide coming into play here? In the West, parents tend to be more liberal and will give money to their children for them to spend more often. In the East however, parents perhaps are most likely to take strict conservative values and attempt to ensure that their children do not misuse their money. The issue with this is that you're not getting any independence or any kind of idea how to spend money in the real world as a result, and as you say from a more practical perspective you can't get the things you want either.

My advice is just to try to talk to them as calmly and easily on them as possible. I don't know what your parents are like, but you just need to ween them into it. Keep them nice - sugar coat the things that you say and tell them what they want to hear, then slowly break it in what you might be talking about. Don't try to do it in the heat of the situation and blurt out some badly thought out question, you really need to take your time and do it calmly.

If it doesn't work, though, you're not missing much. Being consumerist isn't much fun, physical objects aren't going to make you happy. I wouldn't worry about it much, if you've got friends, family and people who love you then you should be happy, and clichéed as it sounds, you don't need objects in your life to make you happy. As long as you have what you need to live, it may be frustrating but remember there are people who have a lot less than you do.

Hope it goes well.

Azunite
March 4th, 2011, 03:39 PM
Well, they do give me money, I receive money from them every month.
But when I want to go out, they STILL give me money and say "Use this money instead, you'll spare our monthly earnings"

And well it is not that they don't buy me stuff. When I want a PS3 game they don't allow me to use my money, they say it is rude to use money while your parents can buy it and give me money to buy that game. They buy whatever I want but if I asked my father about a PS2 he would surely say no " Come on Cengiz, meet Post-PS3" he'll say.

Donkey
March 4th, 2011, 03:47 PM
I guess I misunderstood your post a bit. Dude all I can really say is consider yourself lucky, the money I do actually get I work for. I'd quite enjoy the break of just being given money to go out or to buy stuff with. If it really bothers you though, as I said, just talk to them about it. I'm sure they'll understand if you don't want to feel as if you're sponging off of them.