I need to rant and get some perspective on this because I am so irritated. I'm sure this is a boring story to everyone but I just need to get it out because I get so frustrated!
Okay, I started back to school today and I am enrolled in an Algebra class so I have to have a graphing calculator. I have/had one but my sister called me last semester and asked to borrow it and I was like, "yea sure, of course." So she came and picked it up.
Well, I called her last week and told her that I needed my calculator back and that I would be picking it up this week and she said okay.
Okay, I need to explain,my sister is 23 and still lives with my parents with no bills except for a car payment (which she didn't even have that until a week ago). She has a job that does pay 10/hr but she works MAYBE 10 hours a week, if that, but she does go to school. She did have an older car that was paid off but she recently got a newer car and has a car payment now. I'm not sure how she is doing that with as little as she works and I suspect that my parents are helping her out.
So anyway, I go to my parents house to pick up my calculator and my sister isn't there so my mom calls her and asks where it is. She says its in her room on her nightstand. I go in there to get it and pick it up and realize that it's not my calculator. It's not even a graphing calculator, it's a scientific calculator. I go in the living room and tell my mom and she tell me to call my sister. I call her and she kinda gets an attitude and is like, "Well, I don't know.... I looked around forever and that's the only one I could find.... you can go in my room and look around but I don't know where it is right now." She didn't even apologize, she didn't offer to get me another one.... nothing. I just bite my tongue and tell her to look some more when she gets home because I really need it.
So I'm pretty angry and my mom goes, "we'll just get you another one, how much do they cost?". I told her around $100 and she's like "no way"... and I say "yes they are". I told her that I think I got mine on ebay so it might have been a little cheaper and went and pulled up a listing of one just like mine to show her what it looks like.
I'm pretty angry but not trying to show it and my mom just tell me that she will buy me another one. I get home and she tells me that she's going to order one on ebay and I tell her that she needs to make sure that they offer fast shipping because I need it asap.
She calls me back and says that she found out that ships priority and that she is going to order it and I say okay. Then she says, "you better stay in this class" and makes it sound like I should be thankful that she is buying me this calculator. I said, "I had a calculator and if Tiffany hadn't lost it then you wouldn't need to buy another one"....she says, "That doesn't have anything to do with me, I didn't lose it"... I said, "I know, that's why you should make her pay for it".. her, "Yeah, like she has any money"... me, "make her pay you back in payments".. her, "she can't even afford that".
So that's the story. I am irritated because my sister does stuff like this all the time and has NO consequences for it at all. I bite my tongue and don't say anything to her because if I do she will get an attitude which will make my blood boil and I'll say things I shouldn't. My mom just recently got on my butt about some stuff that isn't any of her business... I am married and my husband and I own our house and have our own life. However, my sister is the golden child. She loses something of mine and my mom steps in and buys another one. Yes, I appreciate that she bought me another one but she should make my sister pay her back or work around the house to pay it off. If I get angry and express this to my mom, my mom just makes excuses for her and makes me feel like I'm overreacting and being stupid. It's not just about the calculator.... my sister does stuff like this all the time and doesn't even feel bad.
If you were in my shoes would you be angry too? I mean, don't I have the right to be angry about this? Thank god I have my husband (and fellow YTers
) to talk to to keep me sane. lol
Sorry for the super long rant, I feel better now that I have gotten that out.