plastic lifeline
July 12, 2010When you start working, you can no longer take money from your parents.
Which genius came up with this idea?!!
It should be When you get married, you can no longer take money from your parents.
Even then, it’s debatable. Hehe.
Well, I guess it makes sense that you should no longer burden your parents when you can earn your own income. Their responsibility stops when you get a job and are able to fend for yourself. They’ve worked so hard to put you in school and make something out of your education, so then it’s up to you after you step into the working world.
That’s from the very nice and responsible child’s point of view.
From the very kind-hearted and loving parent’s point of view:
I word so hard for what? For my family. To give everything they wish for, to put food on the table, to make my family happy. My poor child. She studied so hard through school, and she is generally a good girl who doesn’t give me huge headaches. And now she’s earning Malaysian market salary in this city where the living standards is really high. Hmm….Maybe I will give her a credit card.
Weeeeeeee…..
I mean, you shouldn’t burden your parents obviously, but if they GIVE you something, are you really going to hurt their feelings and give the present back?
We have an understanding that the credit card is only used for emergencies. Yes, we agreed on that. What we can’t agree on is what counts as an emergency. I mean, come on…it’s subjective…
Every girl knows a pair of nude heels is CRUCIAL in any girl’s shoe closet. And every girl knows it’s really not easy to find the right nude heels. So, when this opportunity comes, you grab it! And it really doesn’t help that they have a promotion if you use a credit card from a certain bank. Ohh, what do you know?! I have that bank’s card! Such a coincidence.
My sister and I are unabashedly daddy’s girls. Even strangers who see us walking with our dads can see that. We are not super extravagant in that we swipe a new Chanel bag or a vacation on our dad’s cards. It’s just the smaller things that we just can’t resist. Especially because that particular bank always has promotions in all the shops we go to!!
So, every end of the month, we get a bit nervous.
Dad, holding a piece of paper which I always assume to be credit card statement.
Me, running out of his room.
It’s so funny. Some people run out when they see their parents holding report cards, I run out when I see my parents holding credit card statements.
“Come back here. What is Zara?” he asked, reading the paper.
“A clinic.” I answered, with a straight face.
At the end of the day, I know my sister and I (more me actually…a lot more me…) are just being cheeky daughters and pretty soon, this has got to stop, regardless of whether or not our dad minds or not. I believe that in the process of being adults, we also miss that security of having our dad pampering us like little girls. We miss our childhood!
It’s not easy to just cut off that little glimmering plastic lifeline just like that once you start work, especially when you are the baby of the family. I am trying, believe me! It’s just a lot more painful buying things when it’s a part of your salary. Hahahahah. But that’s life! Best to immerse yourself in career and not befriend shops for a while. Hello, reality.
Hi,i am not as lucky as you,the moment i came out from uni ,i stop taking money from my parents anymore,instead i give them monthly allowances :)……
That’s really noble, lulu 🙂 i’m sure my parents will like your comment hehe…. i should learn a thing or two from you 😀
we all go through that..the transition period!
LOVE THOSE SHOES PD!!
How CUTER can this be????LOL
“What is Zara?” he asked, reading the paper.
“A clinic.” I answered, with a straight face.
*cont.big LOL*
Where can i get nude heels, v? I been trying to find a pair but cannot find a good pair. Most are brown or white. Nothing nude. Help!
V, where can i get that shoes? i want to get it for the wedding shoes, help! please please
HAHAH! I tiptoed away when my dad start checking the “girl’s car” and found out how many petrol receipts are in there. Me and my sisters has this one CC for petrol only, and god knows how many times we fill the car FULL TANK in a week! That, anddd phone bills. Hmmmm.
And don’t forget the grin when dad kantoi-ed us with his “What’s this questions” HIHI
But you know what, like you said, I think parents these days have more desire to provide to their children even when us children are working, married or even have children (their grandchildren), because they know how hard life must be for someone who’s just starting their life and they don’t want their kids to suffer like they did. Plus they have the extra money, I have a feeling they feel kinda obliged to help even just a little bit. Even when we want to be realistic and say,”Its oklah I’ll buy a Proton when I start working”, parents might say,”Whatt! You can buy a better car for long-term benefit, I’ll give you some advancement”. How can you resist, right :P. Makes me think so hard and long..
yup, i started to give my dad monthly allowance since my first pay 😀 even it was a small amount, that made him a materialistic dad now hahahaha! every month asking “sudah masuk ka?” (dush…)
when my dad ask me to pay him back everything i spent using the credit card, i just pray that in due time, he’ll forget about it. hhaha.
can u believe that im still using my mom’s ‘plastic’ until today? im the kind of person that dont really prefer to have ‘debt’ so i just swipe off my debit card at almost everywhere i go! so everytime they kept asking me to do my own credit card, i would just like… hold it… coz i dont tink thats necessary.
but when i comes to purchase something like plane ticket lah, hotel booking, or something that cost rm2k and above, credit card do come in handy 😛
so bottom line is, im still using my mom’s. the end.
What is a Zara?
A clinic..
LOL ROTFLMAO
hahahahha zara = clinic!
thats funny!
I give my mom a bit of my money from my pay BUT she pays my gas, rent, toll charges & my ‘many emergencies’ lol. I’m a lot like you! Its hard! Hey the money is there, I’m the youngest, what else issit for hehe.
V, where to get schutz brand here?
biqque, im in the same boat as u. eventho i haven’t start working yet, my mother already calculating how much i should give her for the monthly allowances..hehe..she know how much i will earn when i’ll start working next year..parents these days are so cute!
Clinic Zara! hihihihiiii….
“Come back here. What is Zara?” he asked, reading the paper.
“A clinic.” I answered, with a straight face.
hahhahahha. too funny la
hahaha couldn’t agree more. i keep making the same vow only to come back running to my abah asking for ‘financial assistance’ =D
hahahah the comments are so funny.
nn, i do that too! good thing our parents are getting forgetful hehe
BUT some of the comments made me realise that we should give back to our parents…is it bad if we give a bit of our salary to our parents AND still use their plastics? hehe
I got those shoes in M WOMEN at The Gardens Mall. The shop in front of the valet place. rina, congrats on the wedding! 🙂
Like Lulu, i am not as lucky as u. Even during college days pun i keja part time to pay some of the fees. Cuma macam kalau nak beli laptop harga ribu riban tu i tak mampu lagi masa tu baru i mintak my mom tolong bayarkan. But now i dah keja, i tak mintak dah (unless if realllyyyyyy emergency). Even for my wedding nanti pun i try my best to use my own money. Credit card pun sendiri punya, sendiri pakai, sendiri bayar. Hehe.
Anyway Klinik Zara adalah super kelakar ok!
I guess Zara IS a clinic of some sort. The supplies are more addictive than drugs!
And you.
YOU. ARE. ONE. SICK. PATIENT.
*bear hug*