Hey everybody,
for the past few blogs, I have been talking about money. Literally all my blogs are about this particular topic. I wish to diversify this blog as much as possible. Therefore, I will try to talk about things that are important to me on my next post. I just feel like I should past this out before telling you guys what other things are important to me.
Broken_Arrow asked me once why I like money so much. I don't know how to explain it as it is very hard to me to actually put it in a more concrete way.
I guess part of the money obsession is my family. When I was much younger, I was seven if I remember correctly. I used to earn my money at my dad's place and my dad taught me how to put money in the bank. I remembered I was so happy putting money in the bank and seeing it grow each day. My parents were so proud of me. My brother? Well he was a spender and still is. Whenever he gets pay by my parents, he spends it right away. He always try to make me spend my money, I guess is out of jealousy.
At the age of 13, I started spending my money like crazy and I like the feeling of it.My dad trusts me in putting my bank card in my possession at age 15. Guess I let him down when I spend 1000$ in two months. My dad took back the card by force and he got really manipulative. My mom made it worst, by humiliating me with people at her workplace. She starts talking bad about me and how much clothes I have. In reality, I don't have much clothes. I really don't know where I spend my money.
When I went to Vancouver to learn English for a month and a half at the age of 16, I asked my dad to raise my pay since I need money for my trip. My dad decides to raise me to 5$/hour and I work hard. In the end, I manage to spend a big part of it and I had 500$ left for my trip. My dad was so furious at me that he took my money and tell me to do without. I was so furious at him and tell him to take everything, I don't need anything. I guess we both act on feeling. This incident left me a scar. Although, my dad gave my money back and he gave put 500$ on my bank whenever I need it, I still remember this incident like it was yesterday.
The rest... You guys probably know on my ex-blog. I got obsess about saving money. I was not thinking about the future... I guess the reason why I want to save is because of my past. I have manipulative parents and I had to fought long and hard for them to leave me alone with money. Ever since I earn money of my own, my dad literaly is trying to manipulate my finance. When the incident happend where I gave all my money, my dad finally understood not to ask me for money or anything related to it because I will get really aggressive.
I don't know how to summarise this and hope that somebody will explain to me.
On my next post, I will talk what other things are important to me.
My past with money
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