Took me five months while it took her a day

January 28th, 2007 at 09:49 am

I was shock that my cousin whom her 16th birthday was yesterday got 700$ by her family relatives. She has almost the same amount as my challenge money. When I turned 16 last year, I only got 200$ from my grandma. I guess she's lucky to have such generous family. If I receive 700$, I would have put it in my challenge money but if I received it last year, I would have spend it in Vancouver... O.O" Eum... I wonder what she'll do with that money... She's not richer than me. =D I beat her by 54$ now hehe. Hope she'll save it but I wouldn't be too sure. I don't know if she knows how to handle that much money and she's going to receive another 400$ or so in Chinese New Year while I get 70$. Man I just wish I was born in her family instead of mine. xD Except I'll probably won't turn into a frugal person if I was part of her family.

Anyways, today might be a no spend day. I'm currently trying to do my French homework for Wednesday and later on if I have time, I'll start doing my math homework. I got two days off from school might as well use those time to finish my homework so I won't have a lot of homework for this week and next week to come.

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5 Responses to “Took me five months while it took her a day”

nance Says:
January 28th, 2007 at 10:12 am

You have a very generous grandmother, if she gave you $200.00 for your birthday. Our family doesn't give gifts, for birthdays, that come close to that!
You are learning lessons in personal finance much more valuable than easy cash.
You are doing a great job.
scfr Says:
January 28th, 2007 at 11:11 am

Don't feel bad or jealous.

There is an expression we Americans use: "Easy come, easy go." It means that if you get your money (or anything else) very easily you are also likely to spend it too easily. But if you work hard for it, you will hold on to it.

I have a sneaking suspicion that 20 years from now you are going to be way ahead of your cousin!
crazyliblady Says:
January 28th, 2007 at 11:58 am

Just remember that you know how hard you worked to accumulate that money and know where it came from. You will appreciate that money because of how hard you worked. Your cousin may or may not appreciate her money as much. And another thing, I never worried, or even thought about, what my relatives were going to give me for a holiday or when my grandfather died. If they gave it to me, that was great, but I didn't expect it.
paigu Says:
January 28th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

Heh, my mom confiscated all my "red envelope" money until she deemed I was old enough. Plus my family is really small so I never got much money anyway. Oh well.
baselle Says:
January 28th, 2007 at 06:16 pm

I feel jealous like that too, sometimes. But then some people would be jealous of me. You just have to concentrate on your own bank account. And it is very true - easy money disappears while hard-won money hangs out, collects interest, etc.

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