Yesterday night, my brother complained about the cellphone bill that he has to pay with his money which is around 300$ to 400$ next week and he can't figure out a way to pay it.
He was saying that dad is getting crazier and he doesn't want to pay the bill for him. I told him that he wants you to start paying some things for himself, then he said that a parent have to pay these things. Judging by the amount of the bill, it was a lot but that was because he recently bought a brand new cellphone with mps and camera in it. It cost around 150$ with a contract then he decided that he wants a black one(another 150$ spend) so he orders something to unlock it which cost 100$. The first cellphone, he sold it to someone for 300$. Okay yeah, he haven't even pay both cellphones, the unlock number and the contract which he has to pay per month. In total it will cost around 400 and up. I wonder where he put that 300$ that he made off selling to someone. I think he put it in his saving account where dad told him not to take it out but save it.
In general, I don't think he even put a penny aside for the cellphone bill and he was expecting my dad to bail him out if he doesn't pay the bill. Well... I hope dad doesn't give in. He even borrow my sister's money without asking to unlock his cellphone and to buy books (Which is around 150$). He even dip some in my dad's tax return money in his bank. All the money he borrowed, he was expecting to repay it in his next paycheck at my dad's work but the problem is... He doesn't want to work. I wouldn't be surprise if he starts taking money out in his saving account which now, he said he will not touch it because he wants to earn interest.
Other than the phone bill conversation we had, I tried telling him that he should start payig things for himself and he shouldn't expect dad to pay everything and I mean everything for him. My brother told me that the most successful people are the ones who never have debts and never work, their parents pay everything for them because they want him to study. Well in my brother's case, even if he has time to study, he will be going online to chat, listening to music and rent movies to watch.
I wonder if my brother is on the road of getting himself into debt...
Spendaholic brother
September 18th, 2007 at 01:55 pm


September 19th, 2007 at 05:57 am
I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculously spoiled. No way I would ever do that for my kids. The very basic cellphone service? Sure. Fancy stuff that he doesn't but thinks that I (a parent) has to pay? Don't even get me started.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:35 am