The Difference Between Poor People and People Who Have Money

May 30, 2008

Don’t get me wrong: I know the value of money. You have no idea how much it distresses me to find out that the jeepney driver shortchanged me by one peso in the morning, more so when I realize that my fare back home is short by the missing peso. It drives me crazy. A few days can pass and that piso will still be hovering on the edges of my consciousness like stubborn mascara that won’t get wiped away.  The point is, I value money and I hate to spend any more than any thing is worth or else the missing pesos tend to haunt me in a rather nasty manner.

 

My mom apparently does not know this side of me. She believes that I waste my money on useless things like clothes and makeup (my closet won’t close anymore, har har, funny—not) without even thinking about it. Thankfully enough, she’s very liberal with my book money although she’s been grumbling lately (the shelf where my books are is getting full too). All I can say is that she doesn’t know that I’m all grown up now and earning some of my monies and painfully realizing that it’s not that easy. With that disclaimer, don’t crucify me for the following conversation between me and my mom. 

 
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