After marrying young, the speaker struggled with bills and strict budgeting. At 19, they took a job they hated to help support the household. Siblings called them a spoiled brat, and the speaker admits they probably had a point.
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We had very little to our name, and in ways that was, that was a blessing because we learned to support each other, to do what needed to be done to make sure that our bills were paid. I remember writing out bills and I would write in the corner of the envelope the last date it could go and be there in time. And I, you know, I mean, those are the, those things, even though they were those tough, tough times, they really brought us together because we had to be on the same page. Like, I couldn't go blow money like I did when I was a kid. Not that I was extravagant, but, you know, I would go out, I could go out and spend my allowance on whatever I wanted, whereas I wasn't allowed to do that with, with whatever monies that I brought in. I was 19, I got a job 2 months after we got married, my first ever job. I was happy to be able to be part of supporting us, but at the same time, it was a— it was an awful job. It was— it was torture to go to work. And that, of course, was another thing that caused a problem because I was having to do something that I didn't want to do. So my siblings would say I was a spoiled brat and they were probably right.
I was going to say the youngest having to do something she didn't want to do. Uh, you know, those are always in conflict with one another.
