am i a bad person?

[glautengloben]

background info: put bluntly, my mother is too obsessed with managing her money to maintain normal social behavior. towards the end of her marriage, she spent all of her time locked in her room sorting through coupons and calling credit card companies to make sure her balances were always accurate. although we were living in the same house, i

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[anonymous]

Hey Jamie, if you had taken economics you would have realized that gift giving causes dead-weight loss when they pay more than you would have paid for it. The most efficient gift to give is cash. Maybe your mom is an econ major?... moving on...

With respect to having a broken family, I feel you. Parents got divorced over winter break (dad let me know as I was leaving for college, talk about leaving on a high note). Brother has completely cut off contact from the rest of the family, spending his late nights at friends and essentially cutting all all ties except when he needs me to fill the tank on the car that he drives 90% of the time. Currently living with my mother, but we have to move in a few days because the house is too big, so off to a different (much smaller!) home. It's certainly tough adjusting, even at an age when I feel like I should be almost independent.

Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone. Life downright sucks sometimes. Hang in there.