SPOILT? i say yes.. how can you say no??

"My parents think i am overly spoilt. they dont trust me with money. they think i spend too much, i buy too many things." sound familiar? this is an argument most of us make. why? because we want innumerable things, some of which are rendered over-extravagant and useless, therefore denied. 7 out of 10 children and teenagers face this situation. so, we render it as the plight of the regular kid.

of the remaining three that get what they want, we make a general assumption that they are super rich and terribly spoilt. this sort of territory also comes with a lot of resentment from other people, animosity for the leisures available to them and a fan following, as in a sect of people who wished their lives could be like this. but of this 30%, there lies an odd category of people, such as myself. why do i use the word 'odd', you may ask!

imagine yourself... you think you are spoilt.. never denied anything... given every little thing you find interesting, beautiful or nice... sounds nice isnt it? but also imagine this... the very people who get you all these luxuries do not think that you are spoilt, but constantly rewarded for your endeavors or simply a treat... funny? that in short describes my life.

towards the absolute end of the last year, when my entire family was together, we started a little discussion, which sort of went out of hand and quite a scene happened. my cousin had quite the outburst. the argument was that she wanted pocket money because she wants to know how to handle money better. my aunt's counter-argument? why do you need pocket-money... come ask me for money whenever you need it and i will give it to you. reasonable deal? most would say. but my sister insisted on it.

it got me thinking of my own plight. a couple of months ago, mom and i went to westside. just to do a bit of window shopping. mom kept picking up kurtas and shirts she thought would look nice on me and kept prodding me to buy them. i wasn't really in a mood to buy any. i sort of felt it to be pointless since i already had two cupboards of clothes flowing out of them. after several 'no's mom finally gave up and we left, empty-handed. quite unlike us. we got home and were in the lift, when mom turns around and looks me straight in the eye and says, "you know, i am very hurt that you didn't buy anything today".. and i, for one, was absolutely dumbstruck. imagine your own mother feeling bad that you aren't spending her money!! how many people must want to adopt her now!! :P ;)