Spoiled brat much?

Overheard phone conversation between my mother and my sister--

Sister: You're only buying one of my bras?
Mom: I said you should take $45.
Sister: *annoyed* So, you're buying one of my bras.
Mom: What are you talking about?
Sister: They cost $40 a piece!
Mom: That's ridiculous!
Sister: I wear a huge size! It costs that much when you're a huge size!
Mom: I don't have that kind of money--
Sister: *really annoyed* So you're buying ONE of my bras.
Mom: Okay, okay, take $90. But I'm not buying your skirt.

It's not that you're huge, it's that you shop at Victoria's Secret and nowhere else, you greedy whore.

I can't even fucking imagine the amount of money my mother must've spent on my sister in 18 years, but I know any given year is more than I asked from her in five. I never need new clothes. My sister has spent her entire paychecks buying new clothes -- the day she came home with her first paycheck she also came home with two bags full of clothes -- and now that Mom's yelled at her for it, it's back to making Mom buy things.

If I'd had that argument with my mother, it would've ended with my mother shouting about not taking that tone with her, and I would have $45, and threats that she might not pay for anything at all.

If it had been me, of course, she probably never would've allowed me to take the money in the first place. She begrudges every penny I make her spend.

Try this at home!

I've taken to playing this game with my sister lately. alicia250 knows this game.

Here's how you play: You hear a song on a CD or a playlist and go, "Hey, I [dis]like this song," and decide that you want to remember the name so you can look into it or have an opinion for the next time you hear the artist mentioned. So you ask the person responsible for providing the music, "Who's this?"

Then they tell you. "Something Corporate," if it's my sister.

Now you wait a while. 24 hours is more than enough time. Then, the next time you hear a song and particularly think, "Hey, I [dis]like this song. I [dis]liked these guys last time too," and decide that you want to remember the name so you can look into it or have an opinion for the next time you hear the artist mentioned. So you ask the person responsible for providing the music, "Who's this?"

Then they tell you. "Something Corporate," if it's my sister.

Now you wait a while.

Repeat as necessary until you've driven someone completely insane.