mum

so one day, we were all sitting around in the living room chilling when my mum told me that my cousins drive luxury cars. She had just come back from a holiday from Genting with my auntie and she must have told my mum about the cars her children drive. My mum said one of them drives a mini cooper, one of them drives a Mercedes and one of them a Lexus. Then she said something about them being lucky to be driving such cars. Then she said my auntie said that BMW is the best car to drive, that you would not change to another brand once you drive a BMW.

I felt a tinge of irritation because (my supersensitive nature), I felt as if she wanted me to drive a luxury car (a BMW?) so we can compare to my auntie's family. Of course I was quiet when I was processing these thoughts. I had wanted to retaliate by saying that if it were not for her foolish move to buy this current place for such a huge amount, I wouldn't need to pay 2 mortgages now, and if she could do what normal housewives do; chores and take care of my dad, I wouldn't have to pay $700 more per month for my domestic helper. And with that additional $1200 a month, I can probably drive a BMW. But I decided not to bother. In any case, I am able to buy a BMW now if I want to, but I just do not believe in paying that much for a car.

A few weeks later, I was at home and she asked me for a ride to the CC because it was raining. I told her that I was leaving at about 715p.m. She told me that her class was supposed to start at 7.15p.m and that she needed to leave the house by 6.45p.m. I wanted to ask her if my little Peugeot was okay for her to ride in. *sighs and rolls eyes*. Of course I didn't.

I am quite disappointed that she thinks our value comes from the brand of cars we drive especially when she's a christian now. Doesn't her follow-up sessions/sermons tell her to put her mind on things that are in heaven and not on earth? If she ever asks me to stop tithing and spend that amount of money on something other than god-related matters, I will tell her off, and I hope if that time comes, I would have enough self-control and patience to do that respectfully. This is one of the things about my mum that irritates me, when she talks about money-related matters.
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