Under One Roof

I don’t like arguments. Especially when the person I am arguing with is my sibling and it’s about money. I value the money I worked hard for. But I do not look at it as something very important. It’s just money, I can earn it again. My siblings, my family, when I argue with them about money (or about any other thing for that matter)… the harmony at home is being disrupted. And harmony can’t be bought by money. I avoid disrupting the harmony at home as much as possible.

But last week, my sister was annoyed at me because our desktop is malfunctioning already. I haven’t been using the desktop ever since I bought my laptop. And when I was still using it, I took care of it very well. I used it to earn a living so naturally, I will not let it go to waste. But because it was probably being used for more than three years now, it really needs to have a memory upgrade already. I guess it served its purpose.

I just got mad at my sister because she was annoyed with me because of the desktop when I wasn’t even using it anymore. She wanted me to buy a new CPU for it but why would I when I was not the one using it anymore. It just seems ridiculous to assume that I will shoulder the expenses when she is working already and can shoulder the expenses herself. I told her as much. Now, she is setting aside money from her salary to buy a new CPU. Everything’s okay now.

What I love about my sisters is that, they know when they are wrong. And they respect me as their older sister. There are just days when because they see me at home most of the time that they turn their annoyance at me, the only target visible to them.

Oh, they apologize afterwards