In two days (11/11/2010) its my little brothers birthday, he is turning 13 (all good so far), which is the age where he can get a paper round (this is where the problem starts).
My income is £20 EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) and £10-12 from my paper round.
Because my brothers birthday is in 2 days my parents said that i have to give my little brother the paper round. I don't think this is fair. I only get the £20 EMA if it is not a school holiday (such as half-term or christmas holidays). So for around 15-20 weeks a year i wont get any money at all.
I wouldn't mind giving him the paper round if i got the £20 each week.
even after all that i have to pay my parents £10 a week house keeping so that leaves me with £10 a week (if i get it). but i still have to pay house keeping even if i don't get the EMA, which means for those 15-20 weeks i'm going to be out of pocket.
Now ever since i turned 13 my mum said i had to buy everything i wanted out of my own money (which i had none because i never got any pocket money). But ever since i turned 13 my little brother suddenly started to get pocket money every week.
Since i turned 13 i worked hard to get as much money as i can to get what i want, and i didn't manage to get a paper round for 5 months. But at the moment i'm essentially just using my paper round money just to stay living where i am.
They have just had a go at me because i said that i don't want to give my paper round to him because, as far as i am concerned, its my present to him so i should get to decide what to give him.
So they started going on about how i am a selfish bastard and i never think of anyone other than myself, and i always got everything bought for me when i was younger (which i didn't) and they don't seem to see my side.
So in short:
- I never got pocket money when i was little
- My little brother does get pocket money
- Im being forced to give my job to my little brother
- I will only recieve £20 a week from EMA for 39-36 weeks each year (for the next year and a half)
- I have to pay £10 house keeping even if i don't get anything that week
- Each week i dont get any money i am going to be £10 out of pocket
- I had to wait 5 months before i could earn any money
- My little brother is earing money as soon as he turns 13
So yeah, my brother has his life so much easier than mine and my parents don't seem to give a shit about whether i am out of pocket or not, as long as he gets a job straight away.
So what is everyone else's thoughts, am i wrong for not wanting to give my brother the paper round or are my parents complete arse-holes like i think they are?
~shut
EDIT: seems like the only thing that does care about me is my cat who is sitting on me at the moment












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When I was sixteen I made 50 euro a week in a supermarket over here and I still work there.