money is the main cause of confusion at home

@hotsummer (13835)
Philippines
June 11, 2012 7:57pm CST
where the money goes, how much you spend lately. it is like the usual discussions we have here. we have our family budget .i don't ask often. i just ask money sometimes when it is important. i do earn my money online only so i use that for my personal things when i like to buy things outside. anyway, so i try to not to ask money because it is a reason for another confusion specially my mom is very thrift person. my mom stays in canada. she is here for vacation . she usually gets back at home in our country every 6 months and stays for about 5 months before gopind back to canada. anyway, my two working brothers send the money for the family budget. for the medicines of my father . and the bills at home. if my father does not have medical condition , he could have stayed in canada to live with my mom and my brother there. but since of his medical condition, and my mom and brothers need to go to work daily, no one can take care of my father in canada. since we don't have work ,they sent back my father here in the country after a year stay in canada because of the difficulty of being alone at home in canada with no one to take care of him. when my brothers came back at home from work they don't have time to care for my father and they need their rest and so my mom . and my fathers need 24/7 caring. so he stays now in the philippines. we can't leave him out at sight specially when he is walking around the house. so he won't accidentally slip or fall. anwyay, most of the money goes to the medicines of my father and his personal needs. a little of it goes to us. as others go the home bills.and other expenses.
5 responses
@alilin28 (1527)
• Uruguay
12 Jun 12
it would be sad your situation. i hope it got better. money makes good things, but sometimes make problems. nowdays, whatever you need or think to survive, you need money. here we spend a lot of money in medicines, they all not be provided by the medical centre. i think that money can save us in many troubles, but it doesnt mean that money is "the" thing we must live for. sorry if my english is not so good, is not my mother tongue. have a nice day!
• India
12 Jun 12
I agree with your view that money makes confusion in home. My grand father is a kind of man who is very strict in spending money. he always keep a note on income and expenditure of the home. some times he makes some mistake on his note and the whole confusion starts. he questions every body and checks all the bills and every thing. at last when he goes through the note he came to know that he made some mistake. but this process had now turned to be a joke in the home now.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
12 Jun 12
Money causes a lot of headaches but yet it is absolutely essential right to life. There are just many times where we are forever in a balancing act trying to piece together the budget that we make more often than not. It is something that have tormented people for generations and it will continue to really cause them a great deal of trauma. Hopefully one day, we all figure out how to deal with this situation but it is going to be a long time coming. There are times where no matter what, we are just forever, trying to solve the problem of money. Expenses keep raising up and the money we have is really less than adequate in the end. The never ending question of what to do.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
12 Jun 12
I am sorry to hear your situation. Does your father buy life insurance? If he bought it then i think he should have money for his sickness now. You are his kid and for sure you are responsible to take care him. I think he is not comfortable with his current situation too but he has no choice. Money is weird, but we need to to pay anything related with our living. I did buy life insurance 3 years ago, and in case if i get a heavy sickness, i still have money for it, of course it may not pay all but at least i have money for it.
@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
12 Jun 12
Money is always a hot topic to everyone. My family is not spared on this. We have many payables that many times, I couldn't save. Next year, my youngest sister is entering college. I really need to earn more so I can continue to support her. Though I have very little savings, my consolation is that I don't have big debts. Now, my salary is just enough. But I know that soon, it will be more than enough. Soon I can have more savings.