She Reminded Her Daughter That She Didn’t Have A Right To Complain About Being Poor Since She Was The One Who Wanted To Grow Up To Be A Teacher

Kateryna - stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Kateryna - stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

This woman and her husband are in their late 50s, and they have three children who are truly wonderful; 34-year-old James, 33-year-old Maggie, and 32-year-old June.

Her husband works as a lawyer, and ever since their last child graduated from school, she became a paralegal.

She and her husband make great money in their careers, and James actually followed in her husband’s footsteps.

James not only works as a lawyer; he’s at the same firm that her husband is. Maggie is currently in law school, and she worked as a paralegal part-time while her kids were little.

Maggie’s husband works in engineering, and he makes good money too. Everyone in their family is well-off except for June and her husband.

June is a teacher in an elementary school, and June’s husband is the manager of a restaurant. She says that June and June’s husband work incredibly hard, and she is proud of June for going into a difficult profession that doesn’t pay the best.

But the thing about June is that she is envious of their other family members and constantly complains about how hard her life is.

“She’s complained we have a cabin in the UP ( Michigan), and she’s got a starter home ( that we gave her $$ for),” she explained.

“She’s complained about her sister having nice clothes, her brother’s house in the lake, her husband having loans for his masters, us having nice cars, you name it. She constantly complains.”

Kateryna – stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

When June comes to her house, she makes snide comments about how nice it is that she can afford to go on vacation, purchase brand-new furniture, have the money to pay for gas, and the money to wear luxury clothes.

She finally couldn’t take it anymore and put June in her place. She snapped at her that her complaining to no end had to stop. She also reminded June that she helped her the same way she helped her other children through college as well as grad school.

She then pointed out to June that she was aware of what the salary of her profession was when she decided to be a teacher; this was not any kind of surprise.

“I told her I am very proud, but she knew what she was getting into, and this attitude makes her family not want her around,” she said.

“She was furious and left, screaming that her siblings are “golden children” and that she was just as good. I tried to tell her that wasn’t true, but she wouldn’t let me get a word in. She won’t talk to me, but she called her sister, who was quite put out by the whole thing but on my side. My husband, however, said I should have just let it go, and my mother is very upset and is acting like I did something terrible…”

She’s left wondering if it was wrong of her to remind June that she didn’t have a right to complain about being poor because she was the one who decided to be a teacher.

What do you think?

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