InsaneJournal

Current location:	Irwin House
Current mood:	sleepy
Current music:	The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
Entry tags:	guilt tripping parents, peggle, removal of lip ring

Peggle has my soulz
Am fully addicted to Peggle and just finished playing TWO hours of it with my sister after an impromptu dinner. We got through the trial version and so began having fun at the Duel mode. Shitloads of laughs were had despite my poor sis goin' through some rough times.

Apparently, because she has a lip ring, it's all her fault that Dad is unemployed and that they're tight on money. Every day she heard "Take out your lip ring and you'll get a job", "Money's tight and it's 'cause you have a lip ring and you won't get a job" and blah blah blah. Pretty much my parents taking out their stresses on something that has feelings and is pissed off as all hell.

So Katie's rebelling. She took it out, but as her lip ring is something VERY special to her, she's not going to act the same. XD So no more cleaning, no more obeying, and no more Ms. Nice Girl. I can't wait to see what'll happen, but I kept asking her "How is it going to make you feel better/improve your situation?". She doesn't know, but I think she's hoping that Mom and Dad will see the change and acknowledge that JUST because she couldn't get a job with her lip piercing, that she was a help to the household still. I mean, Andy barely does much. Katie cleaned, watched over the dogs, and cooked 'n at. So for them to sit back and pretty much say "You're worthless because you have a lip piercing and you won't get a job" is incredibly asshole-y.

I find it ridiculous. But even more so that most more than likely, Mom and Dad don't even realize how much they're hurting her feelings. Katie knows now WHY I had a tendency to be angier at Mom than everyone else; they LOVE guilt-tripping you and putting pressure on you. When I was living there, it was constant nagging about my money, my job, my part of the chores, my anime hobby, my computer times, stuff like that. (not to mention weight, UGH) Nevermind that I was doing GREAT at my job, wasn't stealing from their wallets, and while I did (and still kinda do) have money issues, at least it was towards my car or towards responsibilites and not, let's say, DRUGS or SEX WITH STRANGERS. Not even binge shopping or anything either! It's always been nessessities and food. DX

So I hope through Katie and me hanging out that she was able to feel a little bit less stressed. It was awesome. :3

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