so um, taylor swift causing drama in my house.
it all started with me, maria, cathee, and jo buying tickets to the concert. maria bought it so that we had to pay her back. and i had asked my mum about going a couple days before, and completely forgot about telling my dad cuz he wasnt home at that moment, and i didn't think we'd buy the tickets very soon, so i completely forgot about telling him.
anyway, the tickets went on sale on friday morning, and by the time friday night came, the first show had been sold out and the second show had no more allocated seats yet, so we had to buy a general admission ticket or nothing, cuz they were selling super duper fast.
and so, cuz my mum was already sweet with it, i told maria to buy it.
and here's where the shit blew up.
i told my dad later that night after he came home and he flipped his top at me cuz i was just like "um... can u write me a check for 150 to pay my friend back for a concert ticket?" and he was like WOAH SAY WUT BITCH?! well not really, but you get the idea. anyway, i got into a huge argument with him and he pretty much forbade me to go, and i was fucking pissed cuz i had asked mum and i really meant to ask him before buying but didnt have time, but he didn't listen to me at all even though i tried to convince him and tried to explain. He wouldnt give me any money to pay me back, so i decided i would just pay for myself, using the Chinese money my nans gave me for new years, which was quite a lot.
but then i worked out that i would have to cut a huge chunk out of my savings (aka, red pockets) in order to pay for the ticket, so i was like, um.... there has to be another way. especially with the fees for converting the money, i would pretty much be robbed.
so,on a whim, i texted my brother "can i borrow 70 or so dollars from you?" and he just replied "sure" and i was liek WOAH "r u being srs?" and he's like "yeah when do u need it?" and i was like omg my brother is rich wtf.
basically, if i borrowed money off my brother, i could pay back later when i had more money or when currency exchange rates went down or something. this also meant that, including the fact that maria offered to pay for $20 of my ticket as my birthday present (THANKS DING!) my parents only had to pay $60 for me, which is only a little more than what my one of my old piano lessons cost.
i thought this was pretty reasonable, so, inspired by 'couple's retreat' i made a powerpoint presentation today after school, instead of going to the bank to exchange money.
in it, i explained why i wanted to go to taylor swift so bad; how it wasnt like, a metallica concert/drugfilled rave or anything; why her concert would be amazing; and i included a youtube clip (her sparks fly video) that included footage from her concerts to show how fucking amazing it looked. I also stated how I was going to pay them back (by doing chores - seriously, they'd appreciate that more than money.) and stuff like that.
Anyway, i practiced going thru the presentation a couple of times and i was pretty set and confidant, and felt really fucking mature and hoped that they would see it as mature adults as well.
Yeah, that didn't happen.
When my dad got home at around 10pm, I called my mum up telling her that i needed to show her something, and tried to get my dad too, who was already in bed on his laptop. He was too fucking lazy though and too fucking useless to actually give 5 minutes of his time to just LISTEN. and so i got really hurt and was really pissed and when i'm pissed, i cry, and so i tried to convince him to come but he wouldn't, so i got MORE pissed, and cried a shitton, and ended up doing the presentation to my mum in a soft trying-not-to-cry-more voice and the presentaton didnt flow cuz i kept having to stop and compose myself, and UGH. not mature.
well, i guess she pitied me or saw how much it meant to me or whatever, cuz she complied and gave me permission and said she'd give me the money and shit, and i was bawling by that part so i didn't even feel that happy about it cuz i was exploding from tears trying to hold them in. IDK i thnk i'm pms'ing or something. or just really passionate about taylor swift.
anyway, my mum told me to show my dad the presentation, so i just put it on my laptop which is a much different effect than putting it on a big screen monitor/tv whatever. he got pissed in the middle of it and wasnt listening to my points anyway cuz he wasn't looking at the presentation and was just playing bridge on his computer. UGH.
seriously, why do parents expect you to respect them when they don't show the same respect to you? i mean, i was being fucking mature bout it kay? he started yelling and just repeating the same stupid points on why i shudnt go, even though i had already rebutted them in my presentation, and i was just like, calm, and a little teary, but calm and told him just to be open minded and listen to the rest of my points but he just goes back to his bridge and fucking doesnt listen to anything i say.
anyway, it doesnt really matter cuz my mum has agreed to it now and my dad knows about it, so i'm just let it be. my mum doesn't want me wasting money exchanging my yuan so she said that i shud just give her my yuan and she'll give me money to pay back my brother. or something, idrk.
if the taylor swift show ends up sucking, i will be so so so utterly pissed. i'll start crying or some shit. i'm serious. all this would've been for nothing.
