I am an 18-year-old senior about to go to college. I live with my mom and 16-year-old sister. I get straight As in school and
help out around the house regularly, without compensation of course. I save my money, and save our family's money by being frugal in grocery shopping.
My sister, on the other hand, is a delinquent. She is fifteen years old, and has failed algebra twice. Her GPA is under 2, she never does her homework, and never helps around the house unless she gets paid to do it. She is consistently irresponsible; for example, she did not take proper care of her fish and just let them die. She just buys whatever food he wants without regard for our family's financial situation.
In short, she is a spoiled brat. My mom waits on her hand and foot. She has asked for both an XBox and a Wii in the past year, and received both. And now, today I learned that she's getting a car, plus a year's worth of insurance, and driving lessons.
Our family doesn't own a car, and I haven't even finished learning to drive, because my aunt, who is supposed to be teaching me, never shows up to teach me anymore. But my mom's precious daughter is different, of course. She's going to get official driving lessons from a driving academy.
Her rationale for all of this is that she financed a two-week trip to Japan last summer, and so it's only fair that my sister get something as well. But I've taken three years of Japanese, so the trip was educational. (I'm not bullshitting you guys, it really was.) I haven't asked for anything big since then.
To make matters worse, my mom has told me that I have to get a job once I graduate high school. (She doesn't want to help pay for college.) Now, I'm fine with getting a job. But how the fuck am I supposed to get a job when I don't even have a car? Why should my sister get one when she is not responsible enough to get one herself, and will probably just crash it?
I am really fucking pissed off, as you can probably tell. I have worked very hard to be obedient and responsible, yet I never get appreciation for it. I want my mom to be proud of me, to actually recognize my accomplishments (she just ignored my straight As), but she just blows me off for the younger, superior daughter. (She's not even prettier than I am since she loves to eat and eat, and never exercises.)
4-ch, help! What do I have to do to get some attention or recognition? I've brought it up with my mom a number of times, but every time she just calls me a spoiled brat because I got to go to Japan. I just don't know what to do.