Spoiled brats

Every now and then, I get really annoyed and upset over little things that really should not matter. Most of the time, I get mad at my husband because of these little things. I am 24 and basically married, not married on paper just yet meaning we don't have the JOP thing but in Texas, we are married. We struggle from time to time with money and everything else. I see friends in relationships who brag about getting flowers, going out to dinner, always doing something with their partners and it usually drives me nuts. I have realized that getting upset over things like this is ridiculous and I am aware that I should not care what other couples are doing. However, I know that in the beginning of relationships, everything is happy and perfect but after a while, it dies down. It is normal.

Also, Josh and I have had to do things for ourselves for quite sometime. He was kicked out of his parents' house at age 18 and was told to pay for his rent and everything most people don't worry about till their mid-late 20s. He has been working since age 15 and paying for his own stuff since. I moved out of my mom's house when I was 21 and I have been paying for my own stuff since age 18. We never had the luxury of having our parents do everything for us.

Josh and I have talked about other couples in the past and wonder how the hell they can afford to spoil each other constantly and knowing they make less money than Josh does. Truth is, most people our age still live with mommy and daddy and have nothing to spend their money on but themselves. Must be nice. Everything we have, we have worked for.

We even discussed that when we have children, we don't get to have a huge party with people buying us shit. Same when we get married. We don't get any of that crap. Not that people who have it should feel bad for us but it's almost sad because they don't know what struggle is, they can easily depend on someone in their family to help them. Josh nor I have that option.

With all that said, I have realized that even though it really sucks not being able to suck on the tit of my parents for shit….there is a great sense of accomplishment knowing we don't need our family to make things happen for us. Josh might not buy me flowers all the time but we have a badass house, two tvs, four dogs, a cat, and a truck that runs. We pay for EVERYTHING we have with NO help.

I feel bad for those who are so used to having help…when their family dies, they are going to have a really hard time doing things for themselves.

Best of luck to the spoiled brats in the world.