Stab me in the ego, why don't you?

[fredericks]

Apparently my brother made $500+ this week at work. I haven't seen that amount since my Brown work study days, and back then I got paid biweekly. He hawks headsets at the Empire State. He offered me $50 as a "late birthday present". I saw the $50 floating down onto the computer desk and had a sudden flash to my bank account, which is currently reading negative $48.22. Then I calmly picked up the fifty, handed it back to him, and told him "Your birthday present to me will be to take this money, stick it in your bank account, and save it." He protested, but I stuck to my guns.

I did the right thing. I know I did.

So why do I feel like weeping now?