I'm a college student, and I normally live at school. This summer I have to live at home again, which I hadn't planned on and don't like. My mom, brother, and brother's girlfriend all live here, too. I feel like I'm this huge disappointment of a daughter, and my mom would rather have my brother's girlfriend as a daughter instead of me.

My mom couldn't afford to send me a birthday present, which is okay when money is tight, but today she gave my brother's girlfriend a graduation present. It's not the "stuff" that bothers me, it's just that she'd rather give her stuff than me.

She also took my bureau out of my room when I was in school, so now I don't have one. I mentioned this to her and she said too bad because she paid for it. That doesn't really make sense to me, it was still mine. How would she feel if I went and emptied off the shelf in her room of all her stuff, threw it on the floor, and took the shelf.. since I paid for it and all. That's exactly what she did to me.

I also, apparently, don't get to use the family food stamps. We only get 80 dollars a month, which I know isn't much, but literally the only thing i asked for was a two dollar loaf of garlic bread. I did buy my own groceries here a few days ago, and everyone else ate all of them, but I can't use the collective money for groceries? I don't get it. If I buy my own groceries, I'm going to start labeling them and charging people for eating them.

There's a lot more going on at home, but these are the basic things that are making me upset today in particular. I feel like I'm complaining, but I guess it helps to just write it all out, even if no one reads or cares.