In a recent development out of your hometown, your 10-year-old nephew is yet again flaunting the $200 dollars he has in the bank.
This is bringing up a lot of feelings, considering your payday balance is significantly lower than that and you have mountains of student loans and credit card debt.
“I never spend a dime,” says your haughty little nephew, as you try to refrain from noting that he recently mooched off his sister to get a gumball from the gumball machine and also that his entire life is free.
“How responsible,” you said instead, your sarcasm evident only to the trained ear.
Your nephew went on to explain that he might grow up to be an investor or get into some kind of cryptocurrency.
“I’m really good with money,” he says.
Though he doesn’t fully understand the details of your life, it’s hard not to hear his words as a commentary on it.
“In the real world you sometimes have to spend money to make money,” you tell him, fruitlessly.
“Not on clothes though,” he says, eyeing your new outfit.
At press time you went to pour yourself a drink both to take the edge off and also to remind your nephew which one of you is a grown-up.
