Receipt Required: My Mother's $2.50 Tyranny
Language: en
My mother, terrified I’d mismanage my college living expenses, demanded a daily, itemized expense report. When I bought a one-dollar bagel from a campus cart and couldn’t provide a receipt, she immediately slashed my monthly allowance from $500 to $250. "I only accept printed, itemized receipts. No receipt means you're embezzling money. Don't even think about hiding a secret stash." "If you dare try to scam me out of a dollar with an un-receipted bagel today, you'll try to scam me out of my entire retirement fund tomorrow." I spent every day buried in receipts, comparing prices, and…