Let me start this out by saying I have a somewhat difficult relationship with my mother and an incredibly rocky one with my step-father.
Sometimes, I really love my mother but other times I feel like she uses me. She can be really difficult to talk to as well, and I find it hard to ask for something because she (almost) always turns it into a speech about how I'm spoiled or ungrateful, when really I'm not.
I really want to take dance lessons, since my little brothers play sports and I don't get to do anything. I want to learn to dance and hope that someday I can be as good as the professionals. But everytime I ask about taking up some sort of hobby, my mom rants about how I either: won't be good at it because it's something you have to start when you're young (like gymnastics and soccer) or that we don't have the money for it.
My problem is that she's a nurse, my two little brothers get to play football and soccer, and I babysit nearly everyday for free.
Some advice on how to ask her about dance lessons and convince her to let me try would really be appreciated.
Sometimes, I really love my mother but other times I feel like she uses me. She can be really difficult to talk to as well, and I find it hard to ask for something because she (almost) always turns it into a speech about how I'm spoiled or ungrateful, when really I'm not.
I really want to take dance lessons, since my little brothers play sports and I don't get to do anything. I want to learn to dance and hope that someday I can be as good as the professionals. But everytime I ask about taking up some sort of hobby, my mom rants about how I either: won't be good at it because it's something you have to start when you're young (like gymnastics and soccer) or that we don't have the money for it.
My problem is that she's a nurse, my two little brothers get to play football and soccer, and I babysit nearly everyday for free.
Some advice on how to ask her about dance lessons and convince her to let me try would really be appreciated.
