A Transactional Mom: I Collect Payment Ten Years Later

My mom has been brainwashing me with her "quid pro quo" rule. Apparently, I must work hard in earning money just to get whatever I want.

A round of doing the dishes earns me 50 cents. Mopping the floor once grants me one dollar. If I get a full score in my exams, that'll be five dollars.

In order to buy a pair of white sneakers that I had had my eye on for a long time, I spent three months picking up trash from the streets.

I lived like a maid who was paid on one-time services in this home.