Begin as you mean to go on
I feel I've been a disappointment in life. Well at least I haven't disappointed my parents. Yet. I think. Yes that is the only consolation I can come up with. Truth be told, I believe out of all my siblings, I've been what you would call a glimmering hope. I am an angel in the eyes of my old man now compared to my sisters. & I'm not even decent. Anyways, they're putting all the hopes left in them on me. That is quite a burden I have to carry. But that is expected. Being the only son. Which is why the people of older generations never liked having a daughter. Females are practically useless. Granted when you marry your daughter away, you get a dowry sum. I wouldn't say it's a measly amount but let's be honest. You raise your daughter for 18 years, she raises herself for at least 6 more & then she gets married. In that 18 years, the amount spent to bring her up is nuts compared to the dowry. You fork money out for her education, food, clothes, furn...