just like that

We the children of the higher middle class strata of the society live, according to me; an easy childhood. We had an access to almost everything in this world be it videogames, toys, dolls, clothes and books we could get everything that we needed infact a little more. We mean me and my younger sister both of us with a difference of almost 5 years were growing in our own ways.
As my sister entered school she made quite a few friends good and bad; rich and poor. She began used to the school and her new friends. Time passed by and her bonds with her friends grew stronger.
On the other hand I was growing with my group of friends and my surroundings. I was a teenager now. My life had a new spark with new beginnings. It had brought more meaning to my life and changed me a lot. My bonds with my sister were growing stronger day by day. We started fighting more often because of the differences. She was a little curious soul who wanted to keep track of everything the world was a new place for her. She had just come out of the “mama” mode and began noticing stuff. During this time she realized that she had everything that she needed but not everything that she asked for. She was growing up now and we had to tell her the importance of money. Make her understand that even we had certain limits in spite of being affluent.
Her best friend belongs to an extremely wealthy family and therefore she always had the latest gadgets in hand, would keep on going for parties, have new cars and relish her life as much as possible; to the extent of watching the same movies over and over again in the theatre and going to expensive cafés for time pass.
One day my curious sister asked my dad can we go for krishh once again in the theatre and dad replied that if you did not understand the movie in one go only then should you go for a movie again. She was a little sad then, but it was okay.
Her friend’s father owns a big factory in another town which was far from our home town. Her father was out of town for work for 15 days a month and she was so used to the fact that she never even thought about complaining.
One day my sister cried a lot for some doll very soon after she got one. She would be around seven years at that time, high time she gets to start learning the rules. We tried explaining her lot but she wouldn’t listen so much so because the best friend had everything that she wanted.
My father said, “what do you want the doll or your father?” she got really scared as to what it was but he asked her again; she innocently said” you, papa”. Then my father explained to her that her best friend has all the possible luxuries in the world at the cost of being with her father. Both of us were moved a lot.
It has almost been nine years now and my sister; even I for that matter would never insist my father for something materialistic. We learnt a big lesson for our lives and papa I will never be able to forget this.