お金の感覚 - Money

Year-end, 2006

去年の年末に絶句したことがある。姪達や甥へのお年玉を準備しないといけないと、母にリマインドした。びっくりしたのは、その金額である。「100円で十分やろ」と来た。去年までは、一人1万円や5千円を準備し、私の方が、甘やかしすぎるとはらはらさせられていたのに、今回は、100円。お金の感覚が変わった。

My mother's response surprised me at the end of 2006. Every year, she was preparing 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen per my niece or nephew for their new year's allowances. To me, such an amount is too much for junior or senior high school kids. But she used to prepare such an amount of money. This new year, to my astonishment, the amount she thought enough was 100 yen per person. Only 100 yen. Something must have occurred in herself with regard to her sense of money during this period.