I'd Rather Spoil Myself Than Be Spoiled By A Relationship

Recently, someone told me I was spoiled. 

Usually I'd see that as an insult, but on that day I was feeling particularly sassy and took it as a compliment. I pay my own bills, handle my own shit and buy myself (and my pets) gifts because I can. 

I'm spoiled because I'm successful enough to spoil myself. 

Of course I grew up in a middle-class family, in a decent neighborhood, and while I wasn't handed a Mercedes or lived in a mansion, I never did without. I was happy and hashtag blessed to have parents who sometimes spoiled me. I was grateful for it then, and I'm grateful for it now. 

But now it's not coming from Mom and Dad. It's coming from me.