What would you do if your sister insulted your financial status like this...?

She’s supposed to be my best friend.

It’s an income issue. She and her husband collectively are on £40,000+ per year. I live off benefits at the moments less than £12,000 pa. They have debts like the rest of us. But tonight we were discussing bus fares for children to go to school and low income families get their bus fares paid for them and when this statement was made by another member of the group (it was happy hour..family and friends get together on a Friday night) she said… “Of course!!!!” in that kind of… “of course low income families get EVERYTHING paid for them…barstards!!” kind of way.

I’m a low income family. I’m a single mother. At the moment I’m trying my best to get out of the situation I’m in, as no doubt many people in my situation are doing and ‘benefits’ are the only way I can do that.

I expected more from her, but to be honest this isn’t the first time she’s expressed these kind of middle class opinions. I want to call her but I’ve had a few glasses of wine (as she has), or text her, or do something…I’m really angry and very very hurt. I’m incredibly insulted but due to my particular situation feel that whatever I do I’ll be making a mountain out of a mole hill… but this is really important to me…

What on earth do middle class people expect? And this is also in light of the fact that she has her own nursery business and is moaning that the first year that she’s made profit that she actually has to pay tax on it. grrrr what MORE do they want??????????

Sorry I know it’s a rant, but I do want to know what you guys think I should do? Call her? Text her? Beat the crap out of the sofa? Forget it? I won’t be able to speak to her tomorrow..because she scares me…and yes..it’s years of classic bullying tactics from my entire family that have pushed me down to the point where I can’t speak my mind sober.