So this summer was supposed to be a good one for me as far as finances go. Based on what I was supposed to be doing for the family business I should have been making $500+ a week. Its a lot of work with long hours but I need the money to pay for school. However week by week my parents have been cutting back what I've been doing, complaining that I'll be going back to school soon so they need to find replacements. I'd also like to point out I haven't ever made anywhere near the promised amount. Max I earned was about $300 for a weekend which I quickly spent on car issues.
Am I still making a decent-ish amount? Yeah, $200-ish a week is ok. However, I got the smallest meal plan for next semester (only about 70 meals) thinking that I would have the money for buying my own food to cook. Between all sorts of random summer expenses that I assumed wouldn't be a problem because of my promised income, I don't even know how I'm going to eat when I go back. Before my parents even approached me for working with them, I was planning on getting two jobs. I backed out of that to help my family and get a better pay. Instead, my parents have taken away all the good farmers markets, cooking times, and supply runs from me to give to some little high school slut because "I'm leaving soon" (which mind you they've been saying since the markets started). My parents also say my car isn't big enough to bring everything to the bigger markets, and god forbid I take my mom's car that is. No, let's give the markets to the little slut who has a BMW Van from her daddy instead.
Am I being immature? Yeah, a little. But really? My own family is doing this to me then says they can't help me out with money for school after they've given it all away to other people. I understand needing to train her, but that literally takes a day for each job. I would have gladly trained her my last week too, but no. I have learned, however, that family means nothing when it comes to business. Apparently neither does skill. On more than one occasion they've said I could handle it better than her, but even that doesn't matter. What pisses me off the most is they didn't even tell me how much they were really going to cut back on my earnings till AFTER I spent a ton on concert tickets. You couldn't tell me before I spent all that money even though you knew I was buying them?
My lesson for today: When it comes to important needs such as financial stability, trust NO ONE. Not even family.
