she’s going to peru tomorrow and my mum works 9 – 6 every week to support us. I am unemployed and everyday I’m always busy going out to network and contact relevant employers. Sometimes I get volunteering work which involves unsocial hours and the industry I’m working in involves unsocial hours anyway. my mum says that I’m being selfish because I’m not helping her with the farewell party to Peru cooking and that she had to cook the meals herself for the guests and she blames me that I should have come home earlier to tidy up the house. It’s not my fault that I’m busy networking and working voluntary to get to a career that I want. My mum divorced my dad when I was a teenager and I used to help her with housework and food shopping etc. so she doesn’t have to, now I have responsibilities of my own she tells me how selfish I am that I’m not helping her. I told her I’m busy. she says busy with what? networking and voluntary work that you’re not gonna get paid for? she reckons that I could get a paid job so I could help her rather than voluntary work. I had to even call in sick which I’m not alowed from voluntary work that i’m doing to help my sister tidy up the house for her farewell party. then she complains that I don’t tidy up properly. she says voluntary work is a waste of time because she says that I’m spending money more on food and transport. i get JSA to support me. my mum also said call in sick for work so that I can help her at the lauderette she owns and when I come home at 10pm I asked my mum what food she cooked. she said she didn’t cook because she came home at 7pm cos she was tired and that I was selfish to ask that question because I expected her to cook. she says why I would want to work in the events industry because it’s hard work when I could take over her launderette. I said it’s gonna be a waste if I don’t work that related to my degree. she say well she has a law degree and where is she now working at a launderette, you know not everyone works in the industry which they did a degree for so don’t expect too much from the degree you did.
I told her that I want to work as an internship in america she says who’s gonna look after me then in london and what if you leave keys at the flat in america and not bein able to get in. I used to leave my keys when I was in my teens but now I’m more responsible but she brings it up because she doesn’t want me to leave her. what if this and that. my sister looked at my mum’s savings and didn’t have a lot of money and she blames me and says do you not care that mum doesn’t have any money in her savings. how is it my fault. why is it that my sister’s allowed to go travelling and i’m not
my voluntary work is the best option to get into my future career.