Family makes me pay for bills
Hello! As per the title, my family thinks I should start paying for the electricity and wifi bills. Although, I know utang na loob ko na yan sa kanila pero I can't help but feel upset about the situation. 😭 The electricity bill usually piles up to 3k, and the wifi about half of that. So, bale half or so na yan ng entire stipend ko for the month and if I have to pay every single month—half of my 4 year stipend would go to the bills alone. Tapos, they also ask me for money unrelated to the bills. They say they'd pay it back but I'm not sure if that promise will hold. Last year when my first batch of stipend came, my mother asked me for 3k. Last week, she asked for 4000. I know that it's a small amount, but if you put that on top of the bills they're making me pay—it's already a lot. Then, my sister borrowed 35k from my first sem stipend to build the gate to our house. She told me she'd pay it back monthly, but I've only received 2k as of now. My mother just tells me to leave it alone and think of it as me helping my sister because she's done so much for us already. I mean, I'm not a selfish person—but this is my money meant for my education and I won't be able to buy the things I want if I already have so many things to worry about.
And this sucked MORE because I was meaning to save up my stipend so that if I transfer schools, I'd support myself for the entire year until I reach second year. Now, I can't do that because the money I'm supposed to save isn't even mine anymore.
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