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I can’t tell if I’m being used or helped

Long story short I used to stay at my parents house, we had a big argument, have since made up but agreed it’s best when we aren’t under each others toes. I was staying with my girlfriend, but things have got difficult and we have split up. I’m practically homeless, except my last hope is I’m still free to move back to my old flat in another city 2 hours away. I can afford to live for a fair while, I would hope I can find some income by the time I run out. On the phone yesterday I tried explaining to my boss and hinted at remote work or some kind of phasing out but he was basically saying “you’re in or your out, no animosity, you can leave tonight if you want to but you won’t be coming back, if you don’t wanna be here then that’s fine”…


Long story short I used to stay at my parents house, we had a big argument, have since made up but agreed it’s best when we aren’t under each others toes.

I was staying with my girlfriend, but things have got difficult and we have split up.

I’m practically homeless, except my last hope is I’m still free to move back to my old flat in another city 2 hours away. I can afford to live for a fair while, I would hope I can find some income by the time I run out.

On the phone yesterday I tried explaining to my boss and hinted at remote work or some kind of phasing out but he was basically saying “you’re in or your out, no animosity, you can leave tonight if you want to but you won’t be coming back, if you don’t wanna be here then that’s fine” – I told him I’d work two more days to at least square things away and leave guides on things I do- for context I’ve made our website, run our second website, I’ve wrote and run a few very useful scripts that sort stock levels and competitor price analysis. I’m solely in charge of marketing for a completely new brand, and running/improving the several marketplaces we sell on.

Today he came in and took me out for a coffee, explained he gets it’s hard and understands my decision but doesn’t want to see me leave. We talked about maybe staying around for a while, I can basically pick to work as many days and whenever I like – though when I hinted at it being 3 – he warned me about thinking about my finances.

He warned me that it would be hard to find another job without one currently and that I might be better off waiting till I find somewhere.

The thing is, I’m not sure if it’s worth it, the price of fuel and air bnbs would cut my pay in half and it massively depends whether I can even get one each week. It’s definitely more money than absolutely nothing but.

I can’t tell if I’m just being manipulated into staying because he knows how much value I provide, or if he genuinely wants the best for me and is going to let me stay around for a bit whilst I get set up. I suppose ultimately it doesn’t matter and it’s up to me but idk, I’m stuck.

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