this post will probably be a nonsensical rant, but whatever. im exhausted. im 17, and my dad makes me work at his business for 40hrs/wk. i left public school because of bullying and being held back due to the foster system, so my existence being adopted is basically to work for my dad. i dont do very much at all, deal with annoying creepy customers in retail. i get a $20 budget for food daily, and the ubers it takes for me to get to/from work are also taken out of my check.
anyway, 40 hours last week for $60. my dad has a habit of pushing my checks back more and more by claiming that i need to help him out and that bills or coming up or just directly telling me im a financial burden. i cant take days off when im sick, or days off at all. sometimes i’ll work 48+ hours if the person who covers my weekends calls off. some days i wont get home till 1-3am.
im tired, my room and my bathroom are a mess because if im not working then im passed out asleep. i’m going to college for nursing soon and he wants me to continue to work part time while im doing that, and wants me to work part time if i get another job. i know if i dont he’d kick me out, i’d have nowhere to go.
so yeah im done and fuck the adoption system and the work system and everything else lol
ETA: thank you everyone for the advice and resources, this post was venting frustration more than anything. also, im a girl!