So my family right now is going through a financial crisis. It’s so bad that there would be no food in house and I was loosing weight like crazy. I was able to get a job and worked through summer, saving my money and spending it on wants and needs in a responsible way. I live in Jamaica so it’s a different dynamic than first world countries. However, my grandmother (I live with her and my dad) ending up borrowing some money from me, two months later she borrowed even more. Totalling to more than half of what I had. School restarted so I started to work part time making $9,000 JMD ($58USD) a week. This money I used to buy lunch for school or work, buy things to cook for dinner take myself to the doctor and buy medicine if I needed. I never complained once to them about me suddenly taking responsibility for myself. Eventually the money I was making wasn’t enough, it finished over time and I was back to not eating as much even going to sleep hungry and loosing weight. I was under so much stress and feeling unhappy. I would feel weak most days and couldn’t focus on school. She promised me 4 times between August and now and at all times nothing was said to me unless I went to her. When I asked for it she would cry her & my dad would tell me they don’t have anything and say things that makes me feel bad for asking for it in the first place. I tell them I understand that they are going through it but I would prefer if they just communicated with me instead of leaving me with an expectation and not saying anything to me if I don’t say anything to her first. She basically tries to justify that in some way??? So I want to know if I should just stop asking and leave them be. My circle is telling me it’s almost like they are dragging me down with them and because they are saying things like I should tough it out and what not. But I find that unfair because I work and save my money. I’ve been understanding because they’ve taken care of me all my life but when I can’t even take care of myself with my own money I don’t know how to feel.