I started to pay for everything for friends when we went out. I thought that it was my obligation to help them as I had more.
This became a pattern and I would give, give, give, always being the one to say, “I’ll pay”, and feeling guilty if someone wanted to give me something.When university finished I had to start making my way fully on my own.
I was on minimum wage to begin but, after I’d graduated, I was also given access to a trust that had been left to me by my mum, who had passed away when I was eight years old.
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