Is this unreasonable.

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At the moment I work 6am-12pm monday to friday. Plus 15 hours of college in the afternoons. And 6 hours on a sundays and occasional overtime evenings in tescos.

My mum today came up to me and said I need to get ANOTHER job because i'm "lazy" and all I do is drink and go out with my freinds apparently.

Yes I drink (She's one to talk, bottle of wine a night), yes I go out with freinds but at the moment i'm doing 51 hours a week work and college combined. Not including time spent on coursework.
And whenever something breaks I'm usually the one to have to fix it.
I give her £25 a week keep and give her a load of veg i've grown.

Saturdays are the only day I have off at the moment and she says I have to go work in my uncles cafe on that day for minimum wage might I add. I usually go to see mates at uni on saturdays after i've recovered from the traditional friday beer session.

Would you move out? I can afford to but I'll never be able to save for uni in september (Got about £1100 in the bank for that at the moment) if I move out now that is and i'll only have a few months out of the house.

Just not sure what to do.
 
Arguments rather easy to win. Point out you work more then she's does, ask her whether it's reasonable to have to work 7 days a week without a break then for the final nail in the coffin.

Ask her why she doesn't support you in your quest to secure a future for yourself
 
She's on crack tbh. You've got plenty of "work" hours already, and it would be unhealthy for you to not have any down time for yourself to do what you want with.
 
Administrator at a research council 40 hours a week.

I said about the working more than her thing, heexcuse is "when you were a kid me and your dad worked 70 hour weeks" I said, that wasn't through choice, you needed the money to keep the house afloat, I don't need the money that badly. But she won't have any of it.
 
Her house, her rules. Just the way it is, you aren't exactly paying her a huge amount as far as keep goes.
 
I get around said:
My mum today came up to me and said I need to get ANOTHER job because i'm "lazy" and all I do is drink and go out with my freinds apparently.
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Get another job as a drinks tester, the paradox will make her head explode.

RDM said:
Her house, her rules. Just the way it is, you aren't exactly paying her a huge amount as far as keep goes.
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You say that, but 36 hours for a 16-18 year old is only £172 a week. It's not exactly a lot of money for the hours worked.
 
She is being unreasonable if you genuinley do 51 hours of work a week. You could try talking to her and ask her why she thinks you need to work more when you do what you do already.

Perhaps you could offer £50 a week instead of £25. Living at home is a good deal and even paying £200 a month everything inclusive is still a might fine deal. If the money isn't such a problem it might be an easy compromise.

Good luck.
 
it's not reasonable to work seven days a week. I've done it while I was at uni during holidays. You do get used to it but it utterly destroys your social life, hobbies and any free learning you enjoy.

If you must because of financial obligations then OK but otherwise no.
 
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