I moved out of my parents place at 19.I shared a Basement apartment for 5 a month with a co-worker, but making /hr was barely scraping by. I basically worked to pay rent and to pay for food and had little left over.

1 year later, I wanted to do something with my life.. My brother offered that I could move in with him and his wife for 0 a month provided that I help them around the house and am doing something with my life (going to school, seeking a career). I offered the current 0 a month i was paying now and he laughed and said he would never charge me that much. He said he would probably just use the 0 a month to fix things up around his house.

So I quit my job sold all my possessions, and drove 4100km to live with my brother.

2 weeks after moving in I found an awesome job and now make /hr and am enrolled as an apprentice. Part of my apprenticeship requires I goto school for 2-3 months at a time full time (no income for 2-3 months) I have also been working very hard to help them around the house. I scrubbed their kitchen floors, walls, and cupboards, mowed the lawns, helped them reroof the house, helped with bathroom renovations, and am constantly cleaning all the dishs.

I’ve now been living with my brother for 30 days and his wife keeps adding additional charges. She wants me to pay 0 a month for food which works out to about per day (which is reasonable) although all of her food is low fat and I am extremely skinny.. and she does not exactly pick up foods I like to eat, just whatever expensive low diet foods she wants.

So I don’t mind that although it is upsetting.. 0 for a roof over my head and food. But now the problem is that she wants to add another 0 – 0 a month for utilities. So the way I feel now is that she is profiting from me, not trying to help me, but at the same time I feel as though I cant complain because if I were on my own I would be paying slightly more.

My brother and his wife both have government jobs (police officer and probation officer) so they are doing very well for themselves.

I just feel frustrated because I feel as though I was misled, are my feelings justified? or am I being ungrateful?