Ok so I’m 15 and I live alone with my mum, when my brother turned 16 she kicked him out.
I struggle with severe anxiety and depression and have recently been missing a lot of school. Because of my mental health conditions I am on a reduced timetable. And sometimes I just don’t go to school. Maybe once every 2 weeks I miss a day.
At the end of last year I was being severely bullied and my ‘friends’ asked me to stop hanging out with them because I was too negative to be around. I now find school very difficult as I have no friends at all, On top of my existing mental health struggles. I’m not trying to get anyone to feel bad for me but I’m trying to explain why going to school has been difficult.
My mum said to me if I missed one more day of school I would have to start paying her rent. I work 4 hours a week in a small guest house and can’t get anymore hours there. I only make £144 a month and my mum will be charging me all of it. I already pay for most of my own food and any clothes I need, things like that. The only thing she provides for me is the bills. She owns her house outright.
She says that she won’t be funding me ruining my life. I don’t think I’m ruining my life at all I’m only 15 and have been predicted to do decently in all my GCSEs and have conditional offers from colleges.
I can’t rent a room from someone else as I live in a very expensive city. Can I refuse to pay her? Because if I do I’ll have to leave when I’m 16 in 3 months and I will be homeless because I won’t find anywhere in my city to rent.