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AITA for refusing to keep helping my friend with her side hustle after she started treating me like an unpaid employee?
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Sounds like these two need to take a break and a little step back. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt; maybe our protagonist's friend is just completely lost in the sauce and can't realize how badly she is treating her.
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A call out what absolutely necessary. If our protagonist relays the full story to the friend group, they will no doubt back her.
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26-year-old refuses to help 19-year-old best friend with her online side hustle after being treated like a full-time employee with no payment: "She sends me daily to-do lists"
In this day and age, everyone's looking for a side hustle on the internet. It seems easy enough – if you already have a hobby, why not monetize it? All you have to do is market yourself well, and you will find customers that want what you're selling. Still, it's easier said than done. And even if you do find success, you may find your little side hustle is taking up a lot of your time and would do better as a full time business. Making that transition can often turn out to be more than most people can chew if they're not fully prepared for it.
In our story today, a woman's growing online jewelry business starts causing tension between her and her bestie. Her friend, our protagonist, starts helping her out with her side hustle in good faith. However, over time, she finds that she is being taken advantage of. When her friend makes it clear that she feels entitled to her time and effort and the help starts to feel like an unpaid second job, things start to go sideways.