I am 19 and I have been living with my dad and stepmother in California for about 2 years now. I used to live in Greece with my mom but now I am going to college and I didn't realize the significance of the phrase "poor starving college student" until I became one. You see I have no job. I probably have time to have one but last time i did I failed most classes. Now that I don't have a job I am doing better in school so i don't wanna take a chance by finding another job. The problem with that though is that my dad and step-mom are HORRIBLE cooks and I just cant tell them that. I am practically starving myself because I cant eat what they cook. The only way I can get something decent to eat is if I go out and buy something to eat for myself but as I said I have no job so i don't have the money. When they are not home I try to salvage anything edible I can find from leftovers, or canned stuff i tell them to by when the go to the store like beans ( because thats pretty much the only thing I can tell them to buy without worrying about hurting their feelings) and I will recook it re heat it put spices sauces etc and I will make myself a fairly decent tasting meal which is about 1/3 the size it should normally be. That meal is usually lunch since they don't like buying cereal and I don't get up in time to make breakfast( although even when I do I face the same problem of having no options). Lunch lasts me about 2-3 hours before i get hungry again but we don't eat dinner until about 6:30-7:00. Of course at dinner I consider myself lucky if the food is good enough to force myself to more than 2 ounces. I usually tell them I had diner before they came or I had a big lunch to avoid eating that garbage. Occasionally we will order a pizza or my dad might make a decent BBQ when there are guests and that feeling of low blood sugar will go away for the day but otherwise that is my day in a nutshell. I am seriously a couple of pounds away from being the Olsen twins. I am worried about my health. I cant tell them to not cook for me I'm afraid it might hurt their feelings. I cant ask for an allowance because I lived in Greece in a working class family with my single mom and sister from ages 7-17 and I just feel bad about asking for money especially when I don't have a job even though I have time for one. Now I live in a middle class family and my dad still pays the big bills( tuition utilities car registration) but I cant expect him to pay for fast food when I could be eating at home for free. I pay my gas to get to school either by collecting all the quarters from under couch cushions, in the "change" can where my folks put their spare change and if I go on a weekend trip to visit my uncle my dad will give me cash and I will conserve it and use it after I get back. I am completely lost I am starving myself to unhealthiness and I cant eat their food because it looks and tastes like vomit, cardboard, or dirt. Please help me.
Don't tell me to talk it over with my Dad and step-mom. The whole point of me asking advice from others is to avoid that. I just cant do it.
Don't tell me to get a job I value my education too much and I even when I I do search for one because I am desperate I usually cant find one( or I don't look hard enough but that is my full capacity).
Any other advice would be greatly apreciated thank you
Mike.
Don't tell me to talk it over with my Dad and step-mom. The whole point of me asking advice from others is to avoid that. I just cant do it.
Don't tell me to get a job I value my education too much and I even when I I do search for one because I am desperate I usually cant find one( or I don't look hard enough but that is my full capacity).
Any other advice would be greatly apreciated thank you
Mike.