Value yourself and what you do. I have always valued myself in the workplace, not necessarily through life in my personal life. But I do value myself in that respect now. It is the setting of boundaries, sometimes it feels uncomfortable to do it, I did it at work last week, my bos was trying to get me to write something that was outside my knowledge base and I simply said no. It was unco for table for a short while but then the right person stepped up. I set them with my son today when he was trying to say I can’t see pete when he moves in. Ummm no. I have seen you set good boundaries with your fami,y and you did it with this young fami,y. But to say they needed the money more than you is not the point, vera is right, they entered into an agreement, a contract of sorts, which they broke and you should have requested what they owed u and move on.