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3 months ago I quit my job at a gas station because the management treated us like crap and I was getting paid 10 dollars an hour (yes I asked for raises I started at 9 dollars). Eventually I quit because the customers were rude and I put my 2 weeks notice. Now that time has passed there is nobody else hiring in town because I live in a small town and when my mom asked me if I'm gonna go back I told her that I'd rather be homeless than go back (which is true). Just working paycheck to paycheck with inflation and low pay makes it not worth it to me. Thoughts?

(I am female) Initially, he would call or text me every 3days. after had gone on a couple of dates & I slept him with I noticed that he wouldn’t talk to me as much-maybe about 1x a week to 1 x 10 days. Once he called saying he had a cold. I wished him a speedy recovery. I didn’t check up on him throughout the week bc we hadn’t been speaking much and a cold is common. Turns out he thought he may have had covid. I feel like he was upset that I didn’t check up on him.
The next time he reached out, I raised that we don’t speak much. He said he doesn’t have much time with work/studying & he told me that I could also initiate texting.
He texted me then ghosted a question I had texted him in response. I had him on a language app where he would log in everyday & he even click a button to congratulate me on it. I decided to unfollow him the language learning app a week after getting ghosted bc I would constantly get notifications but he told me he was too busy to call/ text. Underneath the text where he ghosted me, he sent me a text saying ouch- bc of the language app. I didn’t reply which isn’t nice of me- but didn’t want to get ghosted again & I thought it was cheeky that he didn’t apologise for ghosting me but was offended at my reaction.
After 1week, I decided I would call him. I was planning on communicating to why I unfollowed him on the language learning app. He was so awkward on the phone & asked me why I unfollowed him & I told him it’s bc we haven’t been speaking much so I found it weird to constantly get notifications on your progress everyday. He said communication goes both ways & I replied saying I made the call. He said ‘he’ll return the favour ‘. He sounded upset/ passive aggressive & wouldn’t talk much. There was an awkward silence - so I decided to end the call with him. A couple hours later I tried to call back bc I didn’t want to leave our communication on a sour note. He didn’t call back. After 10 days of not hearing back. I blocked him on everything.
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