NC as massively outing.
I am self employed and so is my partner. The vast, vast majority of our income comes from my work which is way more lucrative. This is relevant.
DP has a chipper (its actually a chip shop in a food truck style set up).
Business has been OK - enough for him to survive on but thats about it which i know frustrates him.
He works in it with his sister - his sister just arrives to do the services, hes the one who does all the prep, taking deliveries, etc.
August is his busiest month and it can sometimes bring him in double other months.
Without telling him beforehand, his sister booked herself a holiday with the kids for the first 2 weeks of August.
He was fucking livid.
He then got over it and started hinting that rather than hire someone temporarily etc etc, he would feel better if i could replace her for two weeks.
Grudgingly i said yes.
Except now i dont know.
The thing is because the chipper is a bit away from where we live, i would have to leave in the car with him at 9am, hang around or help prep, start a shift at noon and end at 1.30. I would then have to wait foe him to tidy and clean up, do the accounts, etc, meaning im not back home til 4pm. On days when theres also an evening shift, i would have to wait around and do 6.30 to 9.30pm.
I cant get back home because i dont have a car.
So effectively, this means i would need to either not do my own work for those 2 weeks, or come home and do my own work in the evenings which sounds fucking awful. Having said that, august is sometimes a slow month for me - i cant predict how busy i will be.
On the other hand i know this means a lot to him and im worried he would feel let down now, or that his family would think im selfish.
Is it mean not to help him when i could?
WWYD?