I've fallen on hard-ish times at the moment and am living hand to mouth on my variable self-employed income. I have been with my bf for almost a year and he has suggested that I help him with some ad hoc physical labour jobs that he picks up as part of his work. He hasn't given a set rate of pay but it'll roughly be 25ph. I have accepted that this is nothing like what he earns for the same work and I don't expect it to be - after all he has all the overheads / responsibility / sourcing etc. I am however already on the defensive because it feels a bit like he's doing me a favour, probably because of the power play over anything money related used by my father when he was alive, which I stepped back from all those years ago but still hold resentment for.
A job has come up that neither me nor him can do because of other commitments, so he's asked two of his family members to complete it. For this they are able to take the full value of the work which I estimate to be c.70ph. They will not incur any overheads or take any of the responsibility from him. Essentially they are standing in as the equivalent of 2 of me and their terms will be the same as those I work to with him.
Aibu to be pissed off about this? I've decided it's probably best not to do any work for or with him in future as mixing work with a relationship can only lead to fall outs if this is how it's going. But does it indicate how he really values me or am I reading too much into it?