.............. no

Excellent- 'Family favour' projects are a special kind of freelance hell then. 🙃🙃🙃

I will. Try to raise this topic with the client tomorrow and brace myself for my relative contacting me 'out of concerns' since that's been an ongoing pattern with this job since I took it up.

oh yes, anything as a favour for a family member you are always automatically selfish if you dont near enough do it for free it seems

schematise: Right???? I'm just. Vibrating in hopes the interviews(!) I had to do means I can turn these down with a clear excuse/reason and can't be guilted for it. More permanent position when.

The way to approach it might be doing things backwards. That is to say, mention the number of hours you have spent on it and that you understand there may be a budget involved but things that take x number of hours are usually charged at more, so if they would like to save money they may need to request less customisation

And if your family member is concerned, tell them you understand but the number of hours involved means you cannot spend those hours on other projects that would pay your normal rate (cite it here)

Oh my gosh- Thank you for the advice. That's a really good way to tackle the talk tomorrow. Is it alright if I copypasted this to a note in computer to keep it at hand when I contact them?

This, like, tackles all the worries I have with the situation. Especially when my relative reaches out about this.

Absolutely! I ONLY HOPE IT ISNT AWFUL ADVICE

if it goes awry, very sorry

At least my dog will have his share of entertainment if Something Happens and I have the zoom meeting in the room with him.

good luck

Update: Managed to talk this out with minimum fussing or haggling. Will get an additional equivalent of 60 USD with a promise of getting free food this weekend

It almost went pear-shaped during the price explanation but the intervention of my dog being cute helped smooth things out. He shall be spoiled with treats for a while.

good helper doggo

I'm glad it worked out!!