Unpaid internship or part time retail job?

I am currently going into my last year of college and still haven't found an internship even though I've looked everywhere. I've volunteered at a lot of places and did research which was related to the type of field I want to go into when I graduate I also have experience working with retail and fast food not that it matters. I recently applied for this internship that isn't paid but it corresponds to what I want to do when I graduate its a virtual internship so I wouldn't have to drive anywhere. I have plenty of money saved up from working a lot the previous summer and in high school so my dad told me to decline the loans. The problem is my parents friend told me that I can't afford the internship and that I have to take a partime retail job instead. They also said that my parents shouldn't let me or my brother come home at all to visit and kick us out if we do. My brother has a Gf who hasn't worked a day in her life and my parent's friend said that she shouldn't work cuz she's in school. Her parents spoil her rotten. I really want to take out loans so their friend stops nagging them about me not being independent but since I'm not 23 yet I can't claim myself as independent on fasa.