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⌈ Secret Post #4039 ⌋

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Re: Stupid Requirements

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

I definitely believe all members of a household must pitch in wherever they can and that doing chores can be a form of "earning your keep," but as someone who lives alone, grocery shops and cooks rather than eating out, and doesn't use a housekeeping service... I don't see the relationship between doing chores and increasing household income. If someone came and did all my chores for me for free, how does that get me more money when I wasn't paying anyone to do it in the first place and household chores have never prevented me from working a full time job?

I moved back in with my parents for a few months between grad school and landing my first Real Adult Job, and I did most of the chores. This did nothing to increase my parents income, since before I moved in they were working full time, and after I moved in they were still working full time, and their salaries did not increase just because I moved back in with them. They were not self-employed and while maybe overtime was a thing at my mother's job (city administration) it was not at my father's (university professor/scientist), so being able to work more hours wasn't guaranteed to lead to more money.

You could argue that extra free time can be used for some work-from-home side-gig opportunity, but that begs the question why the adult child isn't doing that while they're home during the day instead of expecting the parents to do that when they get home from a full work day.