[ SECRET POST #2527 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2527 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Could also be a generation thing. When I was growing up it was usually expected that kids would move out by 20, but now it's really common for them to live with their parents even after they finish college. Many of my older coworkers have kids 25-27 living at home. I have teens and always thought they'd move out when they grew up but now it doesn't look like that will happen.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT
It could be, yet it still sounds weird for me.
Even if they expected for she stepdaughter to move out ASAP, it's one thing to ask a working adult to help with the expenses or a non-working adult to help with household tasks, but to do so to pay for her lodging? That sounds plainly weird (and unnecessarily harsh, IMO).

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe OP is not an English native speaker and used a phrase that sounds more harsher than they intended.

[(Anonymous)]

I've known kids (teens, young adults) who pay their parents rent. They've pretty much all been on Youth Allowance* though, and the money generally came from that. I didn't get it at the time, but looking back I can kind of see the reasoning - YA is supposed to go towards supporting young people while they study, so if the parent is the one doing all the work of supporting, it makes sense they get a cut of the financial assistance.

*a payment given by the Australian government to students with low-income parents, or who are independent but low income themselves.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Been there, still do that. These days I don't hand the money over to Mum, I just go into my bank account and Bpay it through myself. (Then again, these days I think of my living situation as "Sharing a house with my mother".)

[(Anonymous)]

We were talking about generational gaps recently at work -- one guy had just bought his son the son's first car -- at age 25 (long time New Yorker), and our project director was all "WTF, I bought my first house with no help from my parents at age 20! Why are you buying him a car?!"

I had some friends who lived with their parents who charged them modest rent, and then when the friends got married, the parents gave them back all that money as the downpayment on a house.

Meanwhile, I moved out for college when I was 18, and never went back. Summer jobs, sublets, and one year I apartment sat for a friend for winter break. I could not get out of there fast enough. I cite my grandfather living with us, and being an emotionally manipulative jerk. So when you say it looks like your teens may never leave: Just find an obnoxious relative to move in!

[(Anonymous)]

If my kids were 20 and living at home I'd expect them to contribute something to the household. Whether it was chores or financial contributions they are adults and should take on some sort of responsibility.

[(Anonymous)]

THIS.