Son got first job, fair rate for board

spoffle · 15 Sep 2014 at 14:27

Richdog said:
Sorry, but if you actually have to say something so patently obvious, then you and I are discussing things on mildly different levels of complexity.

Sorry for what?

What a foolish response. You had a moan about people "fixating" on the word children, so no it wasn't so patently obvious to you at all.

Anyway my question still stands... would you not charge a late mid/late twenties year old rent even if they were earning a proper salary but hadn't moved out yet?

No I wouldn't.

spoffle · 15 Sep 2014 at 14:30

Freefaller said:
That's how I felt, and hence why I contributed.

However, many of my friends didn't even bother to cook, do their own washing and relied on being mollycoddled in their 20s!

I appreciate the expense of living away from home, and that not everyone can do it. Taking the **** by not pulling your finger out and helping in the house is frankly pretty pathetic.

Were they able to cook to cook, but just didn't or couldn't they cook at all?

xbenjiiman · 15 Sep 2014 at 16:44

spoffle said:
The issue of how much you'd pay off you moved out is something that I feel is irrelevant. I find it a bit crass that some parents want to profit from the children they chose to have.

It sounds like they charge you rent, PLUS an amount in food and bills, which means they'll be making a profit.

I'm not against helping parents at all, especially with regards to the costs of living you are responsible for, but charging rent just seems unreasonable, especially when you could be putting that amount away for a deposit on a house.

My mother is a single parent and neither of us are well off (both nearing minimum wage). She's not making profit off anything. I'm only 21 and I'm at my first job.

Also I should've worded "have to pay" to just "pay", since the amount I pay is something I came up with. And putting towards the electric bill seems fair since my PC uses up a fair chunk of it.

Freefaller · 15 Sep 2014 at 16:51

spoffle said:
Were they able to cook to cook, but just didn't or couldn't they cook at all?

Yeah they can. But even if they couldn't there are a lot of other things in the house they could have helped with.

Goberpiles316 · 15 Sep 2014 at 17:22

I suppose my thoughts are more around what rent covers.

So if I paid and me Mummy and Daddy provided all my food, did my washing and ironing and did all the housework and paid for the sky/phone and broadband, other then not to pay and I as a earning adult took some responsibility for myself and did my washing, ironing and cooking and provided my own entertainment at my cost of course.

I don't think I am too worried about my kids paying me for the house or food, but I want them to understand that luxuries cost money items such as super speed broadband, sky and mobiles are a luxury and washing and ironing is a job we should not be relying on Mummy for forever. My best mates dad was still paying his mobile bill when he was 28, he didn't need him two he has a job since he was 17.