Today, I finally got the nerve to tell my parents that I'm no longer going to pay them a flat percent of my salary, but only what they need to cover my expenses. Their response: "Better find a place of your own then, you freeloading bastard." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I finally told my dad that he owes me over 400 dollars, and that I need it or else I'd get kicked out of my apartment. He only gave me 70 and said to get a better job. FML
Today, after a fight with my parents, I told them I was running away. They said, "Good. Now we have less to pay in child support." FML
Today, after telling my parents just exactly what I thought of them and that I was moving out, the person I was supposed to move in with called to say they'd decided they would rather live alone. FML
Today, I talked to my husband about leaving his parents' house. He said, and I quote, ''No. I don't want the responsibility of paying bills.'' FML
Today, I got a 15% pay raise. My parents responded by saying, “Congratulations! You can now forget about online shopping packages coming in on a weekly basis and start chipping in for rent and utilities!” FML
Today, I finally summoned the courage to ask my dad to pay me as he promised, after I cut the lawn and cleaned all the house windows last week. His response was, "Get fucked." FML
Today, I was offered a job that pays far more than I expected, being a high school senior. My parents decided they aren't letting me take the job, saying I should enjoy my childhood. They're also not paying for my college, which is why I was looking for work in the first place. FML
Today, my parents decided to finally kick me out of the house because they've gotten tired of seeing me "sleep around all day and being so lazy" whenever I'm home. I'm currently triple-shifting for 6 days a week. FML
Today, my parents said they were cutting me off for saving a kitten's life and wanting to keep it. I am 40 years-old and don't get any money from them. FML
Today, I found out that my parents are 28,000 dollars in debt and that my bank account has $27.17 in it. They took my money to help pay their debt. FML
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rallets 23
They have acquired my occupation.
karagarren 8
time to move out!
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Comments (188)
Shankillbutcher 0
They are your parents and don't need to be begging their offspring for money just so they can live easy. You should be living with them for free. Save up, move out, **** them
druv 2
Your parents have been raising you since you were born and before you had a salary, they have spent so much money on you and now that you have a job you should pay them back, not because they make you but because it's morally right. It's it so bad to return the favour?
THE_A_TEEN 28
Your argument is invalid, No one choses to be born. Offspring are not a money collecting device. Morally right is not an option, they have a ******* liability to raise you for the world, not to be some momey giver. God, I ******* hate people who uses the "repay your parents, they raised you" argument. It's very disrespectful and very wrong. *******...
cass85 8
They're not saying you need to "repay them". If the person is over 18 then the parents are no longer legally responsible for the child. One may presume here that the OP was not abiused or neglected, was given an education, food and a roof over their head as a child. They appreciate how hard it is but their role is not to care for you in their own home until they die (unless you have some debilitating disorder) - if they are letting you, an able and responsible adult, stay in their home then their role is now one of "landlord" and their home is still theirs - they pay the mortgage and maintenence don't they? OP doesn't. Now, at this point, THEY are doing OP a favour.
ScarletBloom 14
How much you're earning? If it is little apparently this issue is too unreasonable.
Hylyt 0
Really, your parents rather not have you around? It sounds pretty sad that you call you living with them 'something they didn't want'. I moved out when I was pretty young, and although my parents love having time alone now all their kids moved out, they would definately also love having me around a few years longer. It wouldn't be an obligation or anything..
Hylyt 0
Really, your parents rather not have you around? It's pretty sad that you living with them just three years longer 'wasn't something they originally wanted'.. I moved out when I was pretty young, and allthough my parents love having time alone now all their kids moved out, they would definately also love having me around a few years longer. It wouldn't be an obligation or anything..
cass85 8
Seriously? I know its hard for younger people to be able to afford to move away from their home now, I don't judge you on that, but if you are still living in your parents' home now as an adult then they are perfectly entitled to charge you what they want. I had to pay my parents 35% of my wage before I moved out at 21 and, you know what, that was fine because having me there, as an adult, in their home was not something they originally wanted either, they wanted some time to themselves, they wanted to be able to have freedom in their home again. Me being there was more than a water bill, it was a carry on of certain responsibilities and an elongation of their time before they got to enjoy themselves together without kids again. Lets face it, if you are an adult living in your parents home that still manages to work and does not rely on them for anything other than a roof over your head, they are pretty much a landlord now and you don't get to make demands you selfish child. Try insisting the same terms with a non-related landlord. It would be hilarious.
bubo_fml 11
Fly the coop, Junior!
Hylyt 0
If they don't agree on you covering your own expenses (which makes you everything but a freeloader), I guess they just want to make profit on your money. So they're the real freeloading bastards. I think you'll do yourself a favor by moving out..
wriptidez 0
just rent an apartment or a room at someomes house u trust and know
Ugi 27
I sympathise with you and it could be that your parents are taking advantage, but you may also find that your "expenses" are actually a great deal more than you might imagine. Are you intending to take a third of the mortgage interest, a third of the heat, light, water, rates and taxes, a third of the household maintainance, insurance, TV subscription, phone, broadband, laundry & cleaning costs etc into account as well as just the food you eat? What happens when the roof leaks or the washing machine needs fixing? Are you paying a third of that? Personally, I would like to give my kids a leg-up if I could. However, it's not unreasonable for your parents to ask you to cover a third (assuming you are only 3 adults/earners in the house) of what running the house actually costs. That may be a lot more than you think.
kemando 22
Hmm, my parents dont charge me.
heatherduthie 0
Wth parents shouldn't kick their kids out because their cheap!! I'm sorry op