Situation: Parents asking 4 rent, BUT.....
10-15-02, 03:59 PM
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Kind of along the same lines - When I was 14 I got my first job and have been working ever since....when I got that job my parents stopped giving me allowance but of course I was expected to still do my portion of the chores. When I turned 16 I had to buy my own car and pay for the insurance. At age 18 I had to start paying rent to them until I moved out. (BTW - I think this is all fine, not bashing my parents at all)
However, my sister who is two years younger than I never got a job until she got married. While still living with the parents she was always given money to go out, was given a car and had her insurance paid for by them.
Definitely a double a standard. Oh yeah and I was paying rent to live in a non air conditioned garage (this was FL) while my sister was in a nice cush air-conditioned room.
Guess life is just not fair.
However, my sister who is two years younger than I never got a job until she got married. While still living with the parents she was always given money to go out, was given a car and had her insurance paid for by them.
Definitely a double a standard. Oh yeah and I was paying rent to live in a non air conditioned garage (this was FL) while my sister was in a nice cush air-conditioned room.
Guess life is just not fair.
10-15-02, 04:01 PM
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Go to a millitary recruiting office and fill out a form with your brothers info. Just put on it that you (he) is interested in speaking with someone. They will not stop calling him. Do this for each branch of service.
Then when he joins the Marine Corps, you can have your girlfriend sleep in the top bunk!
Then when he joins the Marine Corps, you can have your girlfriend sleep in the top bunk!
10-15-02, 04:03 PM
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Originally posted by alarican
Go to a millitary recruiting office and fill out a form with your brothers info. Just put on it that you (he) is interested in speaking with someone. They will not stop calling him. Do this for each branch of service.
Then when he joins the Marine Corps, you can have your girlfriend sleep in the top bunk!
Go to a millitary recruiting office and fill out a form with your brothers info. Just put on it that you (he) is interested in speaking with someone. They will not stop calling him. Do this for each branch of service.
Then when he joins the Marine Corps, you can have your girlfriend sleep in the top bunk!
Pops told him to join the coast guard but he doesn't want to.
10-15-02, 04:05 PM
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That's the worst thing: when my g/f comes over and he's here.
Pops told him to join the coast guard but he doesn't want to.
That's the worst thing: when my g/f comes over and he's here.
Pops told him to join the coast guard but he doesn't want to.
You are freakin' killing me
This HAS GOT TO BE A JOKE!!!
10-15-02, 04:12 PM
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Do you fight over the top bunk? 
Don't feel too bad, though... There was a family I knew that had a 25 year old on the bottom bunk, a 24 year old on the top bunk, and a 27 year old on the bed off to the side. All in a 12x15 room. On top of it all, the 25 year old had his girlfried stay overnight dozens of times.
We always wondered if they would ever reach 100 years worth of kids in the same room. They finally all moved out this year.
Don't feel too bad, though... There was a family I knew that had a 25 year old on the bottom bunk, a 24 year old on the top bunk, and a 27 year old on the bed off to the side. All in a 12x15 room. On top of it all, the 25 year old had his girlfried stay overnight dozens of times.
We always wondered if they would ever reach 100 years worth of kids in the same room. They finally all moved out this year.
10-15-02, 04:16 PM
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So I take it your brother never passed his drug test? Seriously you need to kick his ass and then pay your parents some rent. That is great that you are trying to save for a house but I think if you would give your parent a little something for the effort it would go a long ways. Worry less about your brother and worry more about yourself.
I know this guy you should talk to his name is Ferrris.(see the movie if you have no clue)
I know this guy you should talk to his name is Ferrris.(see the movie if you have no clue)
10-15-02, 04:27 PM
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You're 25 and you share a bunk bed with your brother at your parents' house? And you have a girlfriend?!
Dude, get out of that house.
As for your brother getting to mooch without paying, did you get to at his age? If so, then you have no reason to complain.
Dude, get out of that house.
As for your brother getting to mooch without paying, did you get to at his age? If so, then you have no reason to complain.
10-15-02, 04:27 PM
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bigger question
if you have a job why would you want to live at home?
my parents were cool and I never felt "oppressed" or anything, but I couldn't wait to move out when I moved to Buffalo for school
if you have a job why would you want to live at home?
my parents were cool and I never felt "oppressed" or anything, but I couldn't wait to move out when I moved to Buffalo for school
10-15-02, 04:28 PM
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I'm 26 and I pay my dad $300/mo rent. My sister with her husband and 2 kids lives there too. They occupy 2 rooms and pay LESS than me.
Is it fair? I dunno. I don't care either. I'd have a hard time finding a room for $300/mo rent anywhere else. And I'll be out of there in less than 9 months anyway.
Is it fair? I dunno. I don't care either. I'd have a hard time finding a room for $300/mo rent anywhere else. And I'll be out of there in less than 9 months anyway.
10-15-02, 04:31 PM
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Even if it is a "good deal", I don't think I could stomach paying money to live in my own room back at home. It would just feel too weird having to pay my parents to live in the room I grew up in most of my life. But that's just me.
10-15-02, 04:38 PM
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Even if it is a "good deal", I don't think I could stomach paying money to live in my own room back at home. It would just feel too weird having to pay my parents to live in the room I grew up in most of my life. But that's just me.
Even if it is a "good deal", I don't think I could stomach paying money to live in my own room back at home. It would just feel too weird having to pay my parents to live in the room I grew up in most of my life. But that's just me.
In LX's case, he wants to save money for a house. Paying $100/mo rent for the next year is certainly better than paying $500/mo rent if he's trying to save for a house.
In my case, $300/mo rent allows me to pay off some my credit card debt before I get married. Something that would be a lot harder to do if I were paying $500+/mo rent.
10-15-02, 04:43 PM
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Add my voice to the chorus here!
As to the "buy a house" argument, if you think they are skeptical, see if you can work out a savings plan with them. You pay them "rent" that gets put away into a fund that they will only give you for a down payment? If that doesn't work, pay them a fair amount.
Oh yeah, leave your brother out of it!!! He is not your concern. What your parents do with him has no bearing on you.
Dude, you are 25!!!!! Grow up, turn those marbles into balls.
As to the "buy a house" argument, if you think they are skeptical, see if you can work out a savings plan with them. You pay them "rent" that gets put away into a fund that they will only give you for a down payment? If that doesn't work, pay them a fair amount.
Oh yeah, leave your brother out of it!!! He is not your concern. What your parents do with him has no bearing on you.
Dude, you are 25!!!!! Grow up, turn those marbles into balls.
10-15-02, 04:58 PM
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Originally posted by Dee, tee ess... See?
<---- lives at home, 22, great job, pays no rent
Parents told me not to bother and to save it for the down payment on a house next year.
<---- lives at home, 22, great job, pays no rent
Parents told me not to bother and to save it for the down payment on a house next year.
10-15-02, 05:06 PM
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Originally posted by Dee, tee ess... See?
<---- lives at home, 22, great job, pays no rent
Parents told me not to bother and to save it for the down payment on a house next year.
<---- lives at home, 22, great job, pays no rent
Parents told me not to bother and to save it for the down payment on a house next year.
If they had asked for rent, would you be here on DVDTalk complaining about it?