Every family is different when it comes to money and every family makes different decisions about whether their children have to pay rent at a certain age.
So is this mother a jerk for telling her 24-year-old daughter that she needs to pay rent at her house?
Check out this story and see what you think.
AITA for telling my daughter she needs to pay rent?
“I (50f) told my daughter (24f) she needs to pay rent. She got out of college in February and struggled to find job until October.
I supported her during the job hunt and she’s been living back home rent free. I was excited for her for finally finding the job, especially when it is surprisingly well paying. She told she won’t get paid until late this month. I said it was fine but she still needs to pay rent.
The other day she told me she planned a trip with her friends and was saving for a plane tickets. I reminded her again she still needs to pay rent, as it felt like she’s trying to avoid rent so she could save money for trip. She told me she’d pay the rent, but deducting her credit card bill.
Apparently she wanted me to pay her credit card bill first then keep the rest as rent. I told her it was unacceptable. She rolled her eyes and tried to walk away. In the heat of the moment, I said some unfortunate things. At the end of the fight, she finally agreed to pay the rent and her own credit card bill.
My daughter has became extremely distant since. She started working overtime almost all week. I tried to talked to her, I even told her she can keep her original plan but she just kept fixating on the things I’ve said. Either ignoring my message or telling me how I’ve misunderstood her and made her felt bad.
My husband thinks I’m the AH because he thinks our daughter was already stressed and I kept reminding her for rent money she didn’t have. Demanding rent in a fight made me the villain. Today she handed me a stack of cash, rent and credit card bill included. I tried to tell her the money will be in a family savings account. She rolled her eyes and said she doesn’t care.
She then cut up the credit card I was managing the bills for. My husband gave me a I told you so look. I honestly don’t think I deserve any of these treatment. I love my daughter very much but I can’t help but wonder if my husband was right.
AITA?”
Check out what Reddit users had to say about this.
This reader said she’s an a**hole and she’s acting like a sh**ty landlord.
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Another Reddit user could relate to this situation and said that if this woman’s daughter ever stops talking to her, she’ll know why.
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And this individual said this woman needs to extend some grace to her daughter when she’s in this transitional period.
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