Drink Driving...

[original PM]

when I started working and live with my parents I was chareged rent - albeit a nominal sum - about £100 per month but that was back in oooh 1995/1996.

Covered all bills n food

Strangely enough my wife's parents also did this but when she left and bought a house they gave her back all the money she had given in rent.


the money I gave my parents went on beer n tabs...

[d000hg]

Charging rent to kids when they can afford it is good in my view, it prevents coming home being a soft option and teaches life lessons.

[darmstadt]

when I started working and live with my parents I was chareged rent - albeit a nominal sum - about £100 per month but that was back in oooh 1995/1996.

Covered all bills n food

Strangely enough my wife's parents also did this but when she left and bought a house they gave her back all the money she had given in rent.


the money I gave my parents went on beer n tabs...

Me too, back in '81 I had to pay GBP5 a week rent and also provide some food, do some cleaning (including my clothes) along with other domestic chores and I was only earning GBP23.50 a week (plus whatever LVs were left lying around.)

[MyUserName]

Did she charge them as well? Would not be suprised as parents in this country can be so horrible that they charge their own kids rent

My mother charged me rent when I was at home between my first and second year at uni and had a job. It was £30 a week and I was on £3.30 an hour in a 24 hour petrol station. Horrible job.

It was fair, she was unable to work and had very little income (we had no savings or anything) I was eating her food, using her power etc.

In the other summers I was not there as I arranged for my placement year to start early and finish late. I had a job arranged to start as soon as my course finished but I think it would have been reasonable for me to pay if I had gone back to live with her and had been in full time employment.

[Old Greg]

Charging rent to kids when they can afford it is good in my view, it prevents coming home being a soft option and teaches life lessons.

As long as you enter a proper contract and enforce it if necessary with eviction and debt collection.

[original PM]

Charging rent to kids when they can afford it is good in my view, it prevents coming home being a soft option and teaches life lessons.

Indeed

As long as you enter a proper contract and enforce it if necessary with eviction and debt collection.

A bit harsh - although depending on the sort of child you have bought up they will either respect your terms and pay up or just give you the finger.

Once they give you the finger just sell them on to some nasty bulgarian gangsters

[Old Greg]

Indeed



A bit harsh - although depending on the sort of child you have bought up they will either respect your terms and pay up or just give you the finger.

Once they give you the finger just sell them on to some nasty bulgarian gangsters

My kids know the score.

[suityou01]

I had a brush with the law once. Got pulled over on the A14. Pie eyed I was. Weaving about all over the road. The copper made me get out of the car to do a breath test. I blew the thing off the scale.

Then at that exact moment, there was a pile up on the other side of the road. The copper clearly had to go and deal with that, so I took my opportunity and jumped in my car and sped off.

In the morning there was a knock at the door. It was the copper from the night before. Of course I denied everything. After all my car was tucked up safe and sound in the garage and it was my word against his, right?

He asked me to open up the garage so he could take a look at my car. No problem mate. I got the remote and popped the garage door open.

"Stone me" I said, "my car's turned into a police car" I said.

[Old Greg]

I had a brush with the law once. Got pulled over on the A14. Pie eyed I was. Weaving about all over the road. The copper made me get out of the car to do a breath test. I blew the thing off the scale.

Then at that exact moment, there was a pile up on the other side of the road. The copper clearly had to go and deal with that, so I took my opportunity and jumped in my car and sped off.

In the morning there was a knock at the door. It was the copper from the night before. Of course I denied everything. After all my car was tucked up safe and sound in the garage and it was my word against his, right?

He asked me to open up the garage so he could take a look at my car. No problem mate. I got the remote and popped the garage door open.

"Stone me" I said, "my car's turned into a police car" I said.

The pile up on the A14 is a nicely realistic touch,

[shaunbhoy]

I think it would have been reasonable for me to pay if I had gone back to live with her and had been in full time employment.

That is what most people think. It is only selfish tossers like AtW that think they should get a free ride in life.
Fortunately, as he has yet to work out that his todger does more than stir his vodka, he is unlikely ever to have kids to try his lame notions out upon.