Living at home contribution

getoffthepot

Anyone in their 20's living at home with their parents and working full time.
Do you contribute & how much ?

I live at home. Funnily enough.

Annasopra

Deleted User wrote: »

I live at home. Funnily enough.

I think the OP means living at home with your parents

The Dagda

However much you contribute make sure you get a VAT receipt.

shopaholic01

Deleted User wrote: »

I live at home. Funnily enough.

Me too AND I have to pay for everything. It's not fair !

fupduck

I always handed up a third of what I earned, and my kids do the same

Henlars67

When I lived at home and worked full-time I gave €70 a week.

Lost my job and still gave €70 a week out of my dole.

helimachoptor

Lived at home til I was 22, working from 15, gave up 30% each week, great life lesson from the mother tbh

I have to show my little madam this thread!

stimpson

mango salsa wrote: »

I think the OP means living at home with your parents

How many people on here live with whoopsies parents?

And how much do you contribute?

Sunnyisland

Roughly about a third of your income, Although each home/situation can be some what different.

stimpson

stimpson wrote: »

How many people on here live with whoopsies parents?

And how much do you contribute?

Man I laughed waaay too hard at this :pac:

Banjo String

Lived with my folks til I was 26 (yeah I know....)

Anyway, I paid them fifty quid sterling a week then, which was I suppose 20% of what I earned back then.

Looking back, they always gave me my privacy with the wimmins..... clothes washed, dinners made, always food in the cupboards/freezers, no heating/electric bills/phone bills......

To be fair to them, I think I did alright.

Still kinda miss home now if I'm to be honest, no place like it!

Miss Lockhart

When I lived at home I paid €70 a week (more rent than any "outsider" would pay for the standard of accommodation) and my share of the bills.

TheUsual

Move out and spend it on rent with oddballs and charcters like I did.

Then your parents can have a life again. Best present ever.

Culleeo

I lived at home until I was 26 and I paid €70 a week, some weeks I would pay €100 if I had an extra bit in my wages. When I ended up on social welfare, I used to give €50 a week.

The Backwards Man

Since I lost my job making cheese sandwiches I've rigged up sausages on a pulley system so I can eat while I animate without getting off the chair. I offered my Dad a sausage but he didn't want it, he thinks I'm crazy.

herisson

It depends on my wages i get that month. Im trying to save for my masters too. So at the moment, i pay the phone/internet bill, chip in buying groceries, on top of doing some of the housework too. My parents appreciate it even though its not a set contribution.

Miss Lockhart

TheUsual wrote: »

Move out and spend it on rent with oddballs and charcters like I did.

Then your parents can have a life again. Best present ever.

Or they could struggle to pay their bills.

That's the trouble with moralising about other people's situations - often you just don't have a clue.

Lando Griffin

Don't give anything; they are dead.

Real Life

I just give 20 every week, if my mother needs money for something else i give it to her too. I buy most of my own food too.

Ziegfeldgirl27

I am 24 and still live at home, just me and dad at home now. I don't contribute anything. I cook every day, and do his washing and clean the house. I buy the groceries sometimes. It just depends on everybody's circumstances. Yes if I still had my mum and she was doing the cooking and cleaning, and doing all my washing and ironing I definitely would give something. But I do all that myself.

MadsL

About time you got on the property ladder, leave it too late and you'll never get a house, go get one of those 100% mortgages

castletownman

I live at home and contribute to the Sky Planner schedule and the general entertainment in the house.

But seriously, I've offered to pay my way but the parents wouldn't have any of it.

Stained Class

fupduck wrote: »

I always handed up a third of what I earned, and my kids do the same

One Third?. That's nuts.

I was paying 50 Euro a week plus doing a few odd jobs around the place aswell.

That was over 10 years ago BTW.

TheUsual

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Or they could struggle to pay their bills.
That's the trouble with moralising about other people's situations - often you just don't have a clue.

This is After Hours, not Joe Duffy.

Well actually, it is Joe Duffy.

GarIT

I've never given anything and I couldn't imagine ever even considering charging my kids anything.

hairyprincess

My family home was a big, old, impossible to heat kind of house, it's way cheaper not living there. Not to mention all the associated benefits of not living with parent(s)

Peregrine

stimpson wrote: »

How many people on here live with whoopsies parents?

And how much do you contribute?

Me but don't tell them yet!

MonkstownHoop

i give €80 a week, but after receiving a letter from the revenue yesterday stating that i am the property owner ill be taking rent in future

MadsL

Stained Class wrote: »

One Third?. That's nuts.

I was paying 50 Euro a week plus doing a few odd jobs around the place aswell.

That was over 10 years ago BTW.

Why? Rent/Mortgage is typically a third of income. Good life lesson.

Sir_Name

I used to give €250 a month, bought my own food, easier too as I used to be kinda fussy!!

It was great, my clothes were always clean and ironed! Only downside was the no sharing bed policy with my then boyf!

Sometimes I miss living at home...

Miss Lockhart

MadsL wrote: »

Why? Rent/Mortgage is typically a third of income. Good life lesson.

It really depends what the income is. Rent in a shared house is unlikely to be a third of income.

Madam_X

I lived at home until I was 23. I paid £100 (took me a bit to find the pound sign) a month when I was working full-time.

Fox_In_Socks

Madam_X wrote: »

I lived at home until I was 23. I paid £100 (took me a bit to find the pound sign) a month when I was working full-time.

Pounds? Was it shillings and pence as well, or am I going back too far?:P

Madam_X

Two half crown and a thrupenny bit. And less of your lip, youngling!

SV

When I was living at home and working full time I'd be handing up €50 a week sometimes, never anything more.
I never realised how lucky I had it to be honest, if I had to move back I'd definitely be handing up minimum €100 a week and buying everything myself.

Fox_In_Socks

Madam_X wrote: »

Two half crown and a thrupenny bit. And less of your lip, youngling!

A quarter back of ham, two sheaves of rye and we'll call it square.;)

dark crystal

GarIT wrote: »

I've never given anything and I couldn't imagine ever even considering charging my kids anything.

The first place children should learn about financial responsibility and independence is from their parents, otherwise they will be completely unprepared when they eventually flee the nest.

GarIT

dark crystal wrote: »

The first place children should learn about financial responsibility and independence is from their parents, otherwise they will be completely unprepared when they eventually flee the nest.

There's a difference between getting to pay for things themselves, and taking money from them. IMO asking kids (under 21) for money is wrong. I wouldn't expect any of my kids to work until they have a masters at a minimum, everyone needs a good start in life in the current working world.

Mint Sauce

Whilst I was living at home, it was £50/week. If I go home now for the weekend, or a few days during the week, I will contribute to or pay for all of any shopping bought.

Mint Sauce

GarIT wrote: »

There's a difference between getting to pay for things themselves, and taking money from them. IMO asking kids (under 21) for money is wrong. I wouldn't expect any of my kids to work until they have a masters at a minimum, everyone needs a good start in life in the current working world.

I dont have a masters, can I tell my Landlord or my bank I'm not paying. I paid digs at home the moment I was working full-time, as did alot of people I knew, even at the age of 18/19.

GarIT

irish-stew wrote: »

I dont have a masters, can I tell my Landlord or my bank I'm not paying. I paid digs at home the moment I was working full-time, as did alot of people I knew, even at the age of 18/19.

Obviously you can't, but I'd like to give my kids the best chance they can get. I'd be pissed if they didn't do the same for their kids. You can't pass a 60 hour per week degree program when you were working. If they aren't going to college, once they're 18 they can GTFO but I'd support them as long as needed through college.

dark crystal

GarIT wrote: »

There's a difference between getting to pay for things themselves, and taking money from them. IMO asking kids (under 21) for money is wrong. I wouldn't expect any of my kids to work until they have a masters at a minimum, everyone needs a good start in life in the current working world.

It's not taking money from them, it's making them contribute financially to the costs of running the household they live in. They will have to learn how much things cost in the real world - electricity is not free, rent is not free, food is not free.

Getting a Masters is a wonderful thing (if that is what they want to do, of course), but a practical education is just as, if not more, important. Imagine finally living in your own place and not knowing how to budget properly, or how to do a weekly shop, or save for bills in the winter. These lessons set them up for the future and are vital for when they find themselves standing on their own two feet as adults.

GarIT

dark crystal wrote: »

It's not taking money from them, it's making them contribute financially to the costs of running the household they live in. They will have to learn how much things cost in the real world - electricity is not free, rent is not free, food is not free.

Getting a Masters is a wonderful thing (if that is what they want to do, of course), but a practical education is just as, if not more, important. Imagine finally living in your own place and not knowing how to budget properly, or how to do a weekly shop, or save for bills in the winter. These lessons set them up for the future and are vital for when they find themselves standing on their own two feet as adults.

None of my kids will be working and living in my house at the same time, they won't have the money to give. I would have to say education is more important. Most of what you said is covered in school, and you can always talk to them and let them know how things are. Getting through college would probably teach them most of the same things anyway.

Stained Class

MadsL wrote: »

Why? Rent/Mortgage is typically a third of income. Good life lesson.

Are your parents that hard up or greedy, or simply want to get rid of you?

In my situation, I was able to buy a car & run it without parental handouts.

Also, I was able to save enough to buy a 4 bed house on my own, again without handouts.

What lesson was I sposed to learn?

uch

I Live in a Home, does that count ?

gcgirl

GarIT wrote: »

There's a difference between getting to pay for things themselves, and taking money from them. IMO asking kids (under 21) for money is wrong. I wouldn't expect any of my kids to work until they have a masters at a minimum, everyone needs a good start in life in the current working world.

If my kids are working they will like i did give up a certain amount each week

GarIT

I'm not saying what anyone else is wrong, I'm just saying I don't think it will give them a good start in life and it's not what I would do.

Crunchy Friends

I'm 20, I live at home and have been working full time for the past 2 years. I earn 1600 per month and hand up 400 on payday. My mam cooks for me when I am home (I work very long hours) but I buy most of my food myself.

I would love to move out, as we live in a 3 bed and I share a room with an 8 year old and a 1 year old :-/
However... family finances dictate that my mam can use the money more than some landlord.

My contract is up on June 30th so I imagine whatever I get on the dole while i'm trying to find another job, i'll hand up a quarter or a third of...

gcgirl

GarIT wrote: »

Obviously you can't, but I'd like to give my kids the best chance they can get. I'd be pissed if they didn't do the same for their kids. You can't pass a 60 hour per week degree program when you were working. If they aren't going to college, once they're 18 they can GTFO but I'd support them as long as needed through college.

Hate to be your kid, you have very high hopes i hope they fulfil your expectations