How much should you pay towards your keep

Hollister11

I'm starting my first part time job next week. Its for the rest of the summer at least. I will be getting paid €9 PH, for 25 hour weeks. So 225 before tax. How much should i be paying my folks for my keep in the house ?

Lisha

As much as they ask for OP. But tbh if you are saving for school/college then they might decide to let you off.

dirtyden

If you are going back to college I would say take a pass on it. No point handing over money they will have to give back when your back studying.

If not I would say 50 euros a week out of 225 sounds reasonable.

libelula

I'd say about 50 quid is fair. It'll allow you to save a wee bit too.
Fair play for doing this off your own bat, hundreds wouldnt

cloud493

200/225 a month is reasonable enough to me.

Tombi!

Discuss it with your parents.
But I usually gave up anywhere between 60-80 and would buy the milk or bread, etc.

DEFTLEFTHAND

50 per week sounds fine.

Victor

I think important factors will be age and what constitutes "keep", e.g. are you expected to pay for your own food.

You should be paying all your own entertainment expenses.

25-33% doesn't seem unreasonable.

The Backwards Man

Hand over your wage packet and take whatever they give you back out of it. And be grateful.

lulu1

I would be happy with 50e a week but if you were going back to collage i would still take it and save it for you

The Dogs Bollix

Tell them to take a hike. Having kids to make a profit. Save your money for college.

cloud493

The Dogs Bollix wrote: »

Tell them to take a hike. Having kids to make a profit. Save your money for college.

Or to just pay your way towards your parents who put a roof over your head, and clothes on your back, and food in your belly.

lulu1

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Hand over your wage packet and take whatever they give you back out of it. And be grateful.

But the parents might be miserable oul bags and they might hand back the empty packet

Op would be in a quare fix then

RonanP77

The Dogs Bollix wrote:

Tell them to take a hike. Having kids to make a profit. Save your money for college.

50 quid a week is hardly a profit when you've spent thousands a year raising someone.

The Dogs Bollix

cloud493 wrote: »

Or to just pay your way towards your parents who put a roof over your head, and clothes on your back, and food in your belly.

As a child they did that. It was their obligation to you. But once you're in college, I doubt they're buying the OP's clothes. I never had anything bought, did anyone else while they were in college?

And come September they will be so broke that the parents will be paying for college things. Who wins.

cloud493

The Dogs Bollix wrote: »

As a child they did that. It was their obligation to you. But once you're in college, I doubt they're buying the OP's clothes. I never had anything bought, did anyone else while they were in college?
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And come September they will be so broke tha

But they don't have to. They did, they provide you, for years and years, and ask for nothing in return. 50 quid a week is nothing.

The Dogs Bollix

Unless they are desperately stuck for money pay nothing. This concept if paying rent to live in your own home is ridiculous even if you are in a well paid full time job never mind a summer job.

Id be laughed at by my parents if I suggested it when I was living at home.

The Dogs Bollix wrote: »

I never had anything bought, did anyone else while they were in college?

My parents covered most of my big expenses during college (and gave me money when I needed extra) and left me the money I earned for day to day spending, nights out etc.

The Dogs Bollix

cloud493 wrote: »

But they don't have to. They did, they provide you, for years and years, and ask for nothing in return. 50 quid a week is nothing.

Let him save for college. He can repay them when he's earning enough once he earns his degree.

The Backwards Man

Francesca Orange Cervix wrote: »

Unless they are desperately stuck for money pay nothing. This concept if paying rent to live in your own home is ridiculous even if you are in a well paid full time job never mind a summer job.

Id be laughed at by my parents if I suggested it when I was living at home.

Would you not even give them a fiver a week for washing your bedsheets?

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Would you not even give them a fiver a week for washing your bedsheets?

While in college they were giving me money rather than the other way around as my summer job wasn't enough for everything throughout the year.

If I was living at home while working full time Id do the shopping now and again, take on a bill or two but I wouldn't pay rent nor would I be expected to.

hynesie08

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Would you not even give them a fiver a week for washing your bedsheets?

Nox is strangely proud of the fact that his bedsheets only get washed every 3 months.

Op, if you're on a set wage pay a set amount. If you're on a p/h basis hand up a %. It might feel **** but the quicker you get used to a chunk of your wages being untouchable the better it'll stand to you when you move out.

ygolometsipe

Hollister11 wrote: »

I'm starting my first part time job next week. Its for the rest of the summer at least. I will be getting paid €9 PH, for 25 hour weeks. So 225 before tax. How much should i be paying my folks for my keep in the house ?

1 bag of turf, 2 "washed" potatoes and a glass of cows milk on a Saturday.

Eircom_Sucks

RonanP77 wrote: »

50 quid a week is hardly a profit when you've spent thousands a year raising someone.

he didn't ask to be born

their choice , thems the consequences

TerrorFirmer

€50 a week is fair. It's about having respect for money as well as your parents as well.

hynesie08

hynesie08 wrote: »

Nox is strangely proud of the fact that his bedsheets only get washed every 3 months.

Proud? More like sensible enough to know its often sufficient to change them on them time scales.

c_man

OP, offer them E50 a week but inform them that you'll be notifying the Revenue of their new income stream... They'll come back with a lower figure, then negotiate man. You should get a deal of paying E20 a week if you have any balls. I'd no expect no less from my son.

Aeternum

We have a jar in our house for myself and my brother to put in what we can afford each week towards our keep - I usually put in around 30. Sometimes more or some weeks I can't afford to put in anything at all!

It works well and my mother is appreciative of anything we put in. The money goes towards her getting her hair done it going for a few drinks every now and then.

For Forks Sake

ygolometsipe wrote: »

1 bag of turf, 2 "washed" potatoes and a glass of cows milk on a Saturday.

That's considered a good dowry in certain parts of the country

kylith

When I got my first job I handed up 70 pounds or 30%, whichever was less.

MattD1349

I still remember my first pay cheque. 1st year apprentice money of £45 per week (1994) & I got to keep £20. How times have changed but I felt like a king.

lulu1

I cant remember what my first wage was but myself and the rest of the family always gave my mother something every week and thought nothing off it.

Why should you live at home and have a job and yet expect your parents to keep you

Fair play to op for offering to pay whatever little he can afford

My son is in the same situation. He came to us and asked how much we wanted. We asked him how much he felt was fair. After thinking a while, he offered that once he's saved enough for next years fees, he'll give us €50 a week. We agreed to that. He's stuck to his word and has only a few hundred left towards fees. When he does start paying, I'll put it aside in case of unforeseen expenses. If that money isn't used for College stuff, I'll use it for household stuff.

Hollister11

Hollister11 wrote: »

I'm starting my first part time job next week. Its for the rest of the summer at least. I will be getting paid €9 PH, for 25 hour weeks. So 225 before tax. How much should i be paying my folks for my keep in the house ?

The way me and my girlfriends work it is to pay towards the keep of the house the ratio of expenses that matches the ratio of your incomes - so that regardless of what we are earning we are each paying the same % of what we earn towards our keep.

Over the years our incomes have varied greatly as one of them has been in long term academia and is only earning what she gets through lecturing and other things. While the other is free lance and her income has been going up and down relative to her being a mother twice.

So what we do is we work out our relative incomes at any given time. And we divide the expenses accordingly. So perhaps, regardless of what we are earning, we were each paying 20% of what was coming in to us.

Its quite similar to how medical insurance works in places like Germany. Where - whether you are getting paid 5 euro an hour or 100 euro an hour - you still pay 11% of your income towards medical insurance and you are just as covered as each other.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Sorry, did you just say you have multiple girlfriends?

I was kinda hoping my wonderful financial advice would be what stood out there

Hollister11

OP here, I was talking to my folks last night about how much they want, they insisted that i keep it, and just use it to look after myself. Buy my clothes, pay for my travel, going out and phone bill ect. I think i will just take them out to dinner the odd time if they don't want me to take my money.

cloud493

Hollister11 wrote: »

OP here, I was talking to my folks last night about how much they want, they insisted that i keep it, and just use it to look after myself. Buy my clothes, pay for my travel, going out and phone bill ect. I think i will just take them out to dinner the odd time if they don't want me to take my money.

Sounds very generous of you OP.

Stokolan

The rule in my house was half of everything up to 100. Anything over the 100 was my own.

justchecked

Lots of moral angles to come at this one from op.

If I were you I'd tell them they can have whatever number they choose but to keep in mind that itll be remembered when old age and grandchildren come along.

That should swiftly lower the number.

dirtyden

Hollister11 wrote: »

OP here, I was talking to my folks last night about how much they want, they insisted that i keep it, and just use it to look after myself. Buy my clothes, pay for my travel, going out and phone bill ect. I think i will just take them out to dinner the odd time if they don't want me to take my money.

Spot on idea with the dinner!

Not a NSA agent

I'd say 50 a week is fair. It depends on who is buying food and stuff.

Alayna Curved Tunnel wrote: »

Sorry, did you just say you have multiple girlfriends?

I see you are new to the luckiest man on boards

ygolometsipe

For Forks Sake wrote: »

That's considered a good dowry in certain parts of the country

Well, I wouldn't let my Daughter go for anything less than two cows, but you know, some people don't know the value of a women.

boobar

Ask them what they think is fair.

Good luck with the job.