Living with anybody can come with its fair share of problems, and sometimes, having family members as roommates is worse than cohabiting with random strangers. When you live with friends or people that you don’t really know that well, you normally don’t feel as much of an obligation towards them despite bad behavior. In contrast, this is often not the case with anybody you’re related to, and it can make any disagreements that much more difficult to work through.

Things get even more complicated when it comes to the topic of money. Mixing family members and finances is frequently a struggle, and even more so if it relates to the place that you live. You can’t choose how fiscally responsible your family is and if this is a weakness of theirs, they may try to make it your problem. More often than not, the best thing to do is stand your ground.