Girlfriend pays boyfriend back after borrowing $12K in rent from him, boyfriend refuses to acknowledge she’s repaid him at least double what she originally borrowed: ‘I repaid between $28,800 on the low end and $38,400 on the high end.’

She has repaid him at a higher interest rate than any bank offers. Borrowing money from your girlfriend, parent, or in-laws will likely hurt your relationship with them. It doesn’t matter whether you pay the money back on time or not. The relationship changes from girlfriend-boyfriend to lender-borrower, and that is a totally different dynamic. …
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Nosy HR manager asks 24-year-old employee why she hasn’t had her adult braces taken off yet: ‘It’s $500 and I make $15 an hour.’

Was she born yesterday? We all know, or at least we’re all supposed to know, that it’s not polite to ask people about their bodies in the workplace. Even positive comments, such as complimenting a coworker on losing weight, are not always appreciated. It’s very common for people to lose a great deal of weight …
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CEO announces company exceeded revenue goals by 40% and had its most profitable year, refuses to give employees more than a 2% raise: ‘That doesn’t even cover inflation.’

How nice of them to give their employees a 2% salary increase.  There are always some years when companies are struggling financially. It seems like every company has this pie-in-the-sky belief that every financial quarter is going to be more profitable than the last, and every year is going to be increasingly profitable forever and …
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20-year-old works 2 jobs while living with family, protests when mom insists she pays $1000 rent with a $125 increase every 6 months: ‘She is starting to take it too far’

The job of a parent doesn’t stop when kids grow up. In fact, some might argue that the unique challenges of parenting young adult children can even rival some of the other stages of child-rearing. Unless they are the type to kick them out of the house at 18 and not give them any more …
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‘Mom dropped her fork’: 28-year-old accountant gets roasted by her parents for being boring, so she exposes the secretly-unemployed Golden Child, revealing she’s been covering $115,000 of her bills; chaos ensues

Family dinners can descend into madness pretty quickly. One minute, you’re all smiling beside a freshly carved turkey, and the next, you’re leaping across the table with the electric carver poised to slice. At least in my family, a semi-volatile collective of well-intentioned folks, career advice can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. …
Seguir leyendo ‘Mom dropped her fork’: 28-year-old accountant gets roasted by her parents for being boring, so she exposes the secretly-unemployed Golden Child, revealing she’s been covering $115,000 of her bills; chaos ensues

Homeowner refuses to pay ex-boyfriend back his portion of the mortgage after they broke up, claims it was basically rent: ‘You don’t get rent back when you move out’

Imagine you are living with your partner in the house they own. You don’t pay them rent, but you do contribute to the mortgage and the monthly payments that come with living in a house. Then, a few years into the relationship, you decide to break up and part ways. Should the money you put …
Seguir leyendo Homeowner refuses to pay ex-boyfriend back his portion of the mortgage after they broke up, claims it was basically rent: ‘You don’t get rent back when you move out’

‘I don’t think it’s fair for her to take advantage of me’: 24-year-old woman living with her brother refuses to keep doing her lazy sister-in-law, Lara’s, personal laundry after being repeatedly treated like the «household maid»

A fork washed or sock spun now and then is one thing, but expecting someone else to wash your personal laundry is a whole different league of crazy expectations. This 24-year-old girl lives with her brother and his wife, and whilst she is grateful for their hospitality, she equally contributes to the finances and utilities, …
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Parents offer 24-year-old son and roommates to move into their rental instead of paying for an apartment, roommate’s dad accuses them of overstepping: ‘You’re spoiling my kid’

The years when one is considered a «young adult» are some of the most confusing times in a person’s life, for many, many reasons. We can spend hours discussing how difficult it is to enter the real world, find yourself, and figure out how you’re supposed to get on with life. But on top of …
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27-year-old daughter demands dad pay her rent or move out after his “two-week stay” at her basebent hit the five-month mark: ‘I feel like a landlord to someone who never signed anything’

You can love your parents, appreciate everything they’ve done for you, want the best for them, and still say ‘no’ to some things they ask of you. Setting boundaries with anyone you love is a healthy part of any relationship, and no one should be scared to do it. The daughter in the story below …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old daughter demands dad pay her rent or move out after his “two-week stay” at her basebent hit the five-month mark: ‘I feel like a landlord to someone who never signed anything’

Mom and stepdad force 18-year-old to pay £150 a month in rent, forbid her from watching TV without permission or eating takeout in front of her younger brother: ‘I’m not allowed to lie down on the couch’

Behavior is a language, and her parents are acting as if they want her to move out. If your parents are asking you to pay rent to live in your childhood home, there’s a good chance they don’t even want you to pay rent and just want you to move out. Many parents are willing …
Seguir leyendo Mom and stepdad force 18-year-old to pay £150 a month in rent, forbid her from watching TV without permission or eating takeout in front of her younger brother: ‘I’m not allowed to lie down on the couch’