Living with family is… living with family. A lot of us did it for 18 years and never looked back. I looked back a little when I was first starting out and needed a little extra support, but living with family sometimes comes at a price. If you’re the one mooching, then the emotional weight of mooching can start to feel taxing. If you’re the one being mooched off of, then dang it, you’re being mooched off of! Sometimes it’s a lose-lose situation. 

Sure, in the best of circumstances, generosity goes both ways and everyone loves each other and bakes a big cake made of rainbows and smiles. But family is complicated, so things can easily go wrong. Like in this recent Reddit story from an aunt whose generosity was being taken advantage of. So, commenters did what they do best and swooped in to set everyone straight. Get in on the details.