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AIBU: should live-in be picking from fridge?

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tsunami · 12/09/2011 14:58

AIBU - I have a nice live-in postgrad student, recently moved in to live under my roof in exchange for 16 hours of after-school supper & homework duty. The deal I made was that this student would have the room in exchange for the 16 hours, and on those days would then get to eat with the kids. But now he's eating breakfast in the kitchen, helping himself to coffee and now to lunch. He did ask if it was 'OK to help [him]self from the fridge' and I said h'm, within reason - not the big meal stuff. But now I feel I'm feeding him - even though he goes out to a bar work job in the evenings and earns his pocket money.
He's a poor student etc, and I don't pay him any cash but he gets his bed, hot water, heating, roof over head, uses our internet etc etc. I feel I'm being taken advantage of as I'm not his mum.
Perspective? Should I just get over it, as a few extra pints of milk, a bit of cereal, bread and cheese etc aren't going to kill me?

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mousymouse · 12/09/2011 15:33

so you basically have someone working below minimum wage...

nannyl · 12/09/2011 15:31

so he is kind of like an aupair? (except he works just a few hours less than average and doesnt get paid at all for his work Shock)

it is completely normal for au-pairs (or live in nannies / mothers helps etc etc) to eat from your fridge.... 3 meals a day and snacks etc all the time.

I suggest you get over it (unless you made it quite clear when he applied that meals were not included)

To put it in perspective as a live OUT nanny, I ate all 3 meals + snacks from my bosses fridge (on working days).... and i didnt even live there

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