Hi I'm looking for advice and opinions please as my DH and I disagree about this issue.
My DD is 19 the third of our DC's
She is working full time in a hospitality job while she decides what she wants to do next. She was offered a college course which she deferred but I don't think she has any interest in going to college. She is looking into doing an apprenticeship or she may stay working in her job.
Now I feel that she should be making some contribution/ rent/ board to the household. My husband doesn't. She's being working for a year taking home about £450 a week with on average £50 tips on top of it. She has a car, which we bought her. She is looking to change the car. She pays for her car, her phone and her social life. She saves the rest.
The other three DC's do not pay towards the household because they are in college or school. They work full time during the summer and use that money for their living expenses during the college year. We pay their accommodation and fees.
Dc4 is in school
Dd3 maintains that she shouldn't have to pay anything because the others don't. DH agrees with her but I don't, to me the circumstances are different. She lives here full time the older two are away in college. I'm more annoyed today because she did some overtime last week and she was given £150 cash . I'm struggling to pay the bills here. We pay for everything including pet food, two of the pets are hers. She has a foreign holiday booked with friends while I can't afford a day out. I'd love to hear what way other parents sort this out.
We bought her the car because we knew she was going to have to get a job and there's very limited public transport where we are