Should I ask my DS and his girlfriend for money

[DiaryofWimpy]

My DS2 has moved his girlfriend in with her 2 cats.

Obviously it’s another person using the washing machine,,TV, gas and electricity they are both 22 and don’t work but get benefits.

Do you think I’m being unreasonable asking them for money?

Can I just say to the OP- since the last time I came on here there have been ALOT of asshats commenting and judging. Please ignore them, focus on the positive and constructive comments. Only you know the depth of your situation, no one else and it's no one else's business either. All the best 😉

Cook, clean ,shop, laundry, iron, admin/emails/phone calls, mumsnet lol, read, watch TV, go for a walk, meet up with friends, go swimming, Pilates, play piano and guitar, singing group....... I'd easily fill my days if I wasn't working...

So true
It's the tax avoiding billionaires that are fucking up the country waaaay more than the benefits system

That's exactly what I was thinking!
You'd think she'd have more empathy, not less!
I had a nervous breakdown and was out of work for 4 months in my 30s for debilitating anxiety....I literally couldn't function and was having severe panic attacks, uncontrollable shaking and insomnia....it was horrific. The most terrified I've ever been. I thought about ending things ...not because I wanted to die, but I was terrified that the terror I was feeling wouldn't stop.

I found out on the grapevine that some people at work assumed I was swinging the lead and just wanting time off work..it was appalling that people assumed the worst.... when they really had no absolutely no idea. Prior to that I was a quite a bubbly character and hid my pain well (shame leads you to overcompensate so I always tried to come across as cheerful) even if I was dying inside.....so they probably didn't imagine that I would need to be on extended sick leave for anxiety

Little did they know that I was in an emotionally abusive relationship on top of carrying a 30 yr old secret (undisclosed childhood sexual abuse).
I started not being able to function anymore and found myself having severe panic attacks and insomnia... mercifully I found the courage to take to a counsellor and was able to start my road to healing and eventually get back to work....

You never know what somebody is going through so stop being so judgemental...

That is incorrect.

The top 10% of all taxpayers pay half of the total tax bill.

The top 25% of taxpayers pay 3/4 of the total tax bill.

Do you have facts around this? Other than tabloids that is

Not really. Illegal tax avoidance dwarves legal tax evasion. Illegal tax avoidance is mostly done by SMEs and tradespeople. Billionaires set up and create companies that provide the things we need and employ lots of people.

WHAT?