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Uni student DD won’t/can’t get a job!

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sweetkitty · 24/10/2025 22:36

DD2 is in 2nd year at uni (we’re in Scotland) she enjoys it & has a flat with her bestie. She gets a student loan which pays for her rent with a little left over. I give her £160 a month for food etc so £40 per week.

She understands most students have a PT job whilst at uni but apparently she can’t find one. First year ok she was settling in, then she came home for 4 months and did absolutely nothing. Best friend organised the flat and it’s in one of the most central streets in the city, think coffee shops, independent shops, pubs on her street. Loads of shops within walking distance too. She says she’s looked and applied but as she has no experience she doesn’t get interviews (she’s only had one).

Now it’s coming up to Christmas loads of adverts for temp work but she’s done nothing. She whinges about being poor etc won’t actively job hunt but does she have to if I’m paying for her food? I can’t stop paying for it I don’t want her to starve but at the same time even a few hours a week somewhere would help.

Also I suspect she has ASD but she’s never been formally diagnosed as she didn’t see the point. She doesn’t go out or socialise. I do think she has social anxiety and hates talking to people.

OP posts:
Ilovemychocolate · 07/11/2025 09:16

Friendlygingercat · 25/10/2025 02:17

At 14 my parents refused to buy me any clothes other than school uniform and told me to find a "saturday" job like my friends if I wanted fancy clothes. I got myself a few shifts in the local chip shop and worked there on and off for the next 6 years. Even after I began full time work I did a couple of shifts a week there because it was cash in hand.

So I would not be supporting a lazy daughterafter I had shelled out for her to go to uni. I can foresee her coming home with her 2/2 degree clutched in her hot little hand and settling in at home for a free ride. No, she would find herself locked out with her clothes in a bin bag and the locks changed. Its called tough love.

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You don’t have children do you?

Ivyfanclub · 07/11/2025 18:32

OnlyOnAFriday · 04/11/2025 16:15

Yes. 1st year. We have a family meeting planned for this evening to go through her spending

We give DD a monthly allowance for food spending etc, this helps with her budgeting. (The student loan pays the rent).

Why did your DD have so much money in one lump sum?

Ivyfanclub · 07/11/2025 18:38

Sorry I just saw that the £1300 lump sum was her student loan.
So you don’t give her an allowance for food?

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