Kids at home - keep?

[jstallan]

when I lived at home (26 years ago) I gave £100 per month... when I left home I got nothing, but did realise after the first 6 months of owning my own house how cheap that £100 a month was.

 

[class]

I pay £240 a month currently to the old dears...

 

[callan]

Not lived at home for tweny plus years, but the deal was something like a fiver a week of which my grey haired old mother had to provide me with 8 cans of Breaker and 5 packs of players no 6, the rest she ******* up the bingo.

 

[weststander]

My dad used the same rule of thumb as had been applied to him, and it always seemed fair, even if it was more than most of my friends - one third of your net wages, increases included.

Same with me, a third of my wages went to my parents (that was £120 per month in 1985 rising to around £200 per month when i left home in 1991) It seemed a hell of a lot of money at the time, but when i moved out and had to start paying mortgage and bills which proved to be only around £250 per month its wasnt much of a culture shock whereas my friends who were paying £50 per month had a huge shock and had to curtail their social lives more than i did.........

 

[Vange Shrimper]

I didnt pay anything when I was at home, even though I was in full time education and had a part time job.

I paid them back with my love :) ;)