RENT
Two days ago, my wife confirmed to me that my stepson pays no rent while living in our home. He gets fed, his clothes get laundered and bills get paid. Before he recently moved out and back in again, I long suspected this but I was assured by my wife that he pays rent to her. If there was a rent paid, at best I suspect at best it was paid on an ad hoc basis. He occasionally chipped in with a shopping bill, or so I was told. Since my stepson has come back to live with us, I haven't seen much evidence of a 'rent' being paid. He once bought a big bag of crisps which he largely consumed, he bought a few jars of cockles again something that he only eats, and he paid a couple of his friends to finish the job of trimming a hedge and cutting the lawn which he volunteered to do. That's the only evidence of 'rent' I've seen. My view is that he should pay rent because he works. My wife and I sometimes struggle to pay the bills. He spends almost all his wages on himself...