I lived with my mother while I attended graduate school and completed an unpaid internship. I did not pay rent, contribute to the utilities, or regularly household groceries & supplies. I was responsible for paying for everything else: my own transportation expenses, clothing & laundry costs, prescription medications, printer ink, toiletries & cosmetics,etc.
I was expected to keep my bedroom and bathroom clean (though everyone used "my" bathroom.), wash my own pots & pans/dishes, clean the litter box, bring in the mail, and take the garbage out daily. I helped shovel the snow.
It was not onerous though sometimes the timing of when my mother expected certain chores to be done created friction.
When I could, I did more to help out.
My mother didn't expect that I would pay her back and she didn't push me to leave. I left when my internship ended and I got a job.
I probably wouldn't have finished my degree and unpaid internship if I had to worry about working a job to meet living expenses. By observing my mom, I learned how to budget and run a household without having to actually do it before age 25.
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I lived with my mother while I attended graduate school and completed an unpaid internship. I did not pay rent, contribute to the utilities, or regularly household groceries & supplies. I was responsible for paying for everything else: my own transportation expenses, clothing & laundry costs, prescription medications, printer ink, toiletries & cosmetics,etc.
I was expected to keep my bedroom and bathroom clean (though everyone used "my" bathroom.), wash my own pots & pans/dishes, clean the litter box, bring in the mail, and take the garbage out daily. I helped shovel the snow.
It was not onerous though sometimes the timing of when my mother expected certain chores to be done created friction.
When I could, I did more to help out.
My mother didn't expect that I would pay her back and she didn't push me to leave. I left when my internship ended and I got a job.
I probably wouldn't have finished my degree and unpaid internship if I had to worry about working a job to meet living expenses. By observing my mom, I learned how to budget and run a household without having to actually do it before age 25.