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In the midst of juggling family duties and personal ambitions, a father’s recent chat with his college-bound daughter sheds light on the struggle of balancing home tasks with academic pursuits.
Meet OP, a devoted dad, who supports his 20-year-old daughter’s college journey by offering her a rent-free place to stay. He expects her to pitch in with daily chores like cooking and cleaning, and sometimes, she babysits her five-year-old twin brothers when he’s busy.
However, things got complicated when the daughter confessed to feeling overwhelmed. While she’s fine with housework, she finds caring for her siblings stressful and disruptive to her studies. Drawing from his own experiences, OP feels his daughter is being entitled.
The situation escalated when OP’s sister suggested paying the daughter for her contributions. While OP thinks providing free housing and covering college costs is enough, his sister argues times have changed.
The question lingers: Is OP wrong for not wanting to pay his daughter extra for her chores?
Source: Throwaway476905
1. I kind of want to refuse to believe the statement I just read.
2. Are you supposed to pay rent to live in your father’s house? I didn’t know that.
3. She often has to babysit her siblings too while the father gets busy having fun with his girlfriend.
4. Recently OP’s daughter confronted the situation telling her father he had put too much burden on her shoulders.
5. OP got really angry about this.
Well, he looked after his own daughter, not his siblings.
6. OP thought his daughter was entitled and called her privileged.
7. After the daughter shared her concerns with her aunt, she proceeded to call OP and suggested a strategy.
8. She suggested OP give his daughter an allowance for all the chores he made her do.
9. He said he was already doing his daughter a great favor by not charging her any rent to live in his house and by paying her college tuition.
Did OP even hear himself when he said all this? He thinks he is doing his daughter a favor by letting her live in his house rent-free and by paying for her college. My guy thinks the house chores and the babysitting he makes her do is much less he demands of her as compared to the benefits he provides her with. Ridiculous!
OP does not deserve to be called a father. He is a hypocrite for treating his daughter like a slave. A major YTA!
Source: Throwaway476905
10. There is no him coming out as a good person in this.
Here’s what the AITA community had to say about this:
11. Your kids will always be your responsibility.
Via reddite69420
12. That is exactly what he is doing.
Via amberallday
13. I really don’t think he was listening to himself when he said that.
Via bumblebee7310
14. Life paves its way. I think the daughter should leave anyway.
Via ratakat
15. No parent would ever say that to their child. If they do, they do not deserve to be called a parent.
Via Huge-Prefer
16. Exactly my point. He looked after his child, not his brother or sister. It is different.
Via MissNikitaDevan
17. It is too late. He has already done it.
Via Beltas
18. His children were never his priority.
Via Lynda73
19. House chores are understandable but making your child babysit her siblings just so you could go on a datenight is unfair.
Via Historian18
20. You are overworking her.
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