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It simulates real life pretty well:

- I have an unread email in the inbox but I can't find it

- The banks send me emails with no content in the body, some email glitch on their side

- I tried to buy a property, lost my solicitor's fee but never got the property

- There are no good jobs available except one underpaid junior position

- I pay way too much in tax compared to what I make

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This may well be an en-gb locale specific bug. Also, who's mum charges rent?

I think it's pretty common in Sweden at least to pay rent to your parents that cover your cost (food + symbolic rent) if you have a job and you're done with high school + uni.

Mine did when I was working :P

Everyone I know living with their parents after university pays "bed and board".

Indeed, it's pretty normal, though it's usually not at the rate you'd extract from a formal lodger.

https://www.onefamily.com/talking-finance/finance/should-you...

> According to a survey by My Job Quote people over the age of 18 and living with their parents pay on average £230 per month to their parents in rent – 65% less than the £690 median rent in England in 2018.

LOL

You must have lived the good life.

My mum didn't charge me rent, she charged me a ... "contribution".

Mine charged me rent (once I was finished highschool and was working), saved it, and then gave it all back when I moved out.

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Haha, yes, this is a good tip!

I should do that to my tenants :-D

Similarly, when I did post-secondary, my parents paid for all of my books but made me pay for my own tuition. When I graduated, they wrote me a cheque for the amount of all my tuition combined.

Wow! That sounds like my experience, except minus the part about the check. I feel like my parents did as well as they could for me though, and they taught me to save money in a healthy way after college.

A friend's parents had a similar system I thought made a lot of sense. While you were in post-secondary schooling no rent. They collected rent if you were just working or laying about, but that money was available for tuition whenever you want it.

Mine did :). Or rather, I volunteered to do so, once I landed my first proper job during university years.

Most of the people I went to high school with? In my neighborhood/school, most children, when they become teenagers, are expected to get a job to help with the family bills. Personally, my parents didn't expect that of me, but theirs expected it of them and they both did. Most of my peers at school/work did so too. This is probably mostly a poor person thing.

However, once you're done with your education entirely, unless there's extenuating circumstances like severe disability, you absolutely should be mostly paying your own living expenses, even if you're living with someone else.

Most people I knew got free lodging up until they were 18 or still in education, after that you had to chip in.

I've hear quite a few people do this.In most cases it's a way to show your kids that it's time to pack up and start living on your own,or simply explain that everyone has to chip in.

The list goes even further:

- I paid off the mortgage, but the bank just kept taking money from me every month

- After some time, I noticed that there's again rent to mum in addition to the mortgage. The property is still there.

I have two properties, still live at home with mum since I'm paying her rent and both my properties sit empty while the bank keeps taking money from a fully paid off mortgage.

Just like real life!

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