Parent Demands 19-Year-Old Daughter Start Paying Rent After She Spends $300 On Her Hair, Asks The Internet For Advice When Wife Disagrees

Before the worldwide pandemic hit, many young adults were working, studying, and building lives on their own. But then, suddenly, a great deal of them were back to living with their parents. In fact, Zillow’s analysis from US government data indicated that about 2.9 million adults moved in with a parent or grandparent in March, April, and May of 2020 if college students were included; most of them were 25 or younger.

As the world has now returned to quasi-normal, many adult kids stayed living with their parents for various reasons. But as you may imagine or have experienced, living under the same roof with your parents poses challenges of its own.

This story from a family with three kids gives us a glimpse into such a household. “Our 19-year-old, Kate, graduated from high school last year but is still living at home,” the parent wrote in a post on r/AITA. “Kate has struggled with anxiety for the past few years and has been in therapy since her junior year of high school. She is also on medication. She also, like many 19-year-olds, struggles with impulse control.”

The parent added that “this usually manifests in her spending habits. She will spend money as soon as she gets it. And she spends it on, in my opinion, things she doesn’t always need.” Kate’s spending habits turned out to be the cause of tension between her and her parents.

And on one such occasion, the parents found out their 19-year-old had just paid $300 for “bright rainbow hair.” As you can imagine, this didn’t sit well with them.