Exhausted Teen Finally Tells Her Parents Enough Is Enough - She Pays Rent, Does All Household Chores, Works And Goes To School

Is it wrong that she wants her parents to do some chores?

Lakeisha

Published in Interesting
December 14, 2022

Exhausted Teen Finally Tells Her Parents Enough Is Enough - She Pays Rent, Does All Household Chores, Works And Goes To School

One frustrated teenager on Reddit, exhaustedteen19, took the AITA subreddit to ask whether it was wrong of her to ask her parents to wash the dishes. According to her post, she is a 19-year-old college student with a very busy schedule.

From Monday to Friday, which are school days, she wakes up at 4:45 AM and wouldn't get home until 6:45 PM. Despite her busy school schedule, her parents expect her to cook dinner four times a week and do all the household chores, such as vacuuming, dishwashing, and walking the dogs.

exhaustedteen19 said she comes home drained daily and wants to get some sleep but can't because her parents often berate her to do the chores before going to sleep. While weekends would have been a good time for her to get quality rest, there are often social events she needs to attend.

The situation has gotten so tiring that the exhaustedteen19 has finally reached her limit. Recently, after coming home from an exhausting day in school, her parents asked her to do the dishes.

However, exhaustedteen19 said she told them, "if you don't like the mess, you can clean it yourself." Her parents weren't exactly pleased with her response.

According to exhaustedteen19, when her parents get home, all they do is watch TV or use their computers. She also said she's paying rent.

Taking to the AITA subreddit, the exhaustedteen19 asked whether she was wrong for lashing out at her parents. Here's how people responded.

Exhausted Teen Finally Tells Her Parents Enough Is Enough - She Pays Rent, Does All Household Chores, Works And Goes To School

Lakeisha

This is exhausting, won't lie.

1. She should move out instead.

2. Allocating some chores to her parents may help.

3. Parents should accord respect to their children.

4. She should consider moving out and letting her parents do all the chores.

5. She should find new roommates.

6. She should leave if possible since her parents are using her as a maid.

7. She should have a heart-to-heart conversation with her parents.

8. Living with one's parents is not enough reason to be used as a maid.

9. If she's not satisfied with the treatment she's getting, she should move out.

10. She should obey her parents because it's their house.

11. She should get her own place if hates chores so much.

12. Their house, their rules.

13. She shouldn't be dependent on her parents at 19.

14. She's not telling the whole story.

15. Getting an apartment on campus would help.

16. Her parents may not know how much work she's doing unless she documents it and they review it together.

17. Boundaries should be put in place.

18. Her parents are parasites.

19. Her parents have taken her as a servant.

20. The chores should be shared equally because she's paying rent.

What Do You Think?

Lakeisha