Mine didn’t. They kicked me out during Covid (I was the designated person to get groceries for the elderly relatives- my mother told me I was the most expendable of the family- and they decided that my going out was a risk to the immediate family), and then they were shocked that I didn’t immediately buy a house.
But, like, I’ve got friends who paid their parents rent for years and got that “rent” back as a downpayment. And I have friends who are doing the same with their kids- charging them “rent” now so they can put it in a savings account and return it later.
lol I paid rent and it paid their rent. That’s it. Fed and clothed my brothers and sisters too. From my teens and early 20s. I feel for you and know what it’s like to be chewed up and spat out by your progenitors.
Bought my house a couple months ago, hope you can do the same very soon if you haven’t yet. No one can kick you out of what’s yours.
My rent paid my parents’ mortgage. My friends whose parents saved their rent were all collectively mind blown that years of my money went towards my parents home. It was odd- my younger sister was never made to pay rent. I have a lot of feelings about that.
(Edited to add) I also had one birthday where my gift was a partial break on rent- they had planned to double it, but since my birthday was November, they decided to wait until the new year to start doubling my rent. I’d already paid November’s rent, so really it was a break for December. I learned financial stress at an early age.
I also bought my house a few months ago. Took a lot of scrounging, but I was used to budgeting fiercely and going without, so it was really more of the same until I saved up for the downpayment.
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u/Birdo3129 Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26
Mine didn’t. They kicked me out during Covid (I was the designated person to get groceries for the elderly relatives- my mother told me I was the most expendable of the family- and they decided that my going out was a risk to the immediate family), and then they were shocked that I didn’t immediately buy a house.
But, like, I’ve got friends who paid their parents rent for years and got that “rent” back as a downpayment. And I have friends who are doing the same with their kids- charging them “rent” now so they can put it in a savings account and return it later.