Family Beach House- DS and Friends Using it for Summer.

[Anonymous]

Shed kidsmom just can’t let it go!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three college aged boys are going to live for free for the summer and your son invited a friend to join them. Of course the implication is that it's free.

Also calling $333/month for a glorified shed with no running water or kitchen "nominal rent" is hilarious. That's highway robbery.

OP here. The friend would use the kitchen, baths, electricity, water, and gas like all the others and undoubtedly hang out in the house all the time he wasn't sleeping. The other boys are living for free because... their family owns the house.

Def disinvite. This mom sounds like too much trouble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you are doing nothing wrong. This is not family. He should not expect to live rent-free. You are also forgoing the opportunity of anyone else in the family having use of the shed over the summer. I am as far from a cheapskate as they come (my DH wishes I was more of one!), and I think your ?friend? is an immature child got discussing this with other people. If she has an issue, she should be an adult and address it directly with you.

Agree! I can?t imagine expecting that one of my children would live for free anywhere! As someone else pointed out - it?s amounts to $11 per day! A total steal!!!

[Anonymous]

31 pages over whether someone can live in a beach house for free?

Ahhh- you folks had a troll on your hands. Surprised Jeff let it get out of hand. Of course the kid pays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I withdrew the offer yesterday afternoon and another boy was offered the same deal. He and his parents accepted it immediately.

The first boy's mom sent me (and one of my BILs who'd been on the email thread) a long rambling email calling us "assholes" and then concluded by asking if he could actually take the deal. We said no.

Then she defriended me on FB. lol.

The mom is right about you. She should have added 'stingy'. Rich people are weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I withdrew the offer yesterday afternoon and another boy was offered the same deal. He and his parents accepted it immediately.
The first boy's mom sent me (and one of my BILs who'd been on the email thread) a long rambling email calling us "assholes" and then concluded by asking if he could actually take the deal. We said no.
Then she defriended me on FB. lol.

The mom is right about you. She should have added 'stingy'. Rich people are weird.

Ditto.

[Anonymous]

Too bad about the friend. He has lost his opportunity to write about his Season in Purgatory .......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - you are entitled to do anything you want. If the kid's family offended you, do anything you want.

+1

Honestly, all of the boys should pay rent.

But, if he was "invited" as a guest then it is rude to ask just him to pay rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I withdrew the offer yesterday afternoon and another boy was offered the same deal. He and his parents accepted it immediately.

The first boy's mom sent me (and one of my BILs who'd been on the email thread) a long rambling email calling us "assholes" and then concluded by asking if he could actually take the deal. We said no.

Then she defriended me on FB. lol.

The mom is right about you. She should have added 'stingy'. Rich people are weird.

You mean the BILs are stingy. OP didn't set, charge, or collect the rent, now did she?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - you are entitled to do anything you want. If the kid's family offended you, do anything you want.

+1

Honestly, all of the boys should pay rent.

But, if he was "invited" as a guest then it is rude to ask just him to pay rent.

I'm not sure all of the boys should pay rent, but totally agree it is rude (and weird and stingy) to ask shed boy only to pay rent. I can't believe there are people here supporting this.

[Anonymous]

Looks like the contrarian troll came back. lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - you are entitled to do anything you want. If the kid's family offended you, do anything you want.

+1

Honestly, all of the boys should pay rent.

But, if he was "invited" as a guest then it is rude to ask just him to pay rent.

I'm not sure all of the boys should pay rent, but totally agree it is rude (and weird and stingy) to ask shed boy only to pay rent. I can't believe there are people here supporting this.

They are living there as young almost-adults with jobs. Charge them all nominal rent - $1000 for all three for the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the contrarian troll came back. lol.

Do you just call everyone a troll? Is that your schtick?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the contrarian troll came back. lol.

Do you just call everyone a troll? Is that your schtick?

You think you're talking to one poster in particular?