By MaterialBus6329 • Score: 12 • April 9, 2025 10:56 PM
Dear Reddit, My daughter graduated high school last year and attends a college close to our home. So, she still lives with us. This is a great situation for financial reasons and she is a great kid. The issue is that she got a new boyfriend last summer, and while he is a nice enough guy, he is ALWAYS at our house. He’s not pursuing higher education, he has some dead end job for a family owned business (complains about the job but won’t make changes), and comes to our house several times a week. He likes to go straight to our kitchen and will cook “for my daughter”, with our groceries, and to feed himself. I noticed that when they go out places, they always split the bill and she’s paid for extra things like movie tickets, etc. Going to his house to hang out is not an option because his family is super weird and not very accommodating. Plus, my daughter has homework and is home to study. I would like for him to come over much less and when he is over, stop cooking our food. I have offered him dinner many times when he’s over and I’m cooking. That part is still annoying, but I deal with it. I would feel really greedy to be cooking and not offering someone to share the food. It’s just starting to feel over the top that he eats several meals per week at our house, cooks some meals (will come over on a weekend morning and just cook a big breakfast), and my daughter still pays her way when they go out. The challenge is that he is “cooking for her” and in theory that is a nice thing to do. However, it’s with my groceries, taking over my kitchen on a weekend or evening when I don’t want anyone in my space, and I don’t see an end in sight. What would you do? Am I petty to be annoyed by this? Thank you
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