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Hi, first post, first year student in Law Clerk  For those of you who live at home and pay rent, how did you come to that arrangement with your parents? I'm on OSAP with no support from my parents except my dad chipped in 50 bucks to help with school supplies before my OSAP came in. Now he constantly bugs me for money and doesn't seem to get the idea that OSAP isn't free money no matter how many times I've told him.  he thinks that because my cousin who is also going to the same school can afford a brand new laptop then I can give him money whenever he wants, it's getting so I dislike coming home from school  I decided to give him $100 a month either in a lump sum in the middle of the month when he comes looking or $40 a week but it needs to come with some conditions such as NO GUILT TRIPS!!! he can't come whining to me when the money is gone saying he can't pay this or that etc. and no more borrowing money from my bf when he visits (my dad already owes my bf money from years past  ) I plan to buy everything else myself such as lunches and bus passes I have that all budgeted out already But I need to know how to write out an agreement because I can't afford an apartment Thanks for letting me rant just too bad it had to be my first post 
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Your parents are making you pay rent? That's awfully cheap and inconsiderate. There are standard rental agreements online such as this one and this one are good layouts for agreements. Either of those would probably work fine for you, and you'd just have to fill it out and have both you and your dad sign it P.S. Welcome to the forums
Carleton University Class of 2012, Honours Bachelor of Arts
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ARMY101 wrote:Your parents are making you pay rent? That's awfully cheap and inconsiderate. Sorry if we actually have to pay money to our parents for them to buy food for us.
YORK; Honors Arts - History Major ; Joint Seneca Journalism-Broadcast
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You are so freaking lucky its only 100 dollars I have to pay 200 dollars, the CPP I get since my dad is on disability and that I'm still in school. My dad thinks that its his yet I have to put it down for income and on OSAP and everything. and I know how you feel, about having to come home and you are so miserable coming home. I've felt like that since I started univeristy. I feel that I should only be here for sleeping. I am pondering about renting a place out for 450/month with a friend of mine. He wants to start this year but I'm not sure if I can handle moving while school is going. In fact it might be healthier for me to move ASAP. My parents and I had big arguments (arguments with me yelling like I'm about to go on a killing spree and break some necks) now its all quite I think they are more aware of how exhausting it is to be a student.
YORK; Honors Arts - History Major ; Joint Seneca Journalism-Broadcast
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TaintedKane wrote:ARMY101 wrote:Your parents are making you pay rent? That's awfully cheap and inconsiderate. Sorry if we actually have to pay money to our parents for them to buy food for us. Where I come from, parents feed their kids. Perhaps that's too old-fashioned seeing as it's modeled on the animal kingdom, but hey, that's just me.
Carleton University Class of 2012, Honours Bachelor of Arts
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TaintedKane wrote:My parents and I had big arguments (arguments with me yelling like I'm about to go on a killing spree and break some necks) now its all quite I think they are more aware of how exhausting it is to be a student. Getting out of a situation like that can only help your academics. An environment like that is poisonous to anyone's morale, esteem, or personal performance, and you won't be able to do your best until you're out of it. I've seen personal experiences of people who have gone from not being able to do their work to getting 80's and 90's because they left their parents abuse.
Carleton University Class of 2012, Honours Bachelor of Arts
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chicky82 wrote:Thanks for letting me rant just too bad it had to be my first post That's really unfortunate. Sounds like your dad is being a bit irresponsible with money? Just talk to him I guess and if he's being really unreasonable then maybe move out.
University of Alberta - Mechanical Engineering '11
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chicky82 wrote:Thanks for letting me rant just too bad it had to be my first post You damn well afford an apartment. Trust me. I moved out after first year college and never looked back. My parents and I have a better relationship because of it. Mind you, I have OSAP debt up to my eyeballs, but I still have an education. Seriously, it's one thing for your parents to charge your rent when you're freeloading, not going to school, and working fulltime where you can afford to be on your own. It's another thing when you're in school and living off them in order to focus on your studies. It's also another thing to pay rent while you're in school to "build character and learn responsibility" but to pay rent because you're parents can't AFFORD you? That's the most ridiculous way of a using a kid I've ever of. i suggest you move the hell out.
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