They are grown, employed and somehow still eating your lunch meat.
This started as a dumb question and somehow became an argument, so here we are.
Vote first. Then bring your extremely specific family evidence.
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July 22, 2026
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Depends on the situation. School, illness, job loss is different from just being comfortable.
The answer changes when they eat all the lunch meat and leave one slice in the package.
My daughter pays $300 and still acts like I am a landlord from a Dickens novel.
If they are working full time, yes. Even if it is just enough to teach them the electric bill is not folklore.
A small amount is fair. This is a home, not an all inclusive resort.
My son pays the internet and groceries. Everybody wins and nobody pretends food is free.
Charge something. Put part of it aside for them if you want, but grown is grown.
Yes, because adulthood with no bills creates very expensive delusion.