Singapore ― A financially struggling child living with their parent wondered if they should still continue to do so when their mother asked for monthly rent.
In an anonymous confessions post to popular Facebook page NUSWhispers, the child said that their mother decided to collect S$300 a month for utilities and food even though they share the room.
The child wrote: “I have contemplated about it many times because of our poor relationship but I stayed because I really hoped to improve our relationship”.
Despite good intentions, the child added that their mother usually ended up scolding them.
Asking netizens for advice on what to do, the child wrote: “Apart from feeling bad for moving out, I am afraid of struggling with finance because I don’t earn much”.
Netizens who commented on the post advised the child (some in harsher ways than others) to talk to their mother but to still keep contributing financially.
In another case of a child not getting along with their parents, a netizen asked parents to respect their offspring’s feelings regardless of their age.
“Today my dad flared up at me in public because he valued his wife’s feelings more than mine”, the netizen wrote in an anonymous post on popular page NUSWhispers on Sunday (May 30).
The netizen said they had an argument with their mother. After the verbal exchange, the mother walked away.
“All my dad did was come to me and tell me ‘don’t upset at (sic) her anymore or else I will get angry”. He doesn’t even want to understand why I feel this way.” /TISG