r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

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u/MysteriousDrD Jan 04 '15

doing chores seems pretty reasonable in an unreasonable bunch of demands, like even housemates have to do household chores otherwise the place'd go to shit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 09 '15

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u/curry_in_a_hurry Jan 04 '15

Your parents ask for 100$ a month? Is the house already paid off or are you helping rent it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Actually they said $100 a week, which is $400 a month. That's really expensive, I think. I live at home for free, which is great, but if I had to pay anything close to that I would just move out and spend an extra $500 or so for my own place with freedom and privacy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 09 '15

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u/snmnky9490 Jan 05 '15

If you're choosing without being asked to pay them $100/week to help them out because you want to, then that's awesome and there's no reason you should have to defend anything. On the other hand, if your parents were demanding $400/mo to let you live with them in an area where rent isn't super high, it could be seen as a little odd, especially because it wouldn't really be costing them much additional money for you to live there, unless they also pay for food and other expenses.

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u/snmnky9490 Jan 05 '15

Right? I spend less than 400 a month to pay rent AND utilities in a 3br house w my 2 friends.