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Input: A few redditors who commented on my last post suggested I add some extra info I supplied in the comments to my post for more information. 

So to begin again..

I currently live with my parents. I am 17F and my parents were very kind to let my boyfriend 20M live with me. They both really like my boyfriend and he offers to clean and pay for bills and just generally help out when he can. My parents asked him to pick up the electricity bill which is 200+ a month, which is definitely reasonable because there letting him live with me. 

My boyfriend is in no way reliant on my parents, he could move out but he lives here because I asked him to. He could go back to his dorm or rent elsewhere but I asked him to live with me and my parents allowed it. 

The issue is though, my mother wants us to buy groceries for the household. And if we ate a fridge full of food each month I would understand completely. But we’re almost never here. I go to school half the day and work the rest. My boyfriend works doubles every other day and night shifts the days he doesn’t work doubles. He’s not in school currently because he’s paying off the debt from last semester (due to bad planning).

 We eat a small breakfast each day consisting of either eggs and veggies or oatmeal. Otherwise we eat at work since our bosses are both really nice and don’t mind giving us food at the end of the night. 

My mother claims we eat too much (we went through a large carton of eggs and a small bag of tortillas in a month) and that we need to buy groceries for the house because they’re “broke” and can’t afford it. But the issue here is

They buy shit they don’t need all the time 

My mom just bought a fancy new car because she wanted a fast and loud gas guzzling car. She also constantly buys random items off of amazon and new makeup pallets form Sephora. She does not need these items. 

I understand I’m lucky I have parents that don’t make me pay rent or some outrageous fee (though I do pay 250+ in bills each month for car/insurance/etc..) but I feel like I am still their responsibility (even though I’d rather not be and take care of my own groceries and rent as I’ve offered to move out already). 

I don’t feel like I should have to buy groceries when 1.) I eat one meal here a day 2.) my mom blows money on stuff she doesn’t need and claims were “broke”  and 3.) ive offered to move out but they won’t allow me to (and I understand I’m under 18 but I’m fully capable and make enough money to be on my own currently)

AITA for not wanting to buy groceries for the household? 

Tl;dr: My mother wants me to buy groceries for the household even though my boyfriend and I eat one meal a day 




not buying groceries