Dear Queenie,
When my wife and I got married we agreed that our children from our first marriages could live with us as long as they were in school and getting passing grades. Now all but one of them are out of school, out on their own and out of the house.
The last one, my daughter, is going to college and still living with us. She gets very good grades, has a part-time job and pays for her own car insurance, cell phone bill, etc., and has study financing for her tuition, but now my wife says it is time she either moves out or starts paying us for rent and food.
Queenie, is this right? It doesn’t cost us much to have her living with us and it’s not as if we need the money and it would mean she would have to drop out of school. I think it’s just because my wife doesn’t much like my daughter.—College girl’s father
Dear Father,
Would your wife agree to pay for your daughter to live in a dormitory or get an apartment of her own? Could your daughter pay a small amount for “rent and food” that would make your wife happy?
Your wife is in the wrong here. The two of you had an agreement and now she is trying to back out of it.
