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If you found out that a friend or relative was about to lose their job would you let them move in with you?
I have before, and I would again. Compassion is what it is all about. If we can't help our friends/family, we are a poor species. Now helping and supporting for the rest of their lives are 2 different things.
No. Made that mistake once before during the dot-com boom. Was just supposed to be a couple of weeks. 6 months later, he's still there and he's ruined some of my furniture.
I've got a strict one-night-only policy for guests now, and they ahve to be either drunk or tired and facing a long drive to even get that.
I voted yes, as I did let someone move in a few months ago. That also opens a can of worms as to how long is appropriate and how much they should help.
If they do not contribute financially they can help with chores/maintenance.
Definitely, but they'd have to sleep on the old sofa in our "family" room (an unused back porch that DH enclosed and renovated) or the fold out in the basement. Both are clean and pretty comfy. I'd expect them to contribute - not money if they did not have it, but they would have to clean, help with repairs and maintenance, etc.
It all depends on the family member that needs help.
I "tried" to help a family member a few years ago by letting her stay with me.....well it soon went south. I ended up paying for EVERYTHING (gas, cigarettes, food, utilities, etc), without so much as a thank you, and then she gave me the "you owe me" spill. She found herself homeless after 2 months.
Another family member stayed with me and not only thanked me, but also cleaned my place, cooked me dinner (bonus points for that), and let me use his car when I needed it. And was only there 3 weeks.
So it depends on the person......only problem is, you might not know which one will be the good one or bad one until its too late.
In this economic depression, yes. However if the person had no job even in the halcyon days of the economy when there were jobs for (almost) everyone, not so sure.
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