20-year-old daughter refuses to keep paying for parents' internet bill despite them claiming they can't afford it without her: ‘We are in bankruptcy’

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• AITAH for wanting my parents to pay their internet bill?

  So for context, I (F20) recently moved out about 3 months ago. I used to pay the internet bill because I was the only mostly needing the internet for gaming.

  My father also uses the internet and works from home as well as games, same as my little brother.

  Since moving out we discussed them taking over the internet bill, it is under my name and account because they couldn't with their credit history. They filed for bankruptcy.

• They make good money and bad spending habits got them in this predicament. After all their bills they have about 4400 of spending money after taxes. Bankruptcy takes 1400$ a month from this sum(5800$ aka 4400$ after) They are a family of 3 and I dont believe thay they cant live off of 1100 a week between gas, food, and other things.

  My mother just spent 100$ on clothes this past week and my father gets a 600$ spending limit a month. They dont need all these things but want them and have been neglecting to pay me for their internet.

• As much as it must be painful to watch your parents struggle financially, sometimes refusing help will be a lot more beneficial for them in the future… 

  The only reason they are irresponsible with their money is that they think they can. They see their daughter as a fall-back plan, and as long as she's willing to pay for their bills, the situation is never going to change.

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• Its 155$ a month for reference, so its not like they cant afford it. I however make about 4800$ after taxes and nearly all of my paycheck goes to savings or paying of debt (I guess spending money runs in the family).

  They haven't paid last month or this month so im out a decent sum of money I can put towards my debt so I dont have as high interest, Because they have been crying poverty.

  But I just want to know if AITAH for wanting them to pay me for their internet bill?

• As a 28-year-old adult who hasn't lived with her parent for years now, I think we have a great arrangement going on at the moment.

  With so many subscriptions, one can drown in monthly expenses, so my parents and I split as many subscriptions as we can and divide the payment as evenly as possible.

  I pay for Spotify; they pay for Disney+. I pay for Netflix; they pay for HBO Max. And so on…

  When it comes to other household expenses, like phone, internet, or electricity bills, you know, the things you can't share with other households, we each pay for our own. Which is only fair, if you ask me…

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• Here is an image of the conversation of my father and I, telling him to get his own account.

  ME: I want the internet to go into your name

  FATHER: You know we can't and why

  ME: Yes you can; I've looked it up

  FATHER: No we're in bankruptcy

  ME: It says you can

  FATHER: Not if you're in bankruptcy

  ME: You should just call ME: You're not financing internet ME: You're paying for it

  FATHER: That is if u have a acct already

  ME: Look at the LAST ONE ME: You can switch to a new provider after filing ME: You just can't finance phones

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• FATHER: Ya after filing and we haven't finished filing

  ME: You don't check

  FATHER: Why can't you just wait. I didn't even want this internet; you threw a fit to get me to switch

  ME: It's been a year

  FATHER: And?

  ME: And I don't want it on me anymore ME: So this doesn't happen again I'd just be cutting the problem where it's at

  FATHER: I have enough stress to deal with so just stop

• If my father talked to me like that, I would have been out the door in a minute, telling him to find a solution himself.

  You want internet? You are going to have to pay for it yourself, Dad… Either manage your expenses, or start preparing to go to the library every time you want some free WiFi.

• Here is what the daughter said after getting some feedback on her story:

• EDIT: alright I hear you guys, ill be canceling the internet and they cant figure it out.

  EDIT: for reference of my father's character he stole 5600$ from me by not paying the vehicle he had for me under his credit.

  TLDR: instead of paying the entire payment of the car when I sent him money on the exact day each month, he decided to spend it, the balance is 3k late payments and fees and told me I had to pay the difference so he could sell it.

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