Dad Refuses to Pay Daughter’s Rent Due to Anxiety : Is He Heartless or Justified?

Picture this: your adult daughter moves back in with you after a breakup, but your dream condo only has two bedrooms. One is your office, and the other is your bedroom and your wife’s office. Your daughter sleeps in the living room and starts saving up to move out. She asks you to help with her rent so she can avoid roommates due to her anxiety issues. You say no, and she accuses you of being insensitive. You give her a deadline to move out, but are you being too harsh? Let’s dive into this story and find out!

Daughter Moves Back In

The Dream Condo

Not the Childhood Home

Anxiety and Roommates

Tears and Accusations

Entitlement and Demands ‍♂️

Fairness and Time ⏳

Edit: Living Room Clarification ️

Office Space Requirements ️

Deadline Drama: Daughter vs Dad

In this emotional rollercoaster, our protagonist’s adult daughter moves back in after a breakup and sleeps in the living room of their two-bedroom dream condo. She’s been saving up to move out, but can’t afford a place on her own. She asks her dad for help with rent to avoid having roommates due to her anxiety issues. Dad refuses, not wanting to set a bad precedent, and gives her a deadline to move out. Daughter accuses her parents of being insensitive jerks, but Dad stands his ground, believing he’s been fair. She’s had time to save, and he’s given her plenty of time to find a new place. Plus, she’s still on his insurance and seeing a therapist for her anxiety. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…

NTA, but don’t forget to *parent* her through this ‍ . Paying for health insurance & therapy is great, but parenting doesn’t end at paying . Help her emotionally, not just monetarily

Supportive comment and helpful suggestion for dealing with anxiety. ❤

A scathing reply to an unsympathetic father’s treatment of his daughter

A comment about needing more context with a personal story.

YTA dad has an office while daughter sleeps in hallway

Daughter in crisis, dad refuses rent, YTA according to commenter

Daughter’s struggles with rent met with unsupportive attitude. ESH.

Partner up with your daughter, therapy can help too ‍

Daughter with anxiety needs help, not a heartless attitude. YTA

Heartless dad receives backlash for cold post about daughter.

Living with a roommate is uncomfortable, YTA for forcing it ‍♀️

24-year-old without anxiety got more support than daughter with anxiety. YTA.

Parental support is crucial. YTA for not being empathetic

Parental love knows no bounds

Daughter forced to sleep in hallway, dad won’t compromise ‍♀️

Support without enabling: Practical advice for a tough situation

Grandma offered help, dad could offer a room. YTA, dad.

Father criticized for letting daughter sleep in hallway. YTA verdict.

Mental illness is still illness. YTA OP, be supportive

Parent refuses to enable entitled behavior.

Parenting fail! A daughter with anxiety needs support, not judgment.

Struggling to justify the dad’s actions, reminded of own father

Ignoring mental health concerns can have severe consequences

A shocking revelation: Daughter sleeps in hall due to office? YTA

Person with anxiety disorder encourages emotional support for daughter.

Parent should offer help finding a solution instead of being judgmental.

Anxiety or depression? Therapy or medication? A helpful suggestion.

Doubts raised on the credibility of OP’s story

A plea to help daughter with anxiety pay rent

Parent defends decision to not pay rent due to daughter’s entitlement

Balancing tough love with mental health support for daughter

NTA, she needs to save for a place she can afford

Emotionally unsupportive dad gets called out for selfishness.

Parents should not be financially responsible for adult children forever

A personal story of overcoming financial hardship with emotional support.

Tough love or insensitive? Suggestions for daughter’s anxiety-driven rent issue ?

A software developer calls out the dad’s lack of empathy and suggests helping the daughter problem solve

Adult children living with parents should contribute to household expenses

Father’s unsupportive behavior towards daughter with anxiety is unacceptable. YTA.

Daughter upset because parents prioritize house over her well-being. YTA

Daughter’s well-being ignored by heartless father. YTA

Daughter should pay rent, dad is justified according to commenter

Anxiety and medication: a delicate balance

NTA, but consider talking to her therapist

24F with anxiety defends dad’s decision not to pay rent.

NTA thinks daughter is taking the easy route

Lack of affordable housing is the real AH here

Support for NTA who refused daughter’s rent, with a hint of sarcasm

NTA with severe anxiety says coddling infantilizes, applauds OP’s lesson.

Housing affordability is the real issue here

Moving out with a roommate taught valuable lessons. NTA

A slip of the tongue reveals more about the commenter.

Mental illness is a real illness. Help your daughter out

Daughter deserves better than hallway floor, YTA called out

UK and US financial differences lead to NAH judgment.

Parenting is more than doing the bare minimum ‍ . Supporting and caring is key.

Living with housemates can be tough, but is dad justified?

Parental guidance on being hands-on with financial support

NTA but lacking empathy for daughter’s anxiety