MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Should Bob get a lodger?
Former_MSE_Natasha
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Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on:
Bob lives in a three bedroom house with his teenage daughters Fifi, Peaches and Pixie. With £20,000 of debt, he's caught in a rat trap and decides a frugal lifestyle just isn't enough to clear what he owes; the only solution is to get a lodger. However this would mean bringing a stranger into the family home, plus his daughters would have to share a room together; something never in a million years they'd be happy about.
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Should Bob get a lodger?
Bob lives in a three bedroom house with his teenage daughters Fifi, Peaches and Pixie. With £20,000 of debt, he's caught in a rat trap and decides a frugal lifestyle just isn't enough to clear what he owes; the only solution is to get a lodger. However this would mean bringing a stranger into the family home, plus his daughters would have to share a room together; something never in a million years they'd be happy about.
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Previous MMDs:
Should Ken ‘save’ Deidre’s kids from being taken into care?
Should Britney sell her blood?
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I would say no. Unless I knew the person (lodger) - of which the complications that that entails is a different thread - then I view the safety and wellbeing of my children as way more important that a bit of extra cash.
Once the kids have moved out, then its a different story - let all the rooms you can!
Two of his daughters must be sharing a room together anyway so not too much hardship for all three to share and if Bob had the biggest bedroom, he could let all the girls have that and have the smaller room to ease the pressure.
You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time but you can never please all of the people all of the time
The simple answer is YES imho
Sad situation is that it might be a case of treading water with the debt until they start to be a bit more independent and clear it when he has less committments in terms of his kids. I wouldn't normally think this is the best idea but I think its better than a stranger in your house with your kids.
People I've known who have lodged prefer families with at most one child simply because of practical issues around the bathroom and the amount of space in the house. If there is only one bathroom and the house is not that big i.e. doesn't have at least two reception rooms then Bill would find he would have a high turnover of lodgers which is disruptive for his whole family.
If he does have the space he should get in a female foriegn student, another teenager, or someone who needs the room from Monday-Thursday, someone who will never be in except to sleep.
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Then 5 people wanting the bathroom, unless they have an en suite! It will be book your slot for a bath. I can't see Bob keeping the piece for long!
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