It’s pretty horrible that everyone on planet Earth has to keep working or we can’t stay alive. Even if you’re some kind of a freeloader, the person who is paying the bills is going to get tired of it eventually. Either they demand you start contributing or you have to start living in the attic, only coming out at night, and hope they don’t notice someone has been eating their food (I highly recommend this option).
No one wants to have rules, but when you become a huge burden on someone, having rules might actually just be setting boundaries. A dad went to Reddit to ask if he was in the wrong for setting rules for his adult son who moved home and has since become a huge nuisance. Here’s his story: