When hosting a relative, lay down the rules

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A colleague, let’s call her Janet, was recently lamenting about a niece who she had taken care of since high school. The girl completed university and luckily landed a good job.

Two months later and after seeing how she spent her salary on herself, the colleague asked her to think about her future now that she was earning her own money and to, once in a while, chip in something for the daily running of the house. Besides, the milk and juice she plucked from the fridge whenever she came home from work cost money. What if she also bought these items if she wanted to enjoy drinking them?