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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Intelligent_Ice_1598 on 2023-08-11 17:42:28.

My son 26 lives in my basement suite. He has everything down there. My wife won’t let me charge him rent because he is saving up to buy a house. Sure he is. He has a new car, a new motorcycle, and a gaming computer that is probably worth about $5,000.

I came home the other day and there was a pizza on the counter. My wife wasn’t home so I had been planning on just having a soup and sandwich for supper but I was happy that she had gotten me a pizza. I grabbed a couple of slices and sat down to watch tv.

My son came up, saw me eating pizza and started yelling at me for eating food he paid for himself. This is rich. He usually eats with us every day and eats food that I pay for.

I told him that it was on my counter in my house and that made it food for me. He has his own kitchen downstairs and that if he doesn’t want me to eat his food he should keep it down there. He didn’t agree and kept yelling. I told him that it was time for him to move out. Four years of living in my house rent free as an employed adult was enough and that it was time to go.

He shut up, took his pizza, and went downstairs. When his mom got home she was pissed off at me. He works hard for his money and when he buys himself a treat I shouldn’t help myself to some of it. I’ve pretty much had it with her too. I told her that she had to start paying for his food and utilities since she was the one who thought he should not pay anything to live here.

She works part time at her parents company and uses the money for herself. I am the primary earner. I pay for literally everything. Except her little luxuries. She pays for that stuff herself.

She said that she would not. I said that I was cutting the household budget by one third. Her and her son were responsible for that part from now on.

They are both mad at me for starting this fight over some pizza.