For years I have heard tales and read fiction about people living off of another. The real life tales tend to end badly and the fiction… welll… its fiction. And it seems on the real life ones that the person who is the recipient/taker always seems to have evil qualities.
I think this must be a very particular type of experience.
In my past I lived with a charge who paid when we went out and for everything ovefr the basics of life. And even ssome of the basics. I picked paid ___ amount/month into the household expenses and that was it. And yes, the amounts spent on me were expected and agreed upon. However, there was a serious disparity in our earnings in addition to the power dynamic. The one thing I did do was to control expenditures over a certain amount and ensure moneywas put away for the person’s future. It worked fine.
A dominant I know controls the earnings of their charges. They pay towards the house and recieve an allowance. The rest goes into savings and RRSPs.
I think whether control of finances works REALLY depends on the people involved and their dynamic, the amount of money being pulled in by each, budgeting/future planning skills of each, individual material values and personal integrity of the persons involved.
Does anyone have an example or personal experince that worked?