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I was in a brother's house from 75-80. I have mixed feelings about it. I think way back then there was a lot of unstructured communal living, and many people going/moving in and out. In my house there were at one point 6 brothers and the house parents. The house parents were barely older than us (late 20's?). I found out years later, 3 of the brothers never paid anything toward household expenses. No wonder food was scarce and the house parents always seemed stressed. Those same 3 never did household chores, so everything fell on the rest of us. My feelings are that if you have a household situation, chores must be shared and living costs need to be detailed up front, and everyone held to account. Where I was it felt like it was 'Just praise the Lord and go to the meetings, and don't bring up other issues."

Did anyone have a better experience than me, where living costs and chores were truly shared? I had a lot of anger to work out for years over the irresponsibility I saw.