<prompt> Human: I just graduated college with an BS in computer science this spring, and got a job making about 68k. After taxes, I get about 1700 every two weeks. Ive never really had a real job before, so with my new found wealth, I started spending and buying lots of stuff. I never had a smartphone before so I bought one for myself and my brother and a basic plan for us both. My brother is 4 years younger than me, but he still acts like a kid.Anyway, a few months before I graduated, it started to become clear that my dads financial situation wasnt very solid. Long story short, years ago he worked on computer mainframes, but his expertise eventually became obsolete and was laid off, so he retired, and put a lot of his money into stocks, particularly gold, silver, and other resources. Soon after, there was the gold boom bubble or whatever you want to call it, perfect timing, so he was able to support us no problem. But of course, it crashed back down, and now my dad is 60 years old, no uniquely sell-able skillset, and all his assets in silver stocks and waiting for those prices to shoot back up so he can keep the apartment our family is living in. Now, I have a job, and the first thing my dad asked me to do was help him by taking car payments off his hands. Our old toyota corolla got into an accident years ago, and we bought a brand new camry in 2012, and about half of it is paid off now. The other half, about 10k at 400 a month, is now mine. I was fine with this, I wanted to help my parents, they raised me and paid my entire in-state college tuition. And just this weekend, my dad asked if I could help pay the rent too, now that I have a job and havent moved out yet. Its about 1600, and I would be paying 500, his reasoning being that between me, my dad, and my mom, approx 13 would be my fair share.Something about this didnt sit right with me, but I didnt know what to say, so I agreed, after all I was still living here and I could easily afford this from my paycheck.But just yesterday, I was with my girlfriend, whom Ive been with for almost a year now, and this topic came up and it made her upset because she felt I was being taken advantage of, that my dad was being lazy, and that he should get a job and take responsibility for his end of things, and that if I was older and had kids I would have to do the same. She wants me to say no, and not pay for rent, because Im already paying for the car, which I will probably give back to them as a gift when I move out and buy a car for myself.What should I do?TL;DR - just got a job out of college, how much should I help my parents out financially?  <response>: Paying rent on the house youre living in and making payments for the car you drive every day isnt being taken advantage of, its being treated as the self sufficient adult you want to be. 