First remember the goal was to not lose our house. We were willing to do anything we had to accomplish this. Yes even move in with my mother, thinking in would take a month or so to get on our feet. What was supposed to be a 3 month stay, turned into a 10 month adventure.
Before doing this yourself you have to realise one thing no matter what. I was family, my kids were family, but my husband was not. In the ten months we lived there he definitely bore the brunt of the negative. All of the idiosyncrasies will come out. Eating habits, hygiene, humor, laundry, cleaning habits everything can cause dissension. Can and will cause dissension.
After a motivating argument with my sister, I left my mother's house for a less then satisfactory replacement. We moved to a month by month rental, it is a single wide trailer with half a replaced roof and half a roof that needs replaced. Part of the floor is weak. The doors are warped. We moved because we didn't think we would be here this long. It was 3 years this month.
In the first year we were here my husband developed a medical condition that caused him to be off work for 4 months with no pay and no unemployment. I had started school 2 weeks before this. I continued.
In the second year I got a full time job and worked a second job. Hubby went to school and worked. We were never here. So we stayed because it gave us a place to live and it is annoying but not dangerous.
In year 3 it is time to move, we just need a place in this area that we can afford.
Wish us luck!
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