several times
I’m actually staying at my sister’s this time round. I’ve got my own place a few blocks away, but it’s not safe. And I help her out with her kids, so it’s fun for everyone.
Oh and I get along with her husband a lot better than I do with my own parents.

“Forced”? No one held a gun to my head. But being recently divorced with a young child and working in the inner city meant that I could afford to either:
a) pay rent in a not so safe neighborhood, with not so good schools; or
b) I could live with my mom (with whom I have a very strained relationship) and commute nearly 50 miles one way,while my son grew up in a peaceful working-class neighborhood, with decent schools.

Guess which one I picked?

No.

I would rather eat a filthy shard of glass dipped in Blair’s 16 Million Reserve Hot Sauce than see either my BM or guardian ever again, much less be beholden to them for shelter. I’ve never had need to turn to them for anything once I left, fortunately.

Yeah, it’s like that and that’s the way it is, as the old song goes.

<begins shuddering uncontrollably>

@dragonflyfaith Don’t worry baby. It’s only for a few days. They will have the flood sopped up and you will be back home in no time. It was no fun when your Dad and I had to move in with Nana and Papa just before I got pregnant with you, but we survived it, and so will you.

You should really ask the apartment managers about putting you up in a Hotel while they dry out your place, then you won’t have to deal with living with someone else.

When we moved from Philadelphia to Seattle, we stayed with my Mom about a week while we found a house to rent. It wasn’t too bad, because we all knew it would be very finite.

We’re currently staying at my in-laws’ for a few days, hopefully not more than that.

I awoke at 5 am this morning to a flooded apartment. A pipe had burst in our kitchen, soaking our entire apartment in two – three inches of water. The maintence guy said they are going to suck up all the water, put in large fans to dry everything, dehumidify the apartment and see what the damage is from there. He said it would be several days.

So we are staying in my in-laws’ 4 bedroom two bath with 6 adults, a baby, 4 dogs, a cat and some fish. Sounds like a Meet the Fockers movie huh?

No, thank God. Ugh.

@dragonflyfaith At least you know it’s very temporary!

After my divorce I had to move back in with my parents to get back on my feet. It’s not bad really.

twice. When we moved back to WI from CA. And Once when we sold our old house before our new one was complete.

Not as a living situation, but there have been times when we stayed with them for a week at a time. With my parents it was easy because they had a huge house with four bathrooms. With my in-laws it was a bit more interesting because they had a two-bedroom apartment.

When I was a kid my grandparents moved in with us for several months. That was interesting, and not in a good way. Fortunately for my parents’ marriage the grandparents found a house down the road that they could rent and moved out as soon as they could. All went much more smoothly after that.

I was dumped by an ex of mine that I was living with and given 2 days to move out (he was leaving to live with his new gf shortly thereafter). So, I had to call mommy. By the way, his name is Ronnie Lohr and he only has one testicle.

Here’s a quick update. Dragonfly finally was able to go back to her apartment today, but the maintenence people left it a huge mess for her. their furniture was stuffed into the bathroom and kitchen, and everything from her closets was piled a mile high on top of everything else. she is very busy putting things back together.

I don’t know how she is managing all of this by herself with a 6 month old baby. Her hubby had to go to work, and when I talked to her this afternoon, she said she had the baby’s room and the living room almost finished. This is going to create havoc with her illness. I bet she will be down for several days after all of this.

Also, her in-laws have several dogs, so while she stayed with them, she had one asthma attack after another. My poor baby!! So if you don’t hear from her fo a little while, you’ll know why. I wish I lived closer so I could help her.

Thanks for the update. Sending good thoughts her way. :)

@augustlan Thanks! She is one sick lil lady now. It’s going to take a couple of weeks for her to get over all of this.