She Won’t Let Her Mom Move In With Her And Her Boyfriend Because Her Mom Broke Up Her Brother’s Relationship
Not long ago, this woman’s mother caused her brother and his girlfriend to end their four-year relationship.
The two of them had been in a relationship since college and had moved into an apartment together in Toronto not long ago, and the cost of living in the city was extremely high.
She lives in Toronto, too, and their mother, up until recently, lived in a different city. Her father sadly passed away, and he left their mother a house, which is where she’s been living.
Her mother expressed that she wanted to be near both of them, so she moved in with her brother and his girlfriend, which also made it feasible for them to afford to live in the city.
Her brother and his girlfriend wouldn’t have been able to get by on their own. While her mother wasn’t living in the house her late husband left her, she was renting it out to someone.
“Then, my mom began nagging his girlfriend that she wasn’t doing enough cooking and cleaning around the house and that she wasn’t looking after her son,” she said.
Her brother isn’t organized, and neither is his girlfriend. However, when she found out about her mother’s behavior, she told her to stop, pointing out that she could do some cleaning if she felt up for it.
She also said that if her mother was so bothered by her brother’s girlfriend, she could move out. Unfortunately, her mother makes just barely more than minimum wage, so she can’t afford an apartment in Toronto by herself.
“She argued with his girlfriend enough that she broke up with my brother and left. My brother is angry with her for ruining his relationship, and I think she did it intentionally as she didn’t like the girl,” she explained.
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After the breakup, her brother won’t live with their mother anymore. Next month, he will be moving into a new apartment by himself.
Since his mother doesn’t have anywhere else to go, she wants to move in with her and her boyfriend.
Understandably, she’s not comfortable with this and worried that if her mother moved in with them, she would destroy their relationship, too.
Rejecting her mother’s idea, she suggested that she move back to the city she had lived in previously.
Her mother could rent a place somewhere until her current tenants moved out of her house, and she could move back into it if she wanted.
Since her mother doesn’t make a lot of money, she wouldn’t be able to afford an apartment in Toronto on her own.
“Now, she is angry with me for ‘abandoning her, and I kind of feel guilty,” she shared.
When their father passed away, their mother did her best to take care of them, so she feels bad that she isn’t allowing her mother to move in with her and her boyfriend.
At the same time, she and her boyfriend have begun talking about getting married, so she wants to avoid any drama that could get in the way of their bright future.
What advice would you give her?
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