First of all I'll explain my living conditions. My husband and I decided to move into a zoo(two cousins, one(Cousin B) has 3 kids the other(Cousin A) 3 kids and 2 teens).Love my family but that's a lot of kids. We live in my cousin A's 6 bedroom house, I think the rent is fair for what we have which is: the smallest bedroom & upstairs bathroom we share w/everyone.
We buy our own food and EVERYTHING we need(we don't use the living room/kitchen it's always a mess). She agreed to $500. My cousins would each pay $800(rent is $1600). Our plan was to live here 6mnths while saving for our own place but sh** happens(details in the next paragraph). Also every month my cousin A will ask if I can "help" her out w/bills($100) this has been happening about every two mnths and I want to say NO. In 6 months she got a new car and bought 4 iPhones for her teens, plus her samsungs.
My husband(big rig local trucker) had to find a new job cos his hrs were getting cut in half. He found a better job but 3 months into it had an accident at work and tore his meniscus and acl. Same month: my alternator & battery went out(BMW Total cost$600) a month after, his car was stolen & cost $300 to get it out impound and towed home cos the clutch was completely blown out($350 to fix thanks him& Honda enthusiast friends). **** us right?
8 mnths later we're still here. We've not had any chance to really save for moving expenses: $2500(Deposit+1st months rent) we live in SanDiego,Ca Good weather blah blah…
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