Today, I'm struggling with my mental and emotional health, as well as my marriage. Our 25 year-old daughter, who is failing at adulting, wants to move back in after only being gone for slightly over a year. I love my child, but she's a nightmare to live with. I'm gonna run away from home. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my marriage of only a month is falling apart because my wife is furious that I allowed my daughter to move in with my mother, who lives just a few houses down. My daughter wanted to go live with her grandma and I agreed because my wife brought in four kids and my daughter had virtually no space. FML
Today, it's only been two months since my daughter has owned her home and now she wants to move back to my house because she lost her job and can’t afford the mortgage, plus she got pregnant off a one-night stand and needs my help with the baby. Bang goes my plans for a quiet retirement. FML
Today, as if it wasn’t bad enough my dumbass daughter would seduce and hookup with my boyfriends throughout her teenage years, she’s now ruined her own marriage by sleeping with married men, and wants to move back in with me. FML
Today, I had to break off all contact with my toxic ex and my even more toxic adult daughter, for my mental health and suicidal urges. My elderly parents, who don’t think mental health is a thing, not only took their side, they’re taking me out of their will and putting my daughter in. FML
Today, my daughter has been such a bridezilla that her fiancé actually dumped her. He treated her well, was handsome, and rich to boot, while still working at his career, yet she couldn’t calm down enough to see she was ruining her life. Now, after the breakup, she's moved back in with me. FML
Today, I feel like I’ve failed as a parent. My brilliant college-bound daughter is throwing her life and future away to play “step-mama” with her scummy dropout boyfriend. The loser is 17 with three kids but my daughter is absolutely smitten. Neither my husband nor I can make her change her mind. FML
Today, my husband abuses me emotionally and manipulates me, in front of our kids too. Now my 7 year-old daughter has started the same behaviour towards me. If I weren't such a coward, I would run far, taking her away, and wouldn't look back, but unfortunately I deserve it for staying I guess. FML
Today, I moved back to my home town. My best friend and I had arranged to rent a house together that we both liked. I finished my last day at work and made the three-hour drive, only for her to break down and tell me that she isn't "ready" to move out of her parents' basement. She's 25. FML
Today, I've always struggled with communication and such with my family, so I was difficult to take care of, yet I always held myself together, did my chores, and took care of myself. Sometimes I even helped them out, but now they’re kicking me out of the house, and I have nowhere to go, and I don’t know what to do. FML
Today, my longtime partner had a mental breakdown and broke into my home. After forcefully having to get him out of my house and dealing with Police all morning, my 16-year-old daughter decided to tell me that she's pregnant. She thought one hour after a break in was the right time to tell me. FML
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Chazzster 32
Make sure if/when she moves in there are reasonable ground rules that everyone can live with. Once she’s there, it’s too late to come to that understanding. Bear in mind that she’s an adult and will have her own personal life. If she has a job, insist on her paying something towards her living expenses - That should help keeping her from becoming a permanent dweller. If she doesn’t have a job, unless it is medically impossible, insist she look for and find a job so she can pay something towards her living costs - This will ultimately make it possible for her to eventually move back out but you shouldn’t have to point that out. Finally, I suggest something like family counseling because it sounds like there are things that need to be dealt with.
Brightside86 31
Pretty normal 63% of single adults between the ages of 20 and 29 live with their parents.
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Chazzster 32
Make sure if/when she moves in there are reasonable ground rules that everyone can live with. Once she’s there, it’s too late to come to that understanding. Bear in mind that she’s an adult and will have her own personal life. If she has a job, insist on her paying something towards her living expenses - That should help keeping her from becoming a permanent dweller. If she doesn’t have a job, unless it is medically impossible, insist she look for and find a job so she can pay something towards her living costs - This will ultimately make it possible for her to eventually move back out but you shouldn’t have to point that out. Finally, I suggest something like family counseling because it sounds like there are things that need to be dealt with.
Brightside86 31
Pretty normal 63% of single adults between the ages of 20 and 29 live with their parents.
historygrad74 19
Hence why I don't have kids
LiquIDMeow 6
Swallow next time. Parent of the year award..
Hangryko 32
If you're not happy, get a divorce and move out.