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sterlingsilver's picture

Now ss19 and his pregnant gf want to move in. Neither have jobs. We already have 3 teen boys to feed and clothe. Ahk, can this be happening? and is it ok to say NO? I'm saying no but what if they manipulate me with sob stories. Ss19 has already sent me 2 sob texts. I'm saying firmly it's not gonna happen, dh isn't talking about it. Dh has health issues, I'm working 2 jobs and dh 12 hour days. Dh always told his boys "don't be a fool, cover your tool" and then both his daughter and son have babies before being ready at all - no jobs or home.

I need some input folks. I really need help on this one.

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Aeron's picture

It is absolutely okay to say no. If you don't you will regret it. They will never leave. They have other options, even if they aren't options they Want.

They're adults, they need to deal with their own crap now.

doll faced sm's picture

Tell them no. Explain you *are* sympathetic to they current situation, but are in no circumstance to take in 3 additional people. Offer to assist them with arranging for the adoption of the baby.

Of course, I have no expectation that they will actually go along with such a plan, but I do think it would be enough to wake them up to the fact that they are adults and need to get a job (the pregger gf will probably not be hirable) and handle their business.

godess-clueless's picture

This adult ss has been staying somewhere else prior to the girlfriend getting pregnant so let him remain there. The girlfriend was living elsewhere let her remain there. She has parents, they are not married and possibly may never get married. It is only your problem if you allow it to be. Don't agree to take on the job. And it will feel like a job cleaning up after them,giving up living space,and losing sleep with all their drama and a newborn crying at night. The baby will not even be a part of your life when they split up.

You also have 2 of your own children in the home. Is this an example you want set for them.

giveitago's picture

One of our neighbors has ALL of her adult children, and three grandchildren, along with two extra dogs, living with her currently. One of the adult children took off with a new boyfriend, on a cruise, left her dogs with mom and upon being asked when she was coming back the girl said that the ticket was only a one way and she needed money to get home again. This poor woman is so depressed, there's nothing I can do about it, except listen and sympathize, as she tells me the same story...three times...because these kids are driving her out of her mind. The lady is only 65 years old!

attempting_to_maintain_composure's picture

It is perfectly within your right to say no. It's your house. If neither of them have a job, they won't be able to contribute financially. If they get jobs, you'll likely become their built-in child care system. No matter what they're primed to take advantage of your hospitality.

My mom let my sister and her husband move into her house shortly before marriage when my sister was pregnant. Neither one of them had a job (husband had to quit his well-paid mechanic job on Long Island to move to NJ with my sister and it took him six months to find a new job that was "acceptable"), they both had suspended licenses, they have screwed my mom over on chipping in with the house bills and rent SO MANY times, and, they use her like built-in child care yet my sister gets mad at her when she's not capable of taking care of the kids "properly" because my mom is suffering from some intensely complicated grief on the outset of the deaths of both of her parents this past year.

And they moved in "temporarily" 8 years ago. They still live there. They now have five kids (BIL's son from another woman, and four girls), two dogs, three cats and are overpowering my mom all the time. But, there's nothing she can do about it now. She's stuck. And much like giveitago described with her neighbor, they're driving my mom batty and she's losing her mind at the age of 62.

So, you are well within your rights to say NO if you don't want them taking advantage one way or another. Because, honestly, you have enough going on right now that you don't need the added burden of more mouths to feed and more responsibility heaped onto you.

sterlingsilver's picture

well ss has a place but he wants gf to move in with him but the lease on the place he and his room mate are renting says only two people allowed b/c of the septic is in "failing" mode. I don't know I am not allowing it and DH is seeming like he's gonna let me make the call b/c he doesn't even want to talk about it. DH did even mention adoption. ss is simply not old enough or mature enough for a kid. He hasn't held down a job longer then a few weeks at a time ever. His gf is still a senior in hs. It's just a mess. I actually feel bad for DH. He is going in this week for a biopsy for (possible) throat cancer and the last thing we need is this stress. I think my "no" will be more for DH's health then my sanity. Also based on the fact that if DH needs surgery and treatment I will once again be the only bread winner. Sad

sterlingsilver's picture

Oh I got more to this story this morning once dh decided to talk about it. Apparently the gf has been living in a motel b/c he mother kicked her sorry ass out, her dad died last year (part of my ss's sob text to me last night) and ss19's lease specifically states no ladies in the house due to septic failure issues. (I guess us ladies use more water?). Dh is so upset at ss right now for effin up his entire life. He will be paying child support for 18 years now b/c this gf is not going to stay with him and is from another country and plans to take the baby and run. I feel bad for ss but not bad enough to bring that sorry ass bitch that even a mother cannot love into my own home. Shit.

dontcallmestepmom's picture

My BIL is a plumber. He has MANY calls where women have flushed tampons and pads down the toilet. Can lead to major issues with septic systems.

sterlingsilver's picture

Also we had them over for T-day and she sat on the couch for 8 hours and ss19 had to get her everything including her dinner plate of which she only ate like 4 bites. I am NOT going to have a fat pregnant black girl hanging on my couch for weeks, months or years asking everyone to serve her.

hereiam's picture

I'm confused. Why does SS want the GF to move in with him if they are not going to be together and she is going to take the baby and run?

You can absolutely say no.

I found this site because I was feeling slightly guilty about saying no very quickly and very loudly when my husband told me his daughter asked him if she, her husband, and their 2 small children could "stay" with us. It was supposed to be for a couple of weeks and 6 months later they are still not in a place of their own (they are staying at her FIL's).

My husband was unemployed at the time (and so were they) and he told her he did not feel it would be fair for me to be supporting everyone. The truth is, I don't want them here period, for many reasons.

My husband and I agreed when we first got together that nobody could live with us. It is very stressful to have other adults living in your home and it sounds like you have enough to deal with.

Disneyfan's picture

What does race have to do with anything?

It sounds like she's the type of woman who thinks being pregnant is a handicap that requires people to serve them for 9 months.

boogeymom's picture

Yes, babies ruin lives every day. I'm gonna go ahead and say that they're going to need to figure something out for themselves since they want to be grown enough to have unprotected sex and decide to keep the baby, so they can be grown enough to figure out what they're going to do about it. Kids are leeches, if you give an inch, they'll take 10 miles (or, at least, MY skids would). Especially if you're possibly going to be the only breadwinner...neither of those kids are yours, you don't really have any obligation to them per se. I'm paying attention to the answers here because I'm about 90% sure that SS11 will end up in this situation in about 5-7 years since he can't control himself at all and will definitely not use condoms when he starts having sex. Pretty sure there will be more than one baby from at least 2 baby-mamas at the same time too, if not more.

sterlingsilver's picture

Oh Thanks everyone. I am also paying attention to the answers and also hoping that ss19's younger brother ss15 is paying attention to older brother's actions and learning how older brother is having to pay for his own actions and hoping that if we don't bail ss19 out ss15 will see that dad and I don't bail out kids who aren't using their brains.

The only reason I see that ss19 wants to move into our place is so he can live with gf and b/c neither have jobs so they want to MOOCH.

No I am NOT racist. In fact my best friend is black and she is a fabulous person with an interior design company she runs. So no this is not about that, it's about not wanting a lazy pregnant entitled 18 yr old that is in no way related to me, sleeping and lazying around my house for what is promised as 3 weeks, but will likely be months if not years.

I am a very private person and I have to have a house all to myself for my batteries to charge and be able to work hard.

boogeymom's picture

Right on, you can also direct them towards any State resources, (i.e. food stamps, section 8 housing, etc.) just to hit the point home. Wink

sterlingsilver's picture

my dh even took ss19 to dshs to sign up for food stamps about 6 months ago when he graduated and at that time he was too proud to go into the building. Uhm, he's gonna have to learn to set pride aside now...the whole entire family on dh's side is not going to be happy with him.

Disneyfan's picture

Thank God he has some pride. An able bodied 19, year old should be working not collecting foodstamps.

dontcallmestepmom's picture

This past summer, DH's older son (20), who has never worked a day in his life, got his 17 year old gf pregnant. He has been with her for 18 months, since she was 16. She is a junior in high school, he graduated in 2010. As soon as he found out she was pregnant, he texted DH whining and saying that DH HAD to help him. At first, he wanted DH to get him a job with DH, which is never going to happen for many reasons (there is no work there in the first place).

Then, he just said, "I am not going to work." He started typing LOL LOL LOL when DH asked him if knew how much babies cost. He was hinting for us to let him move in here. That is never going to happen, for many reasons ( Not only that, the gf's mother had allowed him to live with her and share her daughter's bed. So, my feeling was SHE could take care of it. DH's son could not understand why we would not send money or let him come here.

I think that God intervened, because the gf miscarried a couple of weeks later. There is no way these 2 were ready for a baby, when they cannot take care of themselves. The gf stated she did not want a kid, and DH's son just kept laughing. DH got upset, and kept telling him he had to get a job. More LOL LOL. It was disgusting. The gf's mom kicked him out, but he is still seeing her, so this will happen again.

The expectation, however, is that mommy and daddy will save the day. Your SS has no idea what his life will be like with a child. DO NOT back down. If they move in, you are going to be miserable. You have your own kids to take care of, and your own life. This will be a mess. You will become angry and resentful, and your health will be affected. Their intention is to mooch, and you will hate seeing that and watching a baby come into the mix.

sterlingsilver's picture

I am totally in agreement with you dontcallmestepmom. First of all I like your name b/c I hate being called that too. I am only called that by the way when the kids are buttering me up to mooch off of me. I am a day out now from the initial begging text from ss19 and only have a steel resolve NOT to let this happen to us. Ss19 is a big lazy kid who has no idea of LIFE. When he lived with us before it was a nightmare, we kicked him out and he moved back in again 2 months later for 3 more months until I kicked him out for saying to me that as long as i'm with his dad he will make my life miserable, (alot of crap led up to that moment so it wasn't just that statement that got him kicked), I said go and don't come back and now we'll see who's life is miserable. My dh is actually supporting my feelings on this one. He has surgery this next month and has to have time to recover before we move so he's not going to want more people here or more stress.

Thanks for all your support folks. It sure helped me to stiffen my backbone!! Dirol

dontcallmestepmom's picture

I came into DH's kids's lives too late to be called a stepmom. And the way they have treated me-they will never be my skids. They are just awful, all 3 of them. 2 of them have tried coming here, and that is never happening. I was clear on this with DH before we got engaged and before we got married. If they come here, I am gone. My little 2 bedroom house is too small, and their refusal to do anything productive is BM's problem. Plus, they scare me sometimes, and I do NOT scare easily.

I am sorry your skids feel that it is ok to mooch off of you. I am so glad you are staying strong. You have to, because your life will be a nightmare if they move in.

Your SS reminds me of DH's sons. At 19 and 20, they have never worked, they do not have driver licenses or cars. Your SS said he would make your life miserable, and now he is trying to get you to feel sorry for him. Gotta love it.

I have never met DH's younger son. He told DH as long as he is with the me, he will have nothing to do with him. DH and I have been together 3 years, and DH has not seen this son in almost 2 years. He has not seen the other one in a year, and with his daughter, it has been 18 months. They used to text and email him demanding money/things, but when they realized he was done with that, the contact has lessened considerably. We did get recent requests for Christmas gifts totaling over $3,000, as of now. DH and I do not have that kind of cash, so I do not know what they are thinking. The fact they think we would spend that on their nasty selves boggles my mind.

Your DH needs to take care of himself, not worry about his son. Your SS will have to figure this one out on his own. Your DH knows that, and I am glad he is supporting you.

You are strong, remember that!

oldone's picture

My worthless SS was about 23 when he got his 30 year old crack ho GF pregnant. I refused to even acknowledge it. DH was worried about who was going to take care of the kid.

GF had already had TWO children removed from her care. I assured him that DHS would never let her leave the hospital with a baby.

sterlingsilver's picture

I try to talk often to my kids about basic cause and affect of our actions. I think a lot of kids from broken homes have not had stable moms in their lives to teach them how to have self respect and that some actions/mistakes really cannot be reversed. I see this with my ss19. Sad