Mother demands to move in with her 31-year-old daughter due to financial issues and makes a big scene when she denies: ‘I feel like my mother is “window shopping” to see with which one of her kids she will be more comfortable.’ – FAIL Blog

You’re a little old to still be living with your mother, or is it the other way around?

Leaving the nest is complicated. You have to be responsible, have a steady income, and take care of EVERYTHING. And when I say everything, I really mean it, from washing your clothes to cooking every meal of the day. If you leave clothes on the floor, nobody is going to pick them up for you. If you don’t clean after yourself, insects will start to invade your new space. If something breaks, you have to take care of getting it fixed. It’s extremely hard for the change that a young adult goes through when moving out of their parent’s house, but maybe it’s also hard for the parents.

There are many reasons why a parent wouldn’t love for their child to move out. It could be a missing issue, not knowing if they are going to be able to take care of themselves without a parent’s help. Then we have the financial issue in some cases, like the one in the story below. If your kid was helping out with some money when they move out, the household is going to struggle because even though there is one less person to feed, there are still utilities and other necessities that won’t be able to maintain coverage.

In this case, we have a struggling mother who is no longer able to cover her necessities due to her low income. In her case, it is understandable to reach out to family members to try to get some financial help. The problem is that she is demanding to move in with her 31-year-old daughter, and she’s not comfortable with that. Even though the mother is going through a hard time, she can’t demand that her daughter accept to live with her. This adult in her thirties has every right to deny the imposition and tell her to see if her other children can provide her a place to live.

The thing that really sells the daughter’s reasons is that she didn’t say she wasn’t going to help her. She just explained that she didn’t want to share her house with her mother. That is not only understandable but fair. This woman has other children, so maybe one of them can help her out, or at least they can all pitch in financially so every child can maintain his home situation as it is right now.