Well... My Father-in-law passed 4 years ago, and not long after my mother-in-law and her 5 sons were going to be homeless as they could keep up payment on the house.
So... being the good son in law, I let them move in with my wife and I and our 3 boys. I had a 4 bedroom house and it was easy to make my boys share a room, keep the baby in with us and give the mother in law her own room, have 2 boys share a room and put the remaining 3 in the lounge room for a few weeks while they sought a rental house.
The eldest got himself a single room apartment and moved out in 2 weeks. The next eldest got a job and his own place in 6 weeks. The 3rd eldest hooked up with a girl and moved out a few weeks after that.
We ended up moving house from the city to the country because I found a nice 4 bedroom that was about 1/2 the price I was currently paying, was close to my family and we all moved to a nice little farming town and had a bit more room.
About a month ago I finally got the shits, and told the 2 remaining brothers, 22 and 25 respectively, that they would either get a job instead of sitting on my couch and start paying some of the rent/bills/food that I have been paying for them for the last 3 and a bit years or I'd be throwing them out on the street to fend for themselves. They had a month.
Well they were all indigent, and told me there was no work or houses around.
in 3 minutes I located 186 jobs in the area that they were qualified for, including 4 apprenticeships. I also found 43 2 bedroom units for rent at very cheap prices.
They refused to go job hunting. I spoke with a plumber friend and he said he needed an apprentice - it was GUARANTEED work.
They both refused and said they needed a holiday...
They had NEVER WORKED. They borrowed $600 from their mother, and took the train back to the city. After 2 weeks they called asking for money. I refused. After another week the called begging for money. I told them no - I needed a new couch - the one I was sleeping on was uncomfortable - and that was their fault because I was in shit with the wife for not supporting them anymore. A friend drove them home and I told them the month was up - They got their crap and left. I've only heard once from them so far (About 3 weeks now) asking if I can loan them some money for a new car. Not gunna happen.
My mother-in-law is still living with us. I'm beginning to think that it's gunna be permanent.
Still think you have it bad? :P
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My grandma snores all the time and her snoring is crazy loud. There's even like a rhythm to it. We don't live together, it's only when she visits that it can be a problem but she uses some kind of strip around her nose now and they help her out a lot.
I don't have a roommate now but a few years ago I went on a research internship with a friend and we were roommates for 3 months. He drove me insane, never again.
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Yeah it's hard when the person won't try to seek help even if they know there's a good chance that have a problem. My grandma full well knew how loud she snores and that it was causing issues not only for her but for others too and that's why she went to a doctor. I don't know the name of the strips she used but you could try finding something similar if he will allow it. It may help him sleep better and it circumvents going to a doctor.
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My son had his own place with his gf, long story short they split up he came back to stay with us 'for a while'. in the begining it was ok but then he started taking the piss, making us ask for his share of money for the the bills etc and giving us shit when we asked for it, instead of giving it to us when he got paid like any normal person would do, not doing his share of the work and again giving us shit when he was asked to do it and lots of other small shit that in the end just got out of hand. After a few warnings to sort his shit out we kicked him out, he was staying in a homeless hostel for a while before he moved in with his sister who is now getting to the point we where at before we kicked him, thing is he doesnt see that he is the problem and not everybody else. Anyway point of the story is no matter how close you are to someone when they start affecting your life in a negative way you have to kick them the fuck out, simple as that.
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Sometimes one can be to nice for this world and the problem with this is, if the other one knows this, one can be taken advantage of.
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In case anyone missed the GA reply to the OP... Silence of the Sleep
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