21. It isn't easy to share your room when there isn't any.
"This is my mother. She has three closets, a shelf, bags, and tubs full of clothes (most of which do not suit her) and other belongings. We share a one-bedroom apartment with two other people. She has also used the two closets we have to store random items and old clothes. There is a lot of dust in there. Why do we still have clothes from when I was a kid and 15+ blankets, for example? I do not have somewhere to put my clothes on. They are all stacked together. I can not go a week without stumbling on my toes." There's a lot to unpack there!
This story's Reddit user, BadwulfBalkan, is having difficulty with their mother staying with them. It might be time for the consumer to move out if their mother is still holding nearly twenty years old. Living together and coping with the frustration is not a pleasant situation. Helping their mother while living somewhere else would most likely be more beneficial, as there would be less bitterness against her. If that isn't possible, then we must establish boundaries in their living space must.
