I'm destined to be a loser.

Original post: February 16, 2006

At the end of 2005, I took it upon myself to start saving money, in the hopes that I might move out of my parents' house, like any good 22-year-old should do. In the past two weeks, our landlord has become a real douchebag. He started by calling us from across the street, saying that he had a plumber fixing another of his places and he wanted to come take a look at our place. Fine, whatever, at least he gave us fair warning. After we locked up the cats, (he thinks we only have three, as opposed to the quadrillion or so that we do have...) they came by and checked everything out. We passed the inspection, then they asked if there was anything else wrong. Dave says, "Well, the pilot light looks a little off, and the heater makes some noise." They decided to come back the next day. They did, then proceeded to "fix" it. This took place over the next few days. First, they fixed the pilot light, but fried the circuits. We had no heat. They brought us space heaters. Finally, they came back and brought a new heater. All the while, the cats were shut in various parts of the house. (that's important, kids.) Yesterday, we got a message on our answering machine. It's the landlord. (surprise, surprise...) He said when he came through here, he thought we should have a litterbox for each cat we have. Also, it smells pretty bad in here. (no disagreement there. you've been in my house) He's concerned about what they're doing to his house. The 'rents find this to be harassment. (not like we're not paying our rent or anything) Mom thinks it's because he wants us to move out and he can get new people in here and jack up the rent. Now, we've got bills piling up, Dave's out of work, Mom wants to move out and have me sign a mortgage on another place. I'm never going to move away from them. Without me, they won't be able to make ends meet. Do you realize how frustrating it is to know you're going to have to live with your parents until they die? I need to get out of here! And I can't! Nobody's gonna want to date a 30-year-old guy who still lives with his mom, (i don't blame them) even if it is for a good cause. It's just plain creepy. You know, in most cases, when the kid's still living at home, the parents charge rent to teach them responsibility and help them make it out on their own. In my case, they charge me rent, cause we'd lose our fucking house without it. I can't believe this is happening to me, all because my mother is nice to animals.