u/mihalygato42

▲ 4 r/roommateproblems+1 crossposts

just found out im two months pregnant, dont know what to do about our roommate situation.

I (18F) have lived with my boyfriend (19M) of two years for about a year now, and we live in a pretty run-down trailer with some pretty intense issues. So, when we found out we were pregnant, our first reaction was to start looking for homes that actually have insulation, and well, don't have a rat living in our laundry room. Our only issue is that a little over a month ago, we had 2 roommates move in with us, my boyfriend's cousin (20F), and her boyfriend (24?M). We have been looking at homes to move into with them, as they are willing to split rent with us, which we agree will help us save up for the baby as well. The only issue is that the cousin's boyfriend is the main source of income besides my boyfriend (for context, they both work the same well-paying job now). My boyfriend and I worry about the stability of their relationship, as they've only been together about 2 months, and she's voiced the true possibility of it not working out. We both agree that if they break up and the boyfriend moves out, it will be very hard to keep up with the rent of a home. The cousin does work, but not with a large enough income to split rent with us, as the homes in our city are a minimum of $2,300 to meet our requirements (a room for us, our roommate(s?), and our future baby. Not to mention, we have 4 cats, and she has a large dog. Not many cheap places here will allow both, and I had my cats before she came here. She just adopted her dog about 2-3 weeks ago.)

I broke down last night to my boyfriend about how worried I am to be having a child in a home like this, with no stability or for sure income. Not to mention our roommate still "hydrates" and smokes "grass", which just makes me feel like our roommates are at a very different point in their lives than we are, and we are going to be in 7 months. The hardest part is that my boyfriend and I both agree there's no way we could tell her to move out. She's his family, and she moved here from a different state because she believed she had for sure housing with us; she has no one to crash with down here. I don't know if this is the time to be selfish for me and my future family, or if I need to put my priorities down and be selfless for our roommates by letting them live their lifestyle and stay with us, regardless of the possibilities that we could be completely fcked financially if she decides to leave her boyfriend.

Please, advice and opinions are needed, and I'll be here to answer any questions y'all have.

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u/mihalygato42 — 5 days ago