by Kyara Miller

Created on: February 27, 2007   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

Moving back home was the easiest and hardest decision I ever had to make. My parents have been divorced since I was 8 or 9 years old, and as a teen I was living with my mother and stepfather. She was really not at all understanding to my teenage angst, so I finally moved in with my father when I was 17. My older brother then moved in with us as well, and he and I got along even less. We were always stealing from each other, there was a lot of competition, and I always hid out in my bedroom to get away from him. But I had always done that as a teen to be away from my family, as my family is crazy.

So any way, when I was about 22 years old, my older brother threatened to kill me, so I said "I need my own place!" I was on welfare and couldn't afford a lot, but I had a close friend who was willing to help me out a lot. After about 6 months with me, though, he left. I had to get a new roommate, which also didn't work out. Then I lived alone for 4 months, and it was hard financially. After the 3rd bad roommate I said to myself, "I can't do this anymore. I can't afford to live on my own, and I'm having bad luck with roommates. I need to move back in with my mother." My dad had gotten a two bedroom apartment, so living with him again was out of the question, so it was back to my mothers, and into her basement. Originally it was to be a temporary solution. So far, it's been over two years.

Although I'm no longer a teenager, and can handle my mother's moods most of the time, but I am suffering from depression and sometimes have a hard time handling her moods. Recently she came home in a bad mood and asked me to move out. I've been ignoring my debt for 2 years, and can no longer do that, but I also need to move out. I think I am going to declare bankruptcy.

In a lot of ways, moving back home was really good for me, but in other ways it's not. She likes to give me a hard time about not working, about not doing what she thinks I should be doing, etc. I wish it were easier... but I am trying.

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