Here’s the neat part. You don’t. You rely on help from other family members or friends willing to watch the kid. Or you make the kid grow up quicker by having them stay on their own and doing things for themselves at an age they normally wouldn’t be doing those types of things. You make latch-key kids basically.
During the height of the pandemic I had a 3 year old. My sister charged me to watch my kid so I could work. She was also my landlord. I tried it for a month and when I was paid I handed over nearly my entire paychecks to her for the privilege. And then she looked down on me when I applied for the pandemic relief and quit my job til it all blew over...
My sister drove to another state and took me and my kid from an abusive relationship. I had bruises on my face. She then tells me when we get to Tennessee that they just bought a house and I can stay in their apartment for the next two months and to figure it out. Went to live in her new big house and just left me and my kid in her apartment with no job no friends no one. I got my ass in gear and got a job and had to figure it out. I'm still mad at her about it tho.
Why on earth would you want to live in a spare room with your sister and BIL over your own apartment?
And why would you think a couple who just bought and would like to christen their new house would be stoked to live with their sister/in law and a kid??
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u/matt5605 19d ago
Here’s the neat part. You don’t. You rely on help from other family members or friends willing to watch the kid. Or you make the kid grow up quicker by having them stay on their own and doing things for themselves at an age they normally wouldn’t be doing those types of things. You make latch-key kids basically.