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[05 Jul 2008|11:49pm] |
So my parents are being really annoying about Cassie and I moving in together, but my dad brought something to my attention that I had actually kinda forgotten about in Cassie and I's fixation on an apartment. If my dad goes to prison in a month, I'll legally be able to rent his house from what's now our landlord (We sold our house about a year ago to him) for $500 a month. We want an apartment of our own, but we wanted to be out in August because it's a good month for both of us to be out during. We have a few hundred dollars saved. Enough to put a deposit down on an apartment. We have credit card debt and no other money saved. It sucks.
My dad asked what I was doing a little bit ago, and I said "Looking at apartments online". Here's the convo:
"Why? I don't know why you waste your time looking at things that... Aren't going to happen"
"It is happening. I've told you lots of times that Cassie and I are getting an apartment".
"What? Why?"
"Because if I can't live here (meaning if he goes away), I don't want to live with Mom and Steve. Cassie needs to be out, too".
"Why won't you be able to live here?"
"Because I can't afford it on my own, and Cassie doesn't want to live here".
"So she'd rather live in an apartment instead of a bigger house that has a yard?"
".... Yeah."
The rest of what he said isn't really important. Cassie doesn't want to live here because it's "Ugly", and the house I grew up in. She wants to jump into an apartment without any money saved, and I don't think it's a good idea. I told her I thought we should wait and see whether or not he's going away, and if he is, move in and pay less to live here and transfer Dad's bills to me (He said he'd do that to save us trouble). We'd be able to save money while living here, and pay off our credit cards a bit more. If he doesn't go, then we will have already saved some money, and will be able to put a deposit down on an apartment, and do one of two things 'til our move in date. 1) Live in Intown Suites. It's kind of like a weekly motel that a lot of people live in permanently. $175 a week or something. 2) Live with our parents. She might have some complications with that, but going by what I know about the situation, I don't think it will be too much of an issue.
Now Cassie's agreeing with me out of anger and frustration. She was saying I could live here alone, and she'd get her own place because she doesn't like my house. Now she's saying it has to be completely empty, and have all of my dad's stuff out. She's also saying that we'd have to paint and make it our own, which was the original idea anyways. Whatever. I guess we have a plan now. I just think she's wanting too much too soon. Wanting to move into a 725'2 apartment for almost eight-hundred dollars a month with no money saved just isn't the best thing for us now. We need to save, and get our debt taken care of. Then we'll have a lot better idea of how much we make a month, and be able to afford a nicer place with our saved money.
Ok. We don't have a plan. I told her that Mom, Dad and I would have to figure out what to do with his stuff, she decided that that meant SHE'D have to do it. I told her it didn't, and she just doesn't want to deal with "My mom popping up every day, how long we'd be here, and my dad's jail shit". I really don't care about this stupid shit anymore. She can try to live on her own if she wants. I'll get rid of my dad's stuff and make the place my own while I'm here. Then hopefully after that things will work out.
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