I worked so hard to get my credit cleared up and be able to get a house and now D doesn't think we can afford it because our gas and electric would be so high because of them living with us plus getting the stuff we need for the animals... *shakes head* if it was just us and the kids with the average gas n electric bills (checked with the companies to see what the charges had been... highest for the year, lowest for the year and monthly average) it'd be 50$ left after my bus fare and pet supplies and all bills paid (including credit card payments)... i pointed out i understood the 2 adult sister recently getting jobs that don't pay them enough for them to have their own place but they at least pitch in (money, food and helping the kids do school work and some chores) but the mil who has us pay her bills and only sometimes pays us back, who wastes her money on nothing and doesn't want to or try to get her own place, the minor child who picks fights with everyone incessantly and has no where else to go because she's already been thrown permanently out of every place that once would have her stay... neither of them helps or even cleans up after themselves. *shakes head* even now (an hour and a half later) it still makes me sooooo angry. I just don't see how we can afford an overpriced cramped apartment with an extra room with less sq footage but can't afford a real house... Or how it's better than a real house and forcing the adult to act like one.