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[Update] Should my brother and his gf be ashamed of living in low-income housing?

Original post here So I think I need to give more context to this situation. I just came home from college and talked to my dad about it. He's not happy that my brother wanted to live with his girlfriend, either. First off, it's my brother's girlfriend who is renting the apartment, not him. She's only paying $10 a month for it. She hasn't had a job in at least 6 months. She unfairly got fired at her first job when someone else, or at least both people should've been let go. She has a car, but there's something wrong with it. And according to my dad, my brother said she doesn't even want to go to college. She apparently has no drive and she's taking this home from the poor people who need it more /s. Here's the thing: my parents don't care that she's getting a place. They…


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So I think I need to give more context to this situation. I just came home from college and talked to my dad about it. He's not happy that my brother wanted to live with his girlfriend, either.

First off, it's my brother's girlfriend who is renting the apartment, not him. She's only paying $10 a month for it. She hasn't had a job in at least 6 months. She unfairly got fired at her first job when someone else, or at least both people should've been let go. She has a car, but there's something wrong with it. And according to my dad, my brother said she doesn't even want to go to college. She apparently has no drive and she's taking this home from the poor people who need it more /s.

Here's the thing: my parents don't care that she's getting a place. They have a problem with my brother living with a new adult who has no job, no money, and no future education plans. He works at a restaurant and mostly gets his money from tips. And he has a newish car that he can drive.

My dad's argument is that she can get her car fixed so she has convenient transportation to get to work, and that she can go to college and find ways to pay for it. They don't want him giving her money and they think she's controlling him. He has only $3,000 in his bank account (apparently that's a lot to a 21 year old but I think it depends on where you live) They're both adults and I don't think it's my parents business as to what they do. I don't even know how my mom convinced my brother to come home after she found out about this. I think they should be happy that my brother wants to live on his own.

Idk if his gf is considered disabled, however. She's physically fine but she apparently has mental trauma. One of her older sisters is crazy and her mom passed from a heart attack. There might be more but I don't know. She's had jobs before so there's proof that she's able to work, but considering that she was fired at her last job, it's probably really difficult. It's hard enough finding a job here as a decent worker.

I'm just sick of hearing my parents bitch about this. I just want to know if he's wrong to want to live with his girlfriend.

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