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[quote=Anonymous]I love my mom. Let me start with that.

Mom lives in a 900 sq ft apt with my younger, failed to launch, brother, three small dogs, and her loser unemployed alcoholic boyfriend. My brother's GF stays over a lot, too. It's a full house, to say the least. Recently my husband, my toddler, and I visited for the first time. (It's a nine hour drive from DC.) We slept in Mom's small bedroom, Mom and the BF slept in the office, brother and the GF slept in his room. It was tight and stressful, and because Mom won't introduce the loser BF to the rest of the family, she skipped out on meals at my aunt's house with the lie that she had to work. Instead she stayed home with the BF, who also doesn't drive.

I grew up in this apartment and I feel guilty for visiting just once in 3+ years. And I feel guilty for not wanting to go back anytime soon. The loser boyfriend has put me over the edge. Mom says he's not a bad guy and he's going through a rough time and blah blah blah. But am I a terrible person for avoiding this situation and using my vacation time for an actual vacation? I'm sure her feelings would be hurt if I told her the truth. And she'd be hurt if we stayed with other family or friends. [/quote]

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