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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I party agree with teh kid needing their own room but at the same time OP's kid is 5. There are plenty of people who lives in other countries around the world who all sleep in one room.[/quote]

She lives in the US. Not Nigeria. [/quote]

And the last time I checked, we were a free country. We can live as WE choose. Or is that no longer true? Do we all have to have a husband, a high salary, and 2.5 kids? Shame on you and everyone on this thread like you. [/quote]

Actually beds and bedrooms are something CPS and judges really care about. My DD didn’t sleep in her own bed at all until she was 5 and did not do so consistently until I remarried when she was 9, but I had to prove that she had a bed. It has come up in family court for so many people I know.[/quote]

This comment is helping to confirm my sense that the people who are trying to shame OP for not being wealthier are probably poorer and less educated than she is. I cannot imagine anyone who is middle-class or above allowing themselves to make comments like these. I know no one who has ever had to go near  CPS. And that level of self-hatred and associated cruelty towards other women is so saddening.[/quote]

Now, who is being classist? Look in a mirror.  Wow.

PP is absolutely correct and was very clear that she learned this is family court. People of all income levels get divorced. She is correct that CPS and courts care about beds, and if the father of OP's child took her to court for custody, she would need to buy a bed for her child or she could lose custody.  That poster was sharing information that she has because the person above her said 'We can live as WE choose."  She correctly pointed out that when it comes to beds, you are only safe until you are hauled in to court. Then you need to get your child a bed. [/quote]

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