Single Mother Faces Eviction After Roommate Discards Her Baby's Formula, Leaving Her To Take Charge After Confrontational Debate About Parenting

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Shelly Pearl
Nov 21, 2024 9:00 PM EST

Ideally, we'd all have the luxury of choosing our roommates, but sometimes that's just not possible. For this single mom, that was the case as well. If you're lucky, you'll find a roommate who becomes a close friend. At worst, you hope for someone who's just a bit awkward but at least takes out the trash. But sometimes, you end up with a psycho roommate who not only criticizes your parenting choices, but also oversteps their boundaries and threatens your livelihood. This is exactly what happened to one mom on Reddit.

This single mom, already facing the challenges of parenting alone, gets into a heated argument with her roommate, who holds untraditional views on parenting, and crosses a major line by throwing out all of her baby's food. The worst part is not only can't she afford to replace it, she might also get evicted. However, this single mom doesn't give up. What will she do next? We're about to find out! 

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  • 01
    r/AITAH 17 hr. ago Infinite-Minute 2004 AITAH for losing it on my roommate for trashing my newborn's formula? Advice Needed
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    i can't believe i'm posting this but i'm so angry and frustrated. i (20f) rent a room from my roommate (26f) dad. she is a single mother, i'm a single mother. i have a 12 week old baby who is exclusively on nutramigen formula. for those who dont know nutramigen is really expensive
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  • 03
    expensive and the WIC i get barely covers the cost of formula and the fresh food i'm alloted to get with WIC. my daughter is so colicky and has never been happy since she was born. i know this sucks for my roommate and her own kid (who's 2)
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    i do my best to keep my daughter calm and happy but her doctor said she's just an unhappy baby and will grow out of it. i had to put her in daycare at 6 weeks old and i currently work retail for barely above minimum wage (which is $7.25 in my state Imao) so it's been a struggle.
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  • 05
    my roommate has some different parenting beliefs. her kid still breastfeeds when they want to, she believes in delayed vaccines, is vegetarian but wants to go vegan with her kid, etc. a lot of woo-woo
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    stuff, which if it works for her and her kid, great! i literally stay in my room with my daughter 90% of the time because she tries to "convince" me that i'm doing things wrong. like when my daughter spits
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  • 07
    up/projectile vomits or has a blow out, i should be giving her oatmeal baths instead of using baby aveeno type sh lol
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    to make a really long story short, she has never liked the fact i didn't want to breastfeed my daughter. i tried in the hospital, and was told by a lactation consultant that it would be difficult, my daughter has a tongue
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    tie and weak latch and formula would probably be best. so on to formula we went. the similac formula the hospital gave me gave my daughter bloody poops, so her
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    doctor had me try nutramigen and yay, it was something she can keep down 50% of the time. she still spits up or vomits and my roommate will make comments about how if i breastfed, she wouldn't be so sick,
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    i'm poisoning her with formula, etc i just roll my eyes and try to avoid her in the common areas of her house.
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    i get home today after working and my daughter is hungry, cry screaming her head off (daycare worker said she refused her last bottle at daycare and she threw up on the car ride home) and i'm
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    looking for her formula cans and cant find them. i just start yelling where the f is her formula because my roommate likes to change around the kitchen items like groceries in the pantry or pots
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    and pans and it always stresses me out. my roommate walked into the kitchen and said she got rid of it. i yelled at her what the f do you mean you got rid of it. she yelled back that she couldn't stand to see me feed my baby poison any
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    longer and had to do something about it. she pointed to the trash can and i opened it up and saw the powder in the trash where she had just opened up the formula cans and dumped them. i jusst lost my sh and screamed at her and told
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    her she needed to replace my daughters formula right the f now. her dad pays her bills and he makes an extra $600 a month off me not including utilities. i dont have mommy or daddy's to suck on and live off of. she started
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    yelling back at me that i couldn't talk to her that waay in her own house and i had to go. i grab my daughter who's still in her carseat and start going to my room where i can lock the door and my roommate grabbed the carseat handle and tried to yank my daughter away from me. i yelled at
    via u/Infinite-Minute2004 / Reddit
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    her again to not touch my daughter and ended up locking us both in the room. after i calmed down a bit i ended up calling my mom to see if i could borrow money to get my daughter more
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    formula until i get paid next week. i explained everything to my mom got angry all over again. my mom asked why did i yell at my roommate and i should have "kept my composure" better and said i get what i deserve if i end up homeless with my daughter Imao.
    via u/Infinite-Minute2004 / Reddit
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    i don't know any more. i don't think i am but my mom sure made me feel like one. i gotta get tf out of here for both our sakes. aitah here reddit?
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    edit: since some of yall want to be 1. i know i should have "kept my legs closed" lol. my daughters father pays $150/month in child support and sees her once a week. it isnt much but i'm grateful for what i can get. dont need ppl on reddit calling me names and sh, i
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    feel bad enough for my situation n the fact i brought a baby into this world when i wasnt prepared
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    2. my daughters doctors office gave me 4 sample cans of her formula before they closed which will last us a few days. i will be calling my WIC case worker in the morning too to see if she can be of any help
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    3. police report has been filed. they suggested i call the national domestic violence hotline as well. waiting to see if any of the shelters in my area have space for us both.
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    other wise i'm gunna have to take money i don't have and get a hotel room bc i can't stay here any longer
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    4. called my roommate's dad again and explained every thing. he said he can't help me bc he has to look out for his daughter first Imao. said if i dont pay rent on the 1st of dec he's filing eviction papers.
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    i'm ready to say good riddance any ways tbh. i'm tired and scared and angry. i have to go to work tomorrow and try and figure all of this sh out on my own. i cant even call out if i wanted to because if i call out, i dont get paid and i need the money
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  • 28
    more than ever rn lol. i'm going to see if her dad will take her for a day or two but i'm not hopeful on that either bc he's never had any real alone time w her. if it weren't for the court ordered child support he wouldn't pay any thing at all
    via u/Infinite-Minute2004 / Reddit
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    edit2: one womens shelter won't have space for us until the weekend, but the worker i spoke to said we have a spot available as soon as it comes up. here's hoping i can survive wacko roommate for a few more days and maybe get my money back for the all formula she wasted. A
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  • 30
    Impossible-Cap-... 16h ago NTA. That formula is expensive as h I and she had absolutely no right to touch anything of yours, much less completely make it unusable!
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    Chaotic Crashy 16h ago Call the police immediately. Report the crime of the formula in the trash. Ask for help, as there is help available. Protect your child from this woman. It's your child and your duty to protect her. ΝΤΑ
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    RedneckDebutante • 16h ago • Top 1% Commenter Police report! It's not like you're still producing breastmilk, so what was her plan for feeding your child???? 227 + More replies ◇ Reply ...
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