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You have an extra room and I’m family.
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Politely declining only flips the switch from entitled to hostile. Suddenly, you’re the villain for not turning your home into her personal recovery center, accused of being too good for the family now that you have a mortgage and a functioning Wi-Fi connection. As if on cue, a distant aunt calls to guilt-trip you about the sacred duty of family, gently suggesting that letting Tasha in would be the charitable thing to do.
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The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.
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The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.
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But you’ve seen this movie before. Tasha doesn’t do a few months. She does chaos, drama, and extended stays that end in threats of eviction.
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25-year-old first-time homeowner denies her cousin Tasha’s demands for rent-free living in her guest room: ‘I’ve seen Tasha move in with people before. It’s never a few months’
Buying your own house in your twenties is supposed to be a triumph, not an open invitation for every family wild card to treat your guest room like a halfway house. Enter Tasha, the cousin who's been dodging accountability since grade school and whose life choices read like a warning label for bad decisions ahead. After years of distant family gatherings and minimal contact, she calls out of the blue, skips the pleasantries, and announces she'll be moving in. No request, no gratitude, just a heads-up that your spare room is now her crash pad for a few months. Translation: until you change the locks.
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