/biz/ - Business & Finance

>parents split up for the 3rd and "final" time 7 years ago
>get a job working 7 days a week, 10 hours a day to pay rent since my mother was pretty much unemployed
>job ends, we get a new orthodox jewish landlord
>knocks on our door 3 times within 2 days of buying the building asking for back rent (previous landlord never asked because we helped her show the apartments and keep the building clean)
>tell mom this aint gonna fly, we need a new plan
>she moves in with her father, who is old and alone after my grandmother died a few years earlier
>i rent a room across town with her friends mother
>room to myself in a cheap part of town, small balcony and a river view right outside my window
>life is really, really good while i go to college, need little to no help from anyone with bills or tuition
>finally get a gf in my last semester, better than i could've ever hoped for in almost everyway
>realize life is too good, start expecting it to go right into the toilet again

i fucking hate it when i'm right.

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