Hi. So- here's the situation. my sister in law is a single mom with an 8 month old baby. she lost her job, lost her housing and has nowhere to go. no one else in the family is in a position to help- so she is moving in with me and my husband.
she thinks she'll be able to move out within 2 weeks. she is starting school, which she has to pay for out of pocket because she defaulted on a previous student loan, and her only income is unemployment, which is only guaranteed until May 2011. She is under the impression that once she can prove she is a student she'll be able to rent an apartment and be out of our house.
Does anyone have any experience with this at all? I'm afraid we've opened our door for a long-term situation that we are in no way prepared to handle- emotionally, physically, monetarily. We don't have kids, we lead a really quiet life, and we like our time alone. This is going to be really hard on us... how do I know? Because my brother in law's 6 month stay with us ended up being 3 years... but at least he paid us rent.
I'm freaking out and afraid that we are going to just enable her to continue making bad decisions if we let her stay, but what kind of monster throws out a woman with a baby?!
any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I'm at a loss on how to deal here.