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I REFUSED to let my husband move in with us… unless he got a job! -r/BORUpdates | Reddit Stories | EP2480

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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00:00 r/BORUpdates - Is It fair or me 27F to tell my husband 34M that he can't move with us if he isn't employed
11:06 r/BestofRedditorUpdates - I think my husband had an emotional affair, and I'll never know the truth
29:50 r/AITAH - AITAH for shredding the prenup my mother had prepared for me and telling her to pound sand?
42:03 r/amioverreacting - AIO for seriously considering selling my house and downsizing to a studio so there's no room for anyone else.
53:10 r/AITAH - AITA For Wanting My Mom To Have Full Custody Even Though My Dad Hasn't Done Anything Inherently Wrong?

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I refuse to let my husband move in with us unless he got a job.

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I'm doing my part.

0:23.6

Trigger warning for mentions of substance abuse.

0:25.9

To try and sum this up as simply as possible,

0:28.8

my husband 34 male, got fired from a great job in January.

0:32.9

Since then, he has tried maybe two or three odd jobs,

0:35.9

none of them very well paying or lasting more than a couple weeks. He has contributed less than maybe 2,000 to our family this year. Whole year? Hoo! By the way, this comes from Chiamada, and if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash-OK Storytime, Suburit. I'm Sophia. I'm Carly.ly i'm keon and we're here to give good advice

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goofily but we don't have all the answers we only know what we'd do so let us know what you would do

1:00.0

in the comments and opi says me 27 female and him have two two year olds together i've made about

1:06.8

all the sacrifices i could to keep us afloat. I went into credit card debts, worked two jobs at

1:13.0

times, and made about $53,000 a year while picking up extra odd shifts for overtime. But yeah, I gave up

1:19.8

having an apartment this past summer because of debt accumulating. Recently, my parents offered to

1:24.5

watch the kids more full-time, so I wouldn't have to pay for daycare. This would allow me to afford to support the three of us somewhat decently and get an apartment. I told him that if he can't get a job like anything, I'll even take $10 an hour, just something to help me, then he can't come with us. I can't support him too. He has no disabilities that would prevent him from working. I honestly think that's super fair. I think that's fair. You're trying to support a family on 53,000. That's so hard. I think that's fair. I know it's a tough market. I know that. But we are coming up on a year. And I just can't stomach him being at our apartment doing nothing while our kids are taking care

2:01.7

of so we can work in any way possible. So if he can't do this, is it fair for me to say he can't come

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