556: How Can I Expunge the Family Sponge? | Feedback Friday
Sep 3, 2021
This week, the hosts tackle the dilemma of dealing with a freeloading family member who's a total drain on household resources. They offer practical advice on setting boundaries to restore harmony at home. The emotional rollercoaster of fertility struggles is also examined, encouraging listeners to reflect on their journeys to parenthood. Plus, there's a humorous take on a flea infestation caused by in-laws, reminding us of the delicate nature of family relationships. A lively banter ties it all together!
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volunteer_activism ADVICE
Address Enabling Behavior
Talk to your boyfriend about his enabling behavior and the impact of his sister's actions.
Help him understand it affects your finances, happiness, kids' visits, and sanity.
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Direct Communication with Sister
If talking to your boyfriend doesn't work, try talking to his sister directly about her behavior.
Acknowledge her position in the house but explain how her actions are unsustainable.
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Prioritize Well-being
If direct communication fails, consider setting boundaries, finding a new place, or changing jobs.
Prioritize your mental health and create a healthier living environment.
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You live in an extended family situation and the only contribution one member makes to the collective is drinking, smoking pot, eating your food, stealing your old phones to pawn, and making messes they can't be bothered to clean up. Since they're not liable to move away from free room and board of their own volition, is there anything you can do to expunge the family sponge and restore sanity to the homestead? We'll try to find a solution to this and more here on Feedback Friday!
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When one member of your extended family is allowed to live in the house rent-free while eating your food, making messes, and contributing nothing, what can you do to expunge this family sponge?
After numerous disappointments trying to conceive a baby through natural and scientifically enhanced means, you can't help but wonder if you're just ignoring something the universe is trying to tell you.
Your in-laws' free-range cats have fleas, and now, after a recent visit, your home is infested with them. How can you fix this problem without making it seem like an attack on your wife's family?
Your brother has been working with/hanging out with d-bag bros for so long that he's become one. You know deep down he's a great, thoughtful, and grounded person, but you're worried you may never see this side of him again. How can you nudge him away from this wretched d-baggery?
You've been working hard at your high-paying, high-stress job through vacations and holidays for years that you think you may be burning out. In your 30s with unfulfilled career ambitions, would it be imprudent to take a gap year off to go traveling -- an almost guaranteed remedy for the depression you've been feeling?
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