Optimistic Paranoid said:
No problem. Sell the house. Move. Don't leave a forwarding address.
^^What he said
funny story, sort of
My mother was mentally ill to the point of not being in touch with reality, as in, she sat in her chair and talked to / railed at her personal demons all day
Dad worked 2 full time jobs
So by the age of 12 i was the homemaker for the family I was born into, cooking, cleaning, etc
I was at the laundromat one day, washing clothes, and this lady, about Mom's age, went to praising me for being 'so mature' to wash my own clothes
When I corrected here "these are my family's clothes, not just mine" she was thunderghasted
"my boy would never do that"
"sure he would, all you gotta do is go insane and quit doing it for him. Hell ,you might not even need to go insane"
She didn't speak to me again the rest of the time I was there, though my tone had not been angry or bitter
If you let someone live off you free, they have little motivation to un-ass the couch
More people need to realize this
Yeah I know, off topic, but what the heck
Wagoneer, hope you get whatever is bothering you sorted, and get back to living happy again