Grandma listened to my aunt and threw us out—my husband and me. The first night, we had to sleep on the street.
My grandmother lives with my aunt in a three-bedroom flat. The youngest daughter, my aunt, is forty but has never lived independently—no family, no friends, no job. Grandma supports her entirely. My mum covers most of the bills because my grandmother’s pension doesn’t stretch far enough.
I never asked my family for anything, but desperate times called for desperate measures.
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After our wedding, my husband and I lived in council housing, saving every penny for a mortgage, dreaming of even a one-bedroom flat. We searched endlessly before deciding on an unfinished new-build. But where to live in the meantime?
Renting made no sense—we were supposed to be saving, not splurging. So I went to my grandmother and asked if we could stay in her spare room—after all, my mum owned part of the flat. Grandma agreed happily, and we began packing up our lives.
We sold the council flat, invested the money, and moved in. We bought groceries and cleaning supplies, careful not to overstep, treating the place as if we were temporary guests. But my aunt helped herself to our food without so much as a thank-you. She ignored us completely, retreating to her room the moment we returned home.
We didn’t last long. A month later, my mum called, distraught, begging us to leave.
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My aunt had thrown a fit, claiming we disrupted her peace, that we were the reason she argued with Grandma.
We packed what we could, took our cat, and hunted for shelter. That first night, we slept rough—cold pavement beneath us, bitter disbelief in our chests. Only the next day did we scrape together a rented room, thanks to my mum’s emergency cash.
Grandma just did whatever my entitled aunt demanded. She never once asked if we were alright.
I haven’t spoken to that side of the family since. My mum pleads with me not to hold a grudge—tells me Grandma’s just under her daughter’s thumb. But I don’t care. Some betrayals cut too deep to forgive.
