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My mom has an overseas property so she can’t buy HDB for now. She doesn’t have enough cash to buy a private property. She previously stayed in the HDB under my sibling’s name but it has since been sold and my sibling is getting a new flat with their spouse.
My mom is currently staying at my place temporarily and she mentioned she would leave by mid December. I said ok and asked where she would stay after that, to which she said she doesn’t have any plans yet. I felt like she was waiting for me to suggest letting her continue staying at my place but I didn’t because my spouse is not really keen on that. Personally, I would also prefer not to live with her because honestly I do not enjoy living with her. She scrutinizes things, makes a lot of comments like what we should do and shouldn’t do and gives a lot of advices based on old wives tales. She likes to impose her own baseless theories on us and insist that it’s for our own good. She’s also very sensitive. Basically we can’t relax and “be ourselves” when she’s staying with us.
So question is.. is it weird/bad to let my mom rent a room outside even though I have a room that she could stay in? I feel really bad not wanting to let her stay but at the same time I need to respect my spouse (since this house is also under my spouse’s name) and living apart from my mom is also better for my own mental health.

