Hi! I remember you replying to another one of my posts about it my partner’s mother. She definitely doesn’t owe us a place to stay hence why we asked her if it was okay to stay with her for a year while we saved up. It might be different where you are living but it give you an idea, we were spending $1800 (AUD) a month on rent which was great and a reasonable amount for rent. Until the landlord decided to increase it by an extra $1000 a month. In Australia, this is basically a mortgage. I appreciate your advice but my partner and I have been together for almost 7 years.

We have agreed a year to save for a deposit and then get our own place. But my question wasn’t about that…. It was about this mother who’s become unjustifiably rude and passive aggressive towards me despite her previously happily agreeing for me to stay and even buying me slippers, a blanket, an apron etc and chatting with me every night. Now she’s become cold and distant and says she wants her space. How do I handle that?