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When financial necessity strains chosen family relationships

I moved in with my chosen family during the pandemic and now we're all getting on each other's nerves but none of us can afford to move out and I don't know how to address the tension.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Economic circumstances can force chosen family into living arrangements that exceed their emotional capacity for intimacy.

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