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Choclabratwatowner88 · 30/09/2025 23:03

We live altogether with my mum and sister, DS17 is moving into a bigger room, his current room is tiny and due to sister moving out. So he’s got way more room to play with. We’ve said we will buy essentials, bed, wardrobe, bedside table, chest of drawers and we’ve offered the desk and gaming chair as an early Xmas and birthday present. He’s paying for the rest. And omg he’s being a roomzilla. I’m on my last nerve. He autistic, so I’m trying to give him aBit of leeway as he likes things a certain way, but he’s being unbearable and I’m honestly about to lose my shit. We are working around the clock, I hate building furniture at the best of times, especially with DP because he has a flair for the dramatics with these kind of things, I’ve been told by DP I can’t build anything myself because the wardrobe needs to be done first. And then he needs to do something to the walls before the bed goes in, he works full time and by the time he wants help doing it I’m done, i have a chronic illness, I work, come home do dinner, housework etc and I’m floored. So it’s taking time, let alone we haven’t even ordered the new carpet yet because all the carpet shops around here open and close before he’s finished work.

anyone else encountered a roomzilla 🫣

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Darragon · 01/10/2025 03:06

Sorry I don’t understand, what exactly has your DS done? Sounds more like you have a DP problem from what you’ve written.

ChangingWeight · 01/10/2025 03:17

If you’re no good at DIY/don’t have the energy, hire someone or buy pre-assembled?

You’re tired from cooking/work etc but you only need to build furniture once. So it might just be a case of powering through the tiredness one day after work to get it sorted. Order a takeaway or get your son to sort dinner for everyone whilst it’s being done so you&partner don’t need to worry about serving everyone food?

Personally I don’t have a chronic illness so can’t know how it impacts you. I’ve generally taken the approach of building furniture asap as putting it off just makes the process seem more daunting.

If your son is autistic and particular, could that mean he might be good at building furniture and following instructions?

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