I don't mind helping family folks fall on hard times. But I feel like my family doesn't respect my boundaries. Some family members have just become homeless and I'm helping the best way I can. But she seems to wait until the VERY last minute to ask for things. I can't just drop what I'm doing. Yesterday I get a call and she knew she had to check out of the hotel days before. She calls and ask if she can storage things in my apartment. I say yes thinking it won't be much. She brings a few bags and baskets and call back 25 minutes later asking to bring more things I say yes again.
I asked her before she left which was after 11am where were they going. She told me they'll be going to an air bnb. Because my whole house is sick we are took medicine and fell asleep. She text me at 7:30 saying the air bnb stink and was nasty (nothing was wrong with the place). Around 8:30 she ask if they could come use the bathroom. I only have 1 bathroom and my babies are taking their bath. I tell her yes but you'll have to wait until they are finished.
Then comes 9pm I ask where are you guys going. "Idk yet" what do you mean you don't know yet. I can help but I can't do last minute anything I have small children and we don't have much space. I tell her they can stay here but bc I have new furniture she needs an air mattress. They come and don't bring an air mattress. Everyone is asleep on my sectional I don't want my furniture dented. I work from home and my computer set up is in my living room.
I have no privacy because everyone is in the living room. It's so much stuff in my apartment I can't even plug up my Christmas tree. I had plans to do movie nights with the kids and make forts since they are out of school and now we're not able to.