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To feel ds shouldn't cause inconvenience?

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decsdown · 28/12/2023 19:13

Ds has moved back home after a rough couple of years.
We've welcomed him back into our home but feel he shouldn't be an inconvenience to us.
Examples are...
He parks right outside our house where we used to park so we have to find somewhere else to park or drive home hoping he's not home yet so we can park there.

He sits in the chair I like to sit in so I am always hoping he's not in it so I can sit there.

He sits in the lounge all evening until bedtime so we don't have any privacy to chat without him joining in and is always listening to our conversations, piping up with "who was that?" "When was this" "what was that" when we are talking, he also moves around the house silently, so often we'll be in the kitchen having a conversation and suddenly look up and he's crept in and heard all that, the lounge is off the kitchen so he can hear everything.

I just think if I moved back in with my parents I'd want to cause them as little inconvenience as possible, his attitude is he pays his road tax so can park where he wants and if the space is free he'll take it, which I agree but if we hadn't let him come back to live in our house we would be able to park there, sit where we want and have a conversation.
I'm really struggling to make this work, I feel like he never goes out, he's always there and it's a huge disruption us.

On the other hand he has nowhere else to go right now so I need to make it work before resentment builds and we end up falling out.

He also has ADHD and a lot of energy and I find it too much and just need some piece of an evening, I work long hours and get home tired so tend to unwind on my phone or watch TV and he will constantly ask why is everyone so quiet? What's up everyone? Nobody talking?
I'm finding his high energy quite draining as an introvert.

OP posts:
Cmonluv · 29/12/2023 13:03

While I agree the op comes across a bit bonkers and like she just doesn't want him around my husband has likely asd and my son likely ADHD and they can both sit in a room in a way that can be described as just sitting in the room AND also never stop moving. Pacing, face rubbing, leg jogging, whistling and in my son's case (he's only 5) literally being upside down and inside out and yet never leaving a chair and it is unsettling as someone who likes a bit of chill.

pinkyredrose · 29/12/2023 13:07

How long will he be living with you for? Why can't he get a houseshare?

FrenchandSaunders · 29/12/2023 13:11

@PleaseBeADecentYear2024 your adult children aren't allowed up after 11pm?

Mischance · 29/12/2023 13:13

It does sound as though he isn't really trying to fit in - if I had gone back to my parents and they asked me not to park in their space I would honour that and not start quoting road tax law!

PleaseBeADecentYear2024 · 29/12/2023 21:57

FrenchandSaunders · 29/12/2023 13:11

@PleaseBeADecentYear2024 your adult children aren't allowed up after 11pm?

They do whatever they want after 11pm but there is no preparing cooked food in the kitchen and making noise in the living areas after that time. My bedroom is right off it and sleep is important. They can do whatever they want in their own space. If they feel an urgent need to crash around the house during my sleep time they can get their own place.

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