Decision has been made.. and I'll probably be leaving Mylot :(

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Over the past couple of months hubby and I have been deciding whether or not we want to move in with his father. We've been back and forth on the decision a lot.. but we'd finally decided that it probably is in everyone's best interest to go ahead and make the move. We decided that since we're already falling behind on all our bills, it would be best to make this move very quickly to free up our finances. So we went over to talk to FIL last night about how quickly we can get this stuff taken care of. During the course of our conversation he said a couple things that got me thinking. One of the things he said when we were discussing cleaning out the house and removing some of his furniture to make room for ours was "I already have a sofa, I don't want yours". Problem is, his sofa stinks terribly. While MIL was alive they had around 20 cats, none of them fixed, so many sprayed, and that smell is still in the house.. our sofa is in decent enough condition.. at least it doesn't smell. Anyways, it may seem like a minor enough comment, but to me it sounded like he was becoming controlling again. Then he said something to hubby... back the last time hubby lived in the same house as his father, the 2 of them butted heads a lot. Hubby does have a bit of a temper, and the 2 of them had discussed this before while we were debating the move.. but last night FIL said to hubby "If you start getting mad at me, just remember who's house this is". Sad to say, I don't think FIL has really changed that much. I do see that controlling streak coming out in him again, and we don't even live there yet. Guess I'm glad I saw it before we ended up losing our current place. So hubby and I had a talk about it, and we've decided it's not in our best interest to make this move. Unfortunately, as I mentioned, we are falling behind on our bills. So we've decided that for the time being we're going to do away with every non-essential until we're caught up with the bills that are essential. As of July 2 our cell phones will be turned off.. and on Monday we're going to get rid of cable and internet. That will leave us with just rent, power, home phone, and car insurance. We're behind on power and home phone, and we've been paying rent 2 weeks late for the past few months. We'll need to catch up our cable bill before getting that turned back on, hopefully in September when the good shows start again. Who knows if or when we'll turn the cell phones back on. I haven't yet decided if I'll look for a cheap dial up in order to stay online.. I probably will otherwise I'll go stir crazy.. but I remember from last time that dial up doesn't allow me much access to Mylot.. so, if you don't see me around as much, you know why.