Well, after living here for almost 9 months, things are starting to go downhill. I still secretly help out by turning off and unplugging anything that I can as long as it doesn't affect them, because they've gotten angry when they've come home to the house not being a freezer and no lights being on. So, I mostly do these things in my room. However, lately they've been getting very demanding with us. I got a new job recently, but I didn't want to say anything until I knew for sure that I got it, so I also asked my fiance not to say anything. However, I just told his mother yesterday that I got the job (and yesterday was my first day). Then later, I came in the kitchen to hear her yelling at him for not telling her sooner. I explained to her why I asked him to wait to say anything but she was still furious. I don't understand. I'm not their daughter, I don't see how they really need to know.

But anyways, I also have problems doing laundry because I work the same hours as his dad (3pm-11pm) so most days the only time I can do laundry is in the morning before work. However, his dad gets very angry at me when I do laundry when he's home because he hate's hearing the machine run. I've explained to him that I'd be happy to wait, but I'm not home when he's not home either, and my fiance has to work evenings too so he can't just do it for me then.

Another thing... they've started piling more and more orders on us for housework and things to do. We already regularly wash dishes and clean the house, but now they're expecting us to mow the lawn all the time as well. We already were alternating with his dad, taking turns mowing it, but now they want us to do it all. It just frustrates me because we already work so much and Monday I start back to school and will be gone from 6am-11:30pm nearly EVERY day working and at school. I don't have time to meet their every demand.

Thus, we're starting to look into moving out. We tried to a month or 2 ago, but they got upset and told us it wasn't smart to move out while we were living rent free, and still had debt. I agree totally, but they make it feel as though we've worn out our welcome. I want to talk to them about it, but my fiance doesn't want me to because his mom tends to freak out when you try to talk to her (yelling, crying, going histerical). I just wish there were some other answer. If we can't talk to them about it, then we either have to make them angrier and angrier that we just physically can't meet all their expectations, or we move out.

The problem with moving out however, is me. I'm still in college so my parents claim me on their taxes. They don't help me out financially at all, but if I don't let them claim me and get the tax break, then they won't sign the FAFSA (Free Application For Student financial Aid) so I can get loans and grants for college (though the grants they let me accept are ONLY in my name, not theirs). It's a whole complicated situation, but the apartments around here are income based,.. which is great! But they don't want to consider me because of my dependent status. Also, they expect rent to be only 30% of your income... and neither of us make that much. We can afford it, I mean rent is $300 less a month here than it was where we lived previously. But the landlords don't think we can afford it, so they don't want us to live there.

Anyways, this has been an extremely long post, but if anyone would care to offer advice, I'd appreciate it.