med12 - I work weekends too... I have to pay for textbooks, gas, and I'm trying to get out of debt at the same time, so I'm working as much as I can, while going to school. Also, I really wouldn't mind paying them rent while I don't have the time to do all the extra chores, but it's a little more than just the chores. They give us zero privacy now. At first, they said that when we moved in, the back rooms in the house would be like our own little mini-apartment, and they'd respect our privacy and stuff. This was THEIR idea, not ours. However, now his mother comes knocking on doors down the hall just to see where we are. We're usually in the middle of a movie or something, but she burts in and starts talking, and if we try to politely tell her we're in the middle of a movie or something, she freaks out and goes off on him for disrespecting his mother... blah blah blah. I get the feeling she's getting more and more possessive over Nate (my fiance/her son). She does make him tell her prettymuch EVERYTHING that goes on in our lives. It really frustrates me that he does it, but he says he just wants to do whatever it takes to make his life easier, i.e. not have her screaming, crying, and freaking out. I just hate it because I feel like i'm walking on eggshells around her all the time.

PrincessPerky - You bring up some interesting points, but the thing is, before we lived her, we got along GREAT with them both. It's just, after living here, things have gotten worse and worse. My fiance runs his own business and works from his room (He's a videographer, and edits using his computer in his room). However she likes to burst in as soon as she gets home (this happened yesterday as a matter of fact) yelling down the hall, knocking on doors, asking where he is (usually i'm at work when this happens). He yesterday said, I'm here, but I'm working right now... and she freaked out yelling at him saying how he was rude and disrespecting his mother. Wow, she really is getting on my nerves. She's a grown woman acting like a child because she can't respect boundaries. Anyways... I'm trying to find a laundrymat around here (it's a VERY VERY small town), because we don't really have any friends here... except some with 2 infants, and they're never home. Anyways, as for a push mower, I would, but the number of dogs in this neighborhood is insane, and they'd get woken up within 30 seconds of me starting to mow at night or early am.

boefixepa - Yes, I've talked to Nate about us just getting paperwork done so we can be legally married to make getting an apartment and such easier, but he just hates us getting forced into it, because we originally planned to wait until I graduate college to get married. I totally agree with you, but he won't go for it. Oh, however, it won't help the financial aid until a year after we've been married. :P

Yes, the men in this family ARE very passive and just try to stay out of her way and not make her mad. It's VERY frustrating for me, lol. I would love to sit down and talk to them, and I'm working on getting Nate to agree to it, but for now, he's just so angry because things are literally getting worse everyday, that he just wants to find a place and not say anything until we're ready to move because he says she'll freak out either way, and he'd rather do it when we don't still have to be here for a few weeks.


Thanks for all of the advice so far everyone!