Kicked Out?No Problem! I Sold the House and You Won't Believe What Happened... — Transcript

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1. 0:00We don't need you anymore. Get out, you
2. 0:01work from home freeloader.
3. 0:03My sister said it, and my parents joined
4. 0:05the chorus. All three of them in a house
5. 0:08I owned over a puppy's accident on a
6. 0:10dress. I packed my things, picked up my
7. 0:12Chihuahua, and walked out. They had no
8. 0:15idea what I had waiting.
9. 0:17Before I tell you what happened, tell me
10. 0:20in the comments where you're watching
11. 0:21from. I'm Kendra, 33, a freelance web
12. 0:25designer. 2 years earlier, my uncle, who
13. 0:27doted on me, had given me his house. The
14. 0:30title was still in his name, but he told
15. 0:32me to use it as I liked. One day, my
16. 0:35parents walked in, looked around, and
17. 0:37decided without asking me that they'd
18. 0:39move in.
19. 0:40"Our old house is falling apart," my
20. 0:43father said. "This one is a waste for
21. 0:45you alone."
22. 0:46I didn't want to, but they'd already
23. 0:48planned to sell their home, so I let
24. 0:50them stay.
25. 0:51From day one, the comments started.
26. 0:54"You're over 30. Why aren't you married?
27. 0:56You're probably making money through
28. 0:58some shady means, messing around on that
29. 1:00computer."
30. 1:01I earned more than my sister, but they
31. 1:03only ever compared us. Then my sister
32. 1:05Marlene showed up with a mountain of
33. 1:07luggage. She'd divorced, quit her job,
34. 1:09and announced she was moving in. "If
35. 1:11Uncle was going to give it to someone,
36. 1:13he should have given it to me." She took
37. 1:15a spare room, and I was cooking dinner
38. 1:17for all three of them while they
39. 1:19gossiped about me within earshot. Then I
40. 1:21adopted a puppy from a friend's litter,
41. 1:24a tiny black Chihuahua with round eyes.
42. 1:26His name was Biscuit. They complained
43. 1:28for about 3 hours. Then they melted over
44. 1:31his cuteness.
45. 1:33One afternoon, Marlene called me while I
46. 1:35was out. "Come home now, Biscuit did his
47. 1:37business on my clothes." "Wash them. You
48. 1:40left them on the floor. You didn't train
49. 1:42him. Pay for the cleaning."
50. 1:44I came home to find all three glaring at
51. 1:47me. My mother said I'd never make a
52. 1:49decent mother. Marlene pointed at me. "I
53. 1:52don't need you or this dumb dog. Get out
54. 1:54of this house. We don't need a work from
55. 1:56home freeloader."
56. 1:58"Who do you think pays the household
57. 1:59expenses?" I said. No answer. I'd
58. 2:02reached my limit. I packed and left with
59. 2:04Biscuit. "Enjoy yourselves in the
60. 2:06house." I said, hiding a smile. A few
61. 2:09days later, Marlene called panicking.
62. 2:11"Kendra, we've been told to leave by the
63. 2:13end of the month. I've decided to sell."
64. 2:16"You don't have the authority." "The
65. 2:17title was transferred to me a month ago,
66. 2:20right after you told me to leave. I
67. 2:21consulted uncle. He said the house is
68. 2:23yours. Do what you want and get away
69. 2:25from that family."
70. 2:26My parents were listening in the
71. 2:28background. "Cut it out. We have nowhere
72. 2:30else to live. Show some respect to your
73. 2:32parents."
74. 2:33"Respect?" I said quietly. "You compared
75. 2:36me to Marlene for years. Who supported
76. 2:38all of you? You kicked me and my dog out
77. 2:40of my own house." My father begged. "I
78. 2:43don't care." I said. "Fend for
79. 2:45yourselves."
80. 2:46I hung up and blocked every number.
81. 2:49Later, I heard they were forced out at
82. 2:50the last minute. With my father's small
83. 2:53income and no jobs for my mother or
84. 2:55sister, their lives plummeted. My
85. 2:57parents now nag Marlene to find work,
86. 3:00and the three of them fight constantly.
87. 3:02I live in a pet-friendly apartment with
88. 3:04Biscuit. I work whenever I want and
89. 3:06spend my earnings only on us. "Let's go
90. 3:09to the dog park, Biscuit." He wags his
91. 3:11tail like it might break off. Sometimes,
92. 3:14the people who call you a freeloader are
93. 3:16living in the house you own. If your
94. 3:18family had thrown you out of your own
95. 3:19home, would you have sold it or let them
96. 3:22stay? Tell me in the comments.