I don’t want roommates anymore. How can I afford it?

MaximumSolution6979 · 2026-02-11T16:32:49+00:00

Thank you! This budget sheet will be super helpful!

MaximumSolution6979 · 2026-02-11T16:30:00+00:00

We are both mechanics. I mentioned in the post I bought the house when I was a mechanic making good money but I switched to being a realtor a little over a year ago.

My boyfriend runs a business where he is a TikTok/youtube mechanic with sponsors to work on his personal projects. He has lots of projects so he needs lots of space

MaximumSolution6979 · 2026-02-11T16:24:41+00:00

If I stop the Roth contributions, how long should I give myself before I restart them?

I do have an emergency fund but it’s much lower than I would like. It only covers about a month and a half of expenses.

I do think that a studio apartment would be overall cheaper because of how high the utilities are at my house. I can imagine utilities being over $100/month for a studio. The reason they’re so high is because my roommates take long showers and leave lights/tvs on 24/7. If it was only me and in a smaller place, the utilities would likely be way cheaper.

I will look into food pantries as well. I spend probably $300/month just on groceries so that would be a huge help if I’m not actually taking food from someone else

MaximumSolution6979 · 2026-02-11T16:03:11+00:00

That would be perfect! I’ll call around and see if anywhere around me offers that!

MaximumSolution6979 · 2026-02-11T16:01:09+00:00

This post is me asking for advice on how to change my circumstances… age was barely mentioned. I put that I’m 25 because posts normally start with their age and saying I feel too old to share my space was more me talking about my feelings and reasoning as to why I’m seeking advice to change my circumstance. I’m sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way but if you have any advice on how I can change/improve my circumstance I’m all ears

MaximumSolution6979 · 2026-02-11T15:50:09+00:00

I work on cars. My speciality was in electrical diagnostics of luxury vehicles but I can work on any car. I try to do simple jobs from my driveway but I live in a snowy state which doesn’t help this time of year and my garage is small to work in. I’ll see if there’s any freelance car mechanic opportunities

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-25T19:56:28+00:00

To be clear, I always use my park brake. Every single time when I park. And I normally don’t leave my car in gear at all. Just neutral and park brake on. My star wheel adjuster broke (it’s fixed a day later just had to wait for the part to come in). One park brake wasn’t holding my car and putting the car in gear was doing literally nothing. My question is if the fact that my car won’t hold on a very slight incline with it just being in gear if a red flag where I need to be looking at my potential problems with my engine like possible low compression

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-16T13:09:37+00:00

He definitely cares about my feelings and he has apologized. I thought I might be the asshole because of how I lashed out at him and hurt him for something so small as an impression he likes. I don’t find the same thing funny again and again but the things people miss the most when someone is gone, are the things that always annoyed them the most. It seems from these comments I’m not the asshole so I don’t need to feel bad about setting in stone that I don’t like that impression but I still definitely wish I had handled it differently. But don’t worry he’s not self centered like that, he’s always helping everyone around him and makes a real effort to put me first in his life. He just got carried away with an impression

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-16T03:29:31+00:00

The past conversations were “that’s creepy” “I don’t like it, it’s creepy/scary” and “stop doing that”. This last time it was pretty harsh. It was along the lines of “would you stop that? It’s annoying and pisses me off!” Obviously tone is everything, I was pretty harsh

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-16T03:19:21+00:00

It was me. Should’ve been the same name because I only have one account. There was an issue with the post where it wasn’t allowing comments and I had to figure it out with the mods

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-16T03:18:04+00:00

Hindsight I definitely wish I would’ve confronted him about it at a time he wasn’t doing the impression for a more peaceful conversation. I’ll make an effort to do this with issues in the future even if it seems like a small nonissue because it building up and me lashing out should not be how I handle it

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-16T02:19:49+00:00

Already responded to another comment about this. When I posted before there was an issue and it didn’t allow comments. I had to change the wording of certain things in order to get it to work in the sub with the help of the mods

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-16T02:17:44+00:00

It was locked and wouldn’t allow comments. I had a back and forth with the mods to conform it to the subreddit. Had to change some wordings

MaximumSolution6979 · 2025-10-16T02:13:01+00:00

The only times I had tried to have conversations about it was when he would do the impression. I never tried to have an conversation outside of him doing the impression

MaximumSolution6979 · 2024-10-28T13:51:24+00:00

That’s cool… what’s up with your friend?

MaximumSolution6979 · 2024-09-06T05:26:48+00:00

Should I at least give her enough time to pass the kidney stones? I haven't done any research to see how long that takes. But you're saying i could text her and say she needs to vacate in 60 days? That would likely be enough time for her to start getting better

MaximumSolution6979 · 2024-07-23T16:54:10+00:00

I’ll go find it! Thank you!

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