A FAMILY-OF-FIVE living in a one-bedroom apartment have hit back at people who think videos about their home situation is “satire”.
Mum-of-three Meg regularly shares clips of her small but cosy abode on her social media pages.
Mum-of-three Meg took to TikTok to hit back at people who said they thought their living situation was “satire”[/caption]
But one person commenting on a recent TikTok video couldn’t believe they were all having to live in such a small space.
“Please tell me this is satire,” they wrote.
Meg then responded to the remark with another video, as she insisted it’s very much “real life”.
“This is not a satire,” she said.
“I don’t know if you’ve seen house prices lately, but it’s bonkers. and until that changes, this is what we got.
“This is what we’re working with here, and it’s plenty of space for us.”
Meg turned the camera to show the flat in more detail – with a bunk bed at the far end of the sitting room, behind a sofa.
There’s also a cot for their youngest down the other end, and two pull out kids’ chairs that turn into single beds if needed.
Meg and her other half sleep in the apartment’s one bedroom, inside which they have a large bed.
And she added that they’re doing their best to save as much money as they can to be able to afford somewhere bigger, but at the moment, this is all they can manage.
She also said that while they’ve got lots of professional qualifications between them, they don’t have any “generational wealth”.
“There’s nobody in our family that has land that we can just go build on, although that would be nice,” she explained.
“We are from the ground up, and I think we did a pretty damn good job considering the economy right now and where we’re at.”
They’re also doing their best not to be frivolous with their money and spend it on things like expensive holidays.
“We are saving,” she continued.
“We’re being smart with our money so we can get land one day and build on it.
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“But for now, this is what we got.”
In the comments section of the TikTok, Meg was inundated with people asking why they had chosen to keep the bedroom for themselves, rather than putting the kids in there.
“I’ll never understand parents not giving kids the bedroom,” one wrote.
“Why not give the kids the bedroom and get a sleeper sofa?” another questioned.
“As a mum who has a large family and a small house, I get it,” a third commented, adding: “However, I don’t understand the choice to not give the children the bedroom.”
“Kids should have the room, and the parents bed should be behind the couch,” someone else agreed.
However, others hit back at the criticism, and insisted Meg and her family are making the most of what they have.
“I guess low income people aren’t allowed to have kids??” one raged.
“What is wrong with these comments?
“Beautiful clean safe home for your kids. Good work!”
“Normalise not being able to afford a huge house,” someone else wrote.
“At least your space is clean and safe.”
“These comments are so crazy!!” a third marvelled.
“I think you guys are doing great.
“Clean home, organised, babies are well fed, at least you’re saving for a home and land.
“You will get there soon. Keep doing amazing.”
Meg also responded to the backlash in another clip, as she insisted the reason she and her other half have the bedroom instead of the kids is because she’s been recovering from brain surgery, and needed the space to try and recuperate following the operation.
And she insisted they’re doing their best to make the most of their home[/caption]