Discussion»Questions»Home and Garden» Imagine a relative of yours or a close friend is about to become homeless and you've offered him/her to live at your residence.
Heck no!!! I have relatives who are homeless (right in this very town). If I ever offered him or any other family member to stay here (which I never will), I would have some rather semi-strict conditions. My house is neither a homeless shelter nor a motel.
When writing, I would suppose redundancy and internal contradiction could be used to suggest the concept is nebulous at best in the writers mind or that the writer could not find a precise word to convey his meaning.
We have been in that situation more than once and yes we did require conditions...pretty easy ones. No drugs, no druggie friends, would need to work or at least be trying to get a job. One moved in but out very quickly the job was going to take 60% of his check for child support and he could not have that so he moved to another town where he knew people who would pay cash.
Another did not move in because of the no drugs and no druggies...also was offered same deal to live a child of theirs but could not take it either.
Very sad to watch but there is nothing you can do for people who will not help themselves.
Shuhak 