Dirty Family Secrets
I laughed.
"Don't be an ass. God! You can be a jerk. Think of how bad her life has been, if this is the greatest thing that has come her way in a long time. She's been on her own since she was 17, been a mom since she was 20. I've had good times and tough times, and I know this can work 'cause you're really a good guy; poor Deb is just desperate for some stability of any kind."
I had been thinking about it a lot, wondering mostly how I'd explain living in sin with two single moms to my parents. Then again, they were a long ways away, and I could always claim it was a purely platonic relationship, just renting out rooms.