Why do people chose to live like this?

artsy_dragon
When I post these stories from Reddit, it is not to bully anyone. I am just confused on how/why some people chose to live like this.

The girl says that she lives with her boyfriend and her parents. Her parents are well into their 60's and she is a student. She explains how the bath drain is blocked and has been for months.

She says how she had to use a plunger just to take a shower. They have had really bad rain and then drain has now overflown with sewage water.

The house is too dirty, smelly and messey so her parents don't like people in the house. They also have dogs and are horders. She says last year she had to hand wash her clothes in the bath because they refused to buy a washing machine for 3 months when she offered money to help get it replaced.

Her boyfriend seems too lazy to fix and her dad is too old. She is also ashamed of the house and talks about how she's can't wait to finish university and move out.

She asks how to fix it. She says the u bend of something is cloged and they need to clear it out however no one has done this. She is scared to do it herself because she is worried she will make it worse.

She has to scoop the water out of the bath every day as much as she can. Then by the time it has been on for a minute it is already round her ankles.

Saying that she didn't mind it before the sewage water started. That it has been like this for years. He eventually (her dad I think) fixes it months later or gets it replaced. She only remembers one time that people came in to fix something.
Why do people chose to live like this?
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