Me and my husband can't agree on living arrangements. Can our marriage stand a chance of surviving?

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Turquoise
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Me and my husband have been living seperately from each other since last week and I am starting to feel stressed and depressed. I am currently staying with my grandfather until I can save up enough money to leave. I just found a job close to my grandfather's and working part-time at the moment. Before I came to my grandfather's I was staying with my husband, mother in-law and my husband's eight other siblings. I ended up leaving my mother in-laws because I did not feel comfortable or welcome. Me and my husband are newlyweds and have only been married a month and have been together four months all together so I've only known his family for a month before we got married. My main issue is with my husband's mother and grandmother they automatically did not accept me since the first day they met me. They like to talk, gossip and say nasty; rude things behind back when I am not around and stir up unnecessary problems between me and my husband almost almost as if they're trying to sabotage our marriage but they say they like me and accept me as The day before I left my mother in-laws I tried to calmly and politely confront my mother in-law about her intruding in our marriage and talking about me behind my back and before I knew it she got loud with me and pointed her finger towards my face telling her son he needs to divorce me or leave her house. My husband did not take up for me and joined in with his mother and I felt like and outsider. My husband is still at his mom's house and is upset I won't come back. I can't even call and communicate with him without getting into an argument it's been this way between us since I stayed with his mom. He said his mom invited me to come back to live with her but I'm not sure if I want to go back. I told my husband I do not feel comfortable staying with his mother again but he says I should go back and tough it out and if I love and care I would stay there with him. But I don't think I'm wrong for feeling the way I do. Me and my husband can't agree on anything. I want us to live independently as a married couple but it seems like he's not really that motivated to move out his mom's and seems extremely comfortable there. Everytime we get on the phone he tries to get me to come back to his mother's I say how I feel about it and it always leads to arguments. I feel like I'm being completely shut out and my feelings are being ignored. It's gotten to the point where I don't know if I can even talk to him. He is disabled and receives SSI 750.00 a month his mom and grandma get a portion of it his grandmother is also his payee and controls his money. My husband has a disability where he can't stand or walk for more than four hours which makes it hard for him to find work. I've been living on my own since age 19 and now I'm 22 and I only ended up in this situation because I was in between jobs at the time we got married. But it's different for my husband he is 25 and hasn't lived on his own yet and I believe there is something keeping him there at his mom's. I remember him saying that he feared moving out and losing his SSI and putting his grandmother in jeapordy since she is his payee? It's frustrating because it seems like we're not on the same page. I just want us to live independently as a married couple and have our own space and privacy to do what we want. I'm really starting to think I rushed into the marriage but I really want to fight for our marriage.
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UnicornSag- Before marriage I had my own place and my husband moved in with me at the time. We ended up having to leave because I couldn't afford rent due to leaving my job at the time. I only left my last job because the distance was too far since I don't have a vehicle I had to take public transportation and walk 60 minutes to that job everyday which became harder once winter came around. I now have found a better paying job and it's closer.
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Ok didn't read all the other comments BUT im just curious why not move in the two of you somewhere? AND why are YOU the only one saving? It sounds like y'all are working independently and not as a unit. This is troublesome for the fact that you're married and so I would think that he should be in this with you every step of the way planning and working towards having your own place.

I do think it sounds as though y'all needed more time to get to know each other well before y'all married but as one comment said thats done now.

Do you feel as though you're in it together? Do you feel he is working towards you two having your own place as well? If not you may want to talk to him and find out why. I am not married but if I were I wouldn't want to be left holding the bag when things get difficult.

If I were you I would want to see where his heads at and with that information decide if I wanted to stay in the marriage.

I wish you the best im sorry for all that you're going through
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Posted by Turquoise
UnicornSag- Before marriage I had my own place and my husband moved in with me at the time. We ended up having to leave because I couldn't afford rent due to leaving my job at the time. I only left my last job because the distance was too far since I don't have a vehicle I had to take public transportation and walk 60 minutes to that job everyday which became harder once winter came around. I now have found a better paying job and it's closer.
Sounds like the plan was always to live in your own place. But you losing your job set things back.

It’s great your now earning more and commuting less. That’s ideal! Just get some savings and look for another space.
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Posted by Turquoise
@Lady Neptune- His mother stays in a house but I don't feel like we got any privacy or quality time together especially with my husband's eight younger siblings staying there. Intimate times were terrible and uncomfortable I couldn't even attempt it especially with one of his siblings always barging in which was embarassing
Is there a garage you can convert for the two of you?

Space on the lot to add a prefab 1bd?

Or rent a house for the mother and siblings and move them out so you two can move in.