We moved in with my best friend to raise our children together

These best friends are really going through the ups and downs of their lives together.

Drisana Parker, 26, from Tauranga, moved in with her best friend Jade Paul along with her two partners Levi, 26, and Maihi, 25, and the families are raising their children together, Shai, one-year-old, and River, eight months old.

Being stay-at-home moms, Drisana and Jade raise their children like siblings, saying that living together is like having a sleepover every night with your best friend.

With house prices skyrocketing, the best friends decided that living together was the most cost-effective option, and it worked out great for both couples.

Drisana Parker and her partner Levi, left, from Tauranga, moved in with her best friend Jade Paul and her partner Maihi due to skyrocketing property prices. The couples are now raising their eight-month-old sons Shai (right) and River together

Drisana explains: “We both have partners, we are both raising children at the same time, and because mortgage rates and rent are so expensive, we moved in together, which has made everything much cheaper.” It has worked very well because it really takes a town to raise children.

“It’s great that Shai and River are raised as brothers, and now River is a little bit older, they get along so well.” Shai asks ‘where is slime’ so they grow up to become best friends.

‘Also, if either of us needs to go out or something last minute comes up, there is always someone there to look after the children.

“It’s like having a sleepover with your best friend, watching TV together, for example.

Shai, left, and River, in the crib, are just four months apart and are being raised almost like siblings.

Drisana revealed that she turned to Jade for advice during her own pregnancy with River, since her friend already had Shai, right?

‘After I had River, Jade had already had a baby, so being able to ask her all these questions and asking her if things were normal or not was very helpful.

Being a stay-at-home mom can be very lonely, but I was lucky because Jade was here, so I always had someone to lean on. I never felt alone or isolated, which I hear other moms talk about.

“We all hang out every day, bathe the kids and put them to bed together, take turns cooking and having dinner together and watching TV together and sometimes having a drink together.

The two children are being raised by their mothers, who are on maternity leave, and have a shared nursery.

Shai hugging River and Jade with both children on their knees. She said being a stay-at-home mom can be a lonely experience and she’s happy to have her best friend for company.

‘It’s a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house and the kids have a shared nursery, so there’s plenty of space.

We all moved in together when Shai was two weeks old. Our partners live here too, but they do their own thing and we’re both on maternity leave. I’m a radiographer and Jade is a cafe manager.

“To be honest we’re surprised this has gone on this long, I thought Levi and I would be here, we just thought we’d see how it goes and it’s all gone so well I think we’re all surprised it’s working out so well.” well, especially having the kids together.

The idea for Drisana and Jade to live together came up during a discussion over dinner. Something couples never thought would actually happen.

Drisana enjoys some quality time with her daughter River, who was born last year and is being raised by her mother and her friends.

Shai and River playing together at home. Drisana revealed that the idea of ​​moving in together started as a joke, but she soon took action.

Adds Drisana: “We were having dinner with some friends and we were talking about it and joking that we needed people to move in because we had just bought a house and it was expensive.

“We originally thought about just having one of our friends, and then Jade asked if we’d let her and Maihi move in, which we thought would be awesome, and then a few months later after she calmed down, she brought out the topic while she was pregnant and told us she was serious about moving out.

Our friends think it’s cool and they all come to us because that’s where the babies are, so it’s easy to visit all of us together.

“Other friends were worried because they said you shouldn’t live with friends, and even my mother was worried that there would be arguments and things would go wrong, but we’ve been friends since we were 13 and we’ve never had an argument, so if not disagreed, we’re both the ones who figured it out right then and there.

“I would definitely recommend others to do it, but you have to make sure you have a good friendship to be able to do it.”

‘You have to be able to tell them if you’re upset, but especially being all young, I think it’s great and a lot of fun.

“We can also save some money since we only have one child each, but I think if we had more it would be different, but for now it’s the best we’ve done.” He prepared us all for the future and made our lives easier as we also get to stay home a little longer than we would if we didn’t live together because we can afford to.

“It’s given me and Jade the opportunity to be stay-at-home moms, as we didn’t want to miss out on their early years, and financially we’ve been able to do this.”

Read more:

I caused a rift with my in-laws after they asked me to pay for the family’s New Year’s Eve dinner out of my inheritance, and my husband said MY refusal was “humiliating.”

American woman is baffled by Australian shopping carts, before being criticized by Australians for what she calls.

Paramedic reveals the food that causes more choking incidents in children than any other item, and it’s not grapes