💬 At 7 months pregnant I moved to a commune
Mim SkinnerFour months ago we swapped our couple-sized home for a community farm in rural County Durham with six other people and three more babies on the way. Among many other changes for us, the move has resulted in something of a cat hierarchy. The seven that came with the farm’s barn stare resentfully at our newly installed house cat through the kitchen window while she sits on the sofa enjoying the central heating.
It wasn’t a eureka moment that made us decide to move in with others, just weeks before a baby was set to upend our lives for ever but rather an itch that wouldn’t go away: a growingthat grew over the past few years, worries about becoming isolated in parenthood, concerns about rising costs and environmental decline.
Rattling out decisions between six rather than two has meant more communication, weekly meetings, financial spreadsheets and WhatsApp threads but those have become part of our new normal too. By the time we have three babies in the spring our rhythms will be unsettled and resettled again many times. Peter is a permanent resident at a retreat centre in Derbyshire. He moved there, in part, to be near his young son. Between two and six permanent residents here work 16-20 hours per week. helping the space to accommodate groups at the retreat. In exchange for this time their accommodation and bills are covered by the centre’s income. “I absolutely love it.” Peter tellsFor me, what it has really meant is that I’ve had time to spend with my son” Peter says.
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