This YouTube video (uploaded by Jacqueline Elliott on June 20, 2023) narrates a family decision to sell their house and adopt a simpler, more adventurous lifestyle. In this excerpt the speaker describes telling their children they would sleep on mattresses and embrace activities like building pillow forts and camping to become a closer family.
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When we went and we had to sell our house and we went to go sleep on mattresses, we had. They had their rooms, they had their toys. They had their swimming pool. They had everything they wanted. We sat down as a family, said, hey, hey, guys, we're so close. We're such a good family. We're like the best family in the world. You guys always want to sleep with mom and dad. You know how mom is such a pain in the butt? She doesn't let you make a mess. Ever build forts with pillows or anything like that? She always, like, tells you, oh, you can't get this dirty. You can't get that dirty. You can't jump on the bed. Guess what, guys? We're gonna do that every day. We're gonna go sleep on mattresses. It's gon so awesome. Oh, mom like camping. Heck, yeah, I like camping. We're going to be the closest family in the world, and they were okay with it.