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Break up with her?

Have a chat to your landlord, and arrange to have a couple of angry steroid heads throw her and the kid out on the street with no notice at all, preferably when it's really cold, and they're starving (Yes, I am joking, and here's my ;) to prove it).

Honestly, I don't know what the problem is. If you want to end the relationship, just do it. She's a single mother, so she's certainly a lot more concerned about her kid than her relationship with you (and rightly so). You're the one making a big deal about nothing. Have you actually talked with her? Honestly, you sound like a teenager with all this commitment-phobia nonsense. Just talk with the girl if you think it's going too fast. I'll bet 5-1 that she'll be cool about it. You helped her out when she really needed it, and whatever happens, she'll be grateful to you, no matter what happens with the relationship. She's a single mother, and her priorities are different than yours.
 
My situation with the SO is FUBAR right now. Single mother who I haven't known that long. She had plans to move that fell through at the last minute. Was about to become a homeless single mother. I have a very cool landlord who had a unit open next door. She was able to get keys the same day to move into the place. I felt like I had to help her.

But now that she's living in the same building as me I'm panicking. I want to run as far as I can. It's one thing to spend the night every night. It's another to live in the same building and compete for parking spaces.

One reason not to run is that she's good for 5 heads at every gig for my originals band. A small part of the crowd, but valuable.

What would you do? Feel like I ****ed up badly by trying to keep her and her kid indoors.

That you feel bad about saving a single mother and her child from becomming homeless is a bit odd.

Youre not obligated to stay committed to her just because she lives next door.
 
Im not! Im just pointing out that with his gf living next door the OP has a standing invitation to her kids left over pizza.
Thats what they feed single mothers and their kids these days, right?

No man, the government takes all the money that we work so hard for, and gives it to single moms so they can buy mt dew and skittles for their kids.