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I came across an interesting press release about a new website for parents who are dealing with immature adult children, called SurvivingAdultChildren.com. It sounds funny that there is now a support group for parents whose adult children still live at home with them, but as we’ve heard it is more and more common for Gen Y’ers to come back h
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01.30.09
"If you live at home, you should pay “rent and utilities” to a money market account"
Or possibly to your parents, since you're part of the household that is using the utilities.
01.30.09
As one who left home at 21, and came back twice (albeit briefly), I can understand both sides of the issue. However, one simple issue that I never see brought up by those who endorse it: the strain (both money and otherwise) that it puts on your parents, and compensating them accordingly.
It seems like most Gen-Y'ers (not the slacker 26 year old in that video) are gracious about living at home, but don't take into consideration what their parents have in store. Why is it assumed that it's OK to come home? Maybe they want to downsize their home to save on expenses, but can't since you're there. Maybe they want to catch up on the "fun" that they couldn't when you were a kid.
Simple solution? Pay rent + living expenses directly to your parents. Food costs are still high, heating and electric isn't cheap, and that room that you are taking up could be better served for something else. If you're not willing to do that, then you're not mature enough. End of story.
01.30.09
Parents should be responsbile. You never got a choice to enter the world or not. They are responsible for LIFE
01.30.09
Anonymous sounds like someone who tried to move back home to freeload off their parents, but got tossed out when they wouldn't pay Anonymous' way. Apparently Anonymous thinks that parents owe children lifetime support at their expenses, and is pissed that it's not happening for them.
Would you like a little cheese with that whine?
01.30.09
I've never understood the idea that people move home because it is somehow "easier." I lived at home for 15 months after college, and it wasn't fun, by any means. I lived there while I looked for a job, temped, and then did an academic program to bolster my credentials.
But think about it, when you live at home, it's hard to entertain. I couldn't (and wouldn't!) have my boyfriend stay over. I paid my rent in guilt trips. I had to be in the middle of my parents' relationship problems. I became my mother's new best friend. (Which is good in some ways, but when you're alreaady lacking privacy, and then your mom wants to share everything...) And I have no idea how there are kids whose parents don't expect them to pitch in on the housework when they move back in. Not to mention expenses.
For me, moving home was a necessity, not an easy way out. I couldn't wait until I finally had my own place, could build my own social life better, and could live my life without my parents knowing everything that happened.
01.30.09
Wow, Nicole you took the words right out of my mouth. When I lived with my fiance and his parents it was not easy. We became complacent and they liked having us around but we were always caught in the middle of their issues (which, if you're wondering, had nothing to do with us). Now that we have moved with my mom it is even harder because we have a house that we all bought together but she's having a hard time accepting the fact that she's living with adults now. We cannot wait to get away from it all but to be quite honest, in the end, we need each other right now. Funny how that works...
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