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re: A pandemic love story you haven’t heard before: Parents and their adult children
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:07 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:07 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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It isn't now either, but the 52% number is pretty simple to figure out. Colleges kicked kids out of student housing and school was online. That's 40ish percent of the demographic right there and they moved home universally. Now include people that leases ran out in expensive cities that moved back home temporarily.
You act as if this wasn’t already happening before Covid, and it absolutely WAS.
It reminds me of people blaming all of BR’s woes on Katrina when the simple truth of the matter is that the infrastructure was already screwed up well before then. It just expounded the problem. I’d say it’s the same with this.
Hey, if you desire to move out and be on your own, Covid sure as hell wouldn’t stop you from doing that. This isn’t Covid related. It’s a generational issue that’s been going on well before fricking Covid hit the scene.
Matter of fact, there’s another problem, and that’s people don’t want to fricking work. What many of them want to do is get high and play video games all day.
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 9:13 am
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Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:22 am to tduecen
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In July, 52% of Americans 18 to 29 years old lived with a parent,
Trump's America
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:38 am to Mike da Tigah
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but It’s a societal problem when young men don’t want to cut the aprons and leave mom and dad’s house to be on their own anymore. It’s not natural.
What's unnatural about it? If you're still early in your career, alot of young people arent really making alot of money just yet. Cost of living only gets more expensive as time goes on. If you want to live in a quality apartment that's not in the hood, and you don't want to worry about your car getting broke into, you will have to pay for that.
Would you rather get an apartment on your own, and basically live paycheck to paycheck, struggling to build up your savings account, while fricking up your credit by going into debt when the struggles of life hit.
Or would you rather live with your folks for a year or 2, build up your savings with minimal expenses, build your credit, and be prepared to buy a house by age 27.
If someone is staying home because they dont want to work but they want to be able to eat mom's cooking everyday. Then yes, that is a huge problem. But if someone is staying home to work and save money to get them straight for the rest of their adult life. I will never see a problem with that.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:41 am to QJenk
All of that is true, especially in big cities where a decent apartment in a reasonable area within driving distance of your work is going to run you $1500/ month.
A lot of folks here live in bum frick Louisiana.
A lot of folks here live in bum frick Louisiana.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:44 am to QJenk
My daughter's job was an early pandemic casualty and we wanted her to come home to ride it out, but all her friends are there and she viewed coming home as admitting defeat. It was the incentive she needed to find another, albeit crappy, job to pay the rent. That job then lead to a much better job a few months later. Proud of her for sticking it out.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:28 am to tiggerthetooth
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A lot of folks here live in bum frick Louisiana
That's never stopped them from telling you how life in NYC or LA works before
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:57 am to tiggerthetooth
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Would you rather someone be homeless and living on the street or living in a car?
Not exactly what I'm saying, but there should at least be an attempt at independence. We have a family who's kid is in his 20's and living at home (not in and of itself awful) but he makes 0 attempt at getting a job and it's causeing serious problems for the couple marriage and well-being in general.
I'm not saying you should get a boot in the arse on your 18th birthday but there should be the attempts to move toward independence. You graduated high school...now go to college, or trade school or find your first job. No reason that within a few years you can't be at least somewhat independent.
Staying home for a few years to build money and a good base is one thing, but some people are living in a state of childhood well into adulthood, and that's just not healthy... I don't care how you spin it
Posted on 6/10/21 at 10:58 am to scott8811
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Staying home for a few years to build money and a good base is one thing, but some people are living in a state of childhood well into adulthood, and that's just not healthy... I don't care how you spin it
Has one single person argued any different?
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:17 am to Mingo Was His NameO
The guy I was responding too cited Asian cultures intergenerational living while pointing out how much better they do.....so yea I kinds too it as that lol
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:23 am to tduecen
I just recently moved close to my dad again, splitting time for now but have been able to swing by and help when he needs some, eat dinner at their house a couple times a week when I am in town.
It has been awesome
It has been awesome
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