re: My kids still live at home

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Grown people (20ish) and seem to love living at home with the parents.

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They are. It's gross.

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I was ready to go.

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Me too. Never moved back in after HS. It is the natural flow of things.

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Is life outside the parents home more difficult today than yesteryear?

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Yes, but not as difficult as the adult babies will have you think. Education is outrageously more expensive. Housing is significantly more expensive. But people's tastes have also been inflated. Can't tell you how many friends moved into $400K homes they could barely afford or keep clean for their first house. Go back to 1970 and look at the size of the average first home. Kids could absolutely afford that today, if they weren't trying to replicate the standard of living enjoyed by their 50-60 year old parents.

I finished college last December. I moved back home, and got a decent entry level job. My parents haven't affected my life for the most part, so it hasn't been that bad. Living at home allowed me to save my money for a year rather than blowing it on rent. I have been dying to get out and on my own, so saving my money allowed me to buy my first house. I just closed and will be moving in within the next week. I can't really say I would do it any differently if I had to do it over.

My daughter moved back in after undergrad while she got her masters at George Mason. Now she's been teaching in Fairfax County since August and there's a rumor that she is purchasing a condo in the next few months. I hope it's true. She's 28.

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cut the cord

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Chicken

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Wouldn't "kick them out of the nest" be more your speed?

She has the room to herself - her roommate bailed and it’s the biggest one in the dorm. It’s like she won the Lott, and she wants to come home . I don’t get it.

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Actually they are

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I think so to, but I suppose what they consider important I do not.

One of my coworkers just moved out from his parents to his grandparents place. What a move! He's 30 years old, spends all his money on travel, movies, eating out, etc. Mainly entertainment. He's deathly afraid that paying rent will cut into his X box lifestyle and being at the theater for every new release.

my SIL (wife's twin-no pics) still lives with my in-laws and she is 32. She has no desire to leave and they don't make her pay any rent. She has a job, but never has any money so they cover other bills for her as well. My father in law told me that they have named my wife as the executor of their will and have left the house to my wife. I basically told him I wished they hadn't have done that because I know I will have to be the a-hole that evicts my SIL in the event something happens.

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This shite isnt that hard. Being hardheaded and bragging about how "you never looked back after high school" doesn't make you tough. When we look back in 30 years your generation is going to be right, and the people that are in their 20s now are going to be right about a lot of this stuff. Don't forget it is your generation that has zero savings and has pushed this shitty economy and growth.

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And what generation do you think I come from? I don't understand your comment. Anyone living with their parents that don't need to, need to get the frick out and figure it out or they will always be "dependent" like half this country is already.

My daughter is in college and doesn't live at home. My step daughter is 13 and I've already told both her and my wife that if she ever thinks about living at home after college then she's paying rent and there will be rules.

I will help both my daughter and step daughter out if they are on their own acting like adults. I will be up in their shite if they ever think it's ok to live at my house as an adult.

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I think so to, but I suppose what they consider important I do not.

One of my coworkers just moved out from his parents to his grandparents place. What a move! He's 30 years old, spends all his money on travel, movies, eating out, etc. Mainly entertainment. He's deathly afraid that paying rent will cut into his X box lifestyle and being at the theater for every new release.

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We can all think of a few dip shites that are like that. You could probably go back 100 years and those type mooches existed. I work with quite a few younger guys, 18-22 age and every one of them are hard workers. There are a few that may still live with parents in early 20s but they take care of all their own bills and are great guys and workers. As I've said, I have 2 teenagers, one in college, they and their friends all live pretty minimal. They all work part time while in school, pay for their own gas and cell phone, food, etc. None of them drive fancy vehicles, eat at fancy restaurants, etc.

Like I said, it's an overrated thought of people my age and older against today's youth. The same thought where people say kids don't play outside anymore. If adults would get off their cell phones and look up every once in awhile you'd see kids are playing outside just like we did when we were young. But someone made a picture meme once so we all believe that's how it actually is.