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I still live with my parents and love it.

If the parents don't have a problem with it, I say go for it. Living conditions aren't what they were 20 or 30 years ago.
 
Gary said:
If the parents don't have a problem with it, I say go for it. Living conditions aren't what they were 20 or 30 years ago.
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years ago(about 20) I wouldn't have agreed but given the cost of driving a new car and buying one and or used and college and other expenses its not easy for them to live on their own and do all of that.

a used car for 5 grand is usually a clunker.
 
I moved back in with my mother after my last divorce back in 1988 and lived with her for ten years because I could not afford to live on my own and I paid her rent and bought my own food. My mom and I are like girlfriends more than mother and daughter as she is my best friend in whom I can always depend on and she can always depend on me even now that I am happily married and have our own place. We enjoy each others company and can always talk about anything.
 
Been living with my mom for 4 years now since my divorce because I cant afford to live on my own.But she says she loves having me here.I have been trying to save to try to get out but I dont make much and its so expensive to both have a car and a place.
 
When I was a kid and teenager, I thought I'd be independent by now. Then reality hit: school is expensive. Mentally ill people who get driven out of school and go crazier don't have what it takes to live independently.

I recently turned 30, and I live with my parents. They keep back a little bit of my disability money, but that's more for me than for them. They bought me a decent car, buy me decent clothes, etc. Drives the neighbors crazy, since they used to be able to pick on me mercilessly.

Anyway...I think it really depends, blah blah blah, but the reality of the economy is...its hard to live independently. You often need some kind of degree, which usually=debt for somebody. Then you work a job at which, odds are, wages are stagnant (or falling)...if you can get a job, that is. Lots of people can't. Even if you get one, you may well be part-time or under-employed. Or laid off when things get rough :-(

I read somewhere that the old American Dream was gradual improvement in standard of living in each generation. So, your kids live better than you did, their kids do better than you, on down the line. The reality is that its harder than ever for people just to maintain a decent lifestyle, much less progress over the generation that came before them. Some European countries, thanks to carefully planned tax laws and other regulations, have more upward mobility than we do :-( .
 
Christ_empowered said:
When I was a kid and teenager, I thought I'd be independent by now. Then reality hit: school is expensive. Mentally ill people who get driven out of school and go crazier don't have what it takes to live independently.

I recently turned 30, and I live with my parents. They keep back a little bit of my disability money, but that's more for me than for them. They bought me a decent car, buy me decent clothes, etc. Drives the neighbors crazy, since they used to be able to pick on me mercilessly.

Anyway...I think it really depends, blah blah blah, but the reality of the economy is...its hard to live independently. You often need some kind of degree, which usually=debt for somebody. Then you work a job at which, odds are, wages are stagnant (or falling)...if you can get a job, that is. Lots of people can't. Even if you get one, you may well be part-time or under-employed. Or laid off when things get rough :-(

I read somewhere that the old American Dream was gradual improvement in standard of living in each generation. So, your kids live better than you did, their kids do better than you, on down the line. The reality is that its harder than ever for people just to maintain a decent lifestyle, much less progress over the generation that came before them. Some European countries, thanks to carefully planned tax laws and other regulations, have more upward mobility than we do :-( .
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said country aslo don't pay for their defense, we do. ie Denmark. nato is basically the u.s with some other assistance. uk and france are the two others that can project as we can with our might. that is why im for letting Europa deal with Russia first.
 
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