Posted on 06/17/2014 8:29:46 AM PDT by Lorianne
>>I don’t see a problem with adult kids in the house if they go out, get work, work on their education, add to the love atmosphere and pull their weight around the place.<<
Unfortunately that hasn’t been my experience. In every instance that it’s happened (5 times so far, 3 different step-children), they get comfortable and lazy, and therefore lose the ambition to move back out. I end up having to become the hated-by-all-a$$hole in order to motivate them to leave.
Personally, I moved out when I was 17, worked my a$$ off, and never went back home again; so I simply don’t understand the casual nonchalance of this generation.
My son came to live with me for a while.”
My son returned home for two semesters several years ago when he went part-time at work so he could get his Master’s in Technology. Loved having him there. He helped out some with the bills, cooked most of the meals, did his own laundry and kept his room clean. Was nice to have the help.
My daughter and grandson also lived with me for five years. She’s in heaven now and grandson is grown and lives in another part of the country. Kept me young and filled the house with lots of noisy boys. Really miss them and wouldn’t trade that additional time we had together for anything in the world.
The fact that modern parents seem all too amenable to conjugal visits is exacerbating the problem.
What happens when the parents die and leave nothing for the adult sized children to live on?
Failure to thrive is a moral crime.
In days past everyone pulled his/her weight.
Oh I’m sure there were some deadbeats back then too, but I suspect it was far fewer.
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