It’s kind of a trick question. Not many get married any more.
I’d like to see the results broken down differently. 18-22 year olds are adults, but college students often consider their parents’ home their primary residence, returning there during the summer until graduating.
If it’s the same results for 23-34 year olds it’s more distressing.
...8 years of prosperity... (libs favorite
line deceiving Americans)
I lived at home after college and during and after grad school until I married. Mostly everyone I knew, with a few exceptions, did the same. It’s just what we did.
My kids, two of whom have graduated college and are working in their fields and making good money, also still live at home. Why move out? It’s far cheaper here in NJ to live at home. Two youngest in college still live at home (one lives at school during school year).
One of mine is getting married in September and she and her fiance (who is a physical therapist) still live at home. Why waste money paying rent?
THanks Obamaeconomy!
I must be lucky. Once my girls hit college, home was the last place they wanted to get stranded. They usually had the summer jobs lined up by March conveniently away from home.
I always tell them they are welcome to stay if needed. But there are expectations. Sounds tough but they have tougher expectations of themselves than I do.
Our deal with our son was as long as he was in school, he could live at home for free. His tuition was free due to merit scholarships and TA in Grad school. He chose to commute 35 miles each way and so living at home, he incurred no debt (it helps to have multiple universities in our area.)
His dad had told him from the beginning that graduation was his “launch date.” But as long as he was in school, he could live at home, no cost for rent or board, and to consider school “his job” so we helped him with reasonable day to day living expenses.
“But he beat us to the punch, and moved out 6 months before he earned his Masters at 21, got married at 22, bought his first home at 25, and he and his wife had their first child when he was 28.
We don’t claim any credit for his success, he was/is a hard worker and his perseverance has paid off in his education and now in his job advancement.
And let me add that he was not alone in this type of success, many of his friends are in similar situations with professions ranging from Community
College Prof, Engineers, Captain in the Army...all these kids got through college, under grad and graduate in a timely manner, got married, bought houses, have jobs that allow them to work and their wives to be stay at home moms,, etc. I don’t know if these kids are outliers from the supposed “norm” that is stated in articles like this, or if it is some sort of “fake news” type of reporting. The only thing these kids do have in common was they were all homeschooled through 9th grade, and then started at Community College in 10th grade.
The slacker generation.
I’ve got one out of the nest at 19, one who will likely be gone later this year at 20, and another who’s chomping at the bit to leave at 18.
No slackers in this house.
Good stories here.
My son is going to be in his third year of a Criminal Justice degree. He lives at school and while he appreciates the time he’s at home he wants out ASAP after he gets out of school. We’ll see. If he stays here until he gets settled he’s paying his food bill.
I hate these types of polling or whatever it is. The people in the 60’s and 70’s got married at 22 (about). We’ll you guys were late as well considering the people in the 30’s and 40’s got married at 15-16.....so you guys were slackers in comparison.
The Antifa-SJW living in Mommy’s basement is real, not just a stereotype. They are pathetic oversized children who never grew up and don’t have the basic life skills to take care of themselves - just to destroy.
Our neighbor’s son who is around 25 or 26 still lives at home. He has a big diesel truck that requires about ten minutes to warm up (or so they say)and every time he starts up the truck I turn to my wife and say shouldn’t be be married by now and moved out?
He has a job, works and I assume is well paid, why he would want to live with his parents is a mystery to me.
Tote up the cost of living independently in constant dollars and see if there isn’t an explanation there.