[Popman]

I have two adult children living at home, one moved back in because she simply could not afford to go it alone...she was "borrowing" a $100.00 a month just to eat, the other is about to turn 22...

Both work and both pay rent and do chores and most DEFINITELY are not allowed to have the opposite sex living here or even staying the night...

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

An acquaintance of mine recently moved back into his parents home (he is 23). He pays rent, which for some reason he thinks entitles him to do whatever the hell he feels like (as in, "I pay rent which makes you my landlord, hence you cannot tell me anything.")

He constantly whines that "he's an adult" and his parents "have no right to pry into the life of another adult." The fact that he lives in their house doesn't seem to factor into his foolish thinking. Never mind members of the opposite sex staying the night, they've told him that he is not to date while living in their home, because dating should only be to lead to marriage, and a chump living in his parents attic obviously isn't in a position to drop down on one knee.

There is a such a sense of entitlement among younger people these days...It makes me worry about how America is going to defend itself with so many weak-kneed, gutless adult-babies.

[donna]

Also, it’s not as safe for young women (young men too now days) to live alone. People are getting crazy.