Agreed.
It’s not wanting to adjust to a lower lifestyle.
The common reply is that they can’t afford to live on their own, but what goes unsaid is that the reality is that some of them can’t afford to live on their own ALONE.
Roomies are always an option. And I’m sorry, but there is often a world of difference in rate of maturation between someone who lives away from his support system, even if it’s with roomies, and someone who is still at home.
And there’s also a world of difference between someone who gets a little temporary support from his parents to “fill in the gaps” in the case of loss of employment or whatever and someone who is still being babied 24/7.
Growing up is a series of steps. And many people in the younger generations (including many people of my generation, the millennials) are not completing all of them. Doesn’t bode well for the future.
Both my sons had roommates when they first left our home. I think that actually helped them mature faster as they had to adapt to different people in a close setting. I guess I raised them right as both of them complained about their roomies being "slobs" and lazy. They've since moved on to their own places.