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Being 30 and Living With Your Parents Isn’t Lame — It’s Awesome
Time Moneyland ^ | May 31,2012 | BRAD TUTTLE

Posted on 05/31/2012 6:41:01 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Just how much of a bummer is it to be well past the age of adulthood and still living under your parent’s roof? As this living arrangement grows increasingly common, the perception is that it’s not so bad after all. In fact, living with mom and dad can be pretty sweet. According to a new survey, young adults who live with their parents are nearly as likely to say they are satisfied with their housing situation as those who live on their own.

The Great Recession has brought with it a reevaluation of the American Dream, and even whether a college degree is worth the money. Now, the idea of living at home with your parents isn’t associated with failure or a lack of achievement. More likely, young adults living with their parents are thought of as victims of unfortunate circumstances, with plenty of good company.

They may also be considered to be pretty smart customers: At the very least, they weren’t foolish enough to buy a home that they couldn’t afford—and that promptly declined in value by 50%. That’s what so many adults, young and old alike, did five or so years back. To homeowners who are deeply underwater or facing foreclosure, living debt-free in your parents’ home must sound like a nice possibility.

(Excerpt) Read more at moneyland.time.com ...


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To: Maceman
some parents won't like this,but some will....if your kid helps with expenses, is fun to be around, to talk to, and works, then its ideal if Mom and Dad are okay with it...

it used to be that adults stayed longer with the parents and its very common in other countries in Asia for example...

everybody thinks we're supposed to be like "Friends" with pretty girls and handsome boys living the high life in an apartment....that is NOT reality....

If the SHTF I've already told the adult kids that they could live here with their spouses and children....they won't like it, maybe we won't either, but families do what they have to do...

I had four brothers and one sister in a smallish home but we still took my grandmother in, with her own room....it meant tripling up in some rooms but families do what they must do...

61 posted on 05/31/2012 6:31:31 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Hojczyk

Their parents should kick the lazy leaches out on the street!!!


62 posted on 05/31/2012 6:35:38 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: fortheDeclaration

“has sunk down to on”

Yeah, I see what you mean.


63 posted on 05/31/2012 6:38:34 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: Hojczyk
Personally....I'd love it if my girls came back home.

But of course they have lives..good jobs, and wouldn't come back.

But I'd take them back in a second....

64 posted on 05/31/2012 6:39:42 PM PDT by Osage Orange (God is my Co-Pilot.)
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To: mamelukesabre
I am amazed at the level to which the average intelligence level has sunk down to on FR.

Put in the entire statement.

Now you can add intellectual dishonesty to your inability to read as well.

65 posted on 05/31/2012 9:02:47 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: fortheDeclaration

Poorly written


66 posted on 06/01/2012 10:53:24 AM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: mamelukesabre

It reads a lot better when you put in all of the words, which you chose not to do.


67 posted on 06/01/2012 1:10:05 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: mamelukesabre
I am amazed at the level to which the average intelligence level has sunk down to on FR.

I guess you don't do much reading and it may appear a bit complex for you.

Maybe that is why you didn't know the meaning of the word 'Independent'.

68 posted on 06/01/2012 1:19:18 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Martin Tell

Interesting how the MSM can revise their perception of Obamaland.

Just like the terms that disappeared from the MSM in Nov 08:

McJobs
homeless problem
recovery for Wall $treet but not Main Street


69 posted on 06/01/2012 1:28:01 PM PDT by nascarnation
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