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In reply to the discussion: Boomerang Babies: Record Numbers of Young Adults Live with Parents at Terrible Cost [View all]RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)27. I've had this conversation with my friends before.
It seems to me that, should things continue going the way they have been recently, people should just drop the notion that moving out at 18, buying a house, starting a family, etc, is realistic or ideal.
I live with the rents for now. Most of my friends are in the same situation. We all have jobs, but it makes no sense to squander all of our money on rent when we could be saving some of it.
Live at home, have a decent quality of life. Move out, have absolutely nothing left after your bills are paid. Simple choice, IMO.
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Boomerang Babies: Record Numbers of Young Adults Live with Parents at Terrible Cost [View all]
xchrom
Aug 2013
OP
Just Keep Voting Republican. Keeping Any Of Those GOP Maggots In Power Is A Disaster.
TheMastersNemesis
Aug 2013
#1
Obama's vaunted job creation mostly low-wage, dead-end jobs. Want fries w/that?
Divernan
Aug 2013
#5
Even the term "Job" has lot it's meaning. "Job" used to mean: Able to get out of regular debt,...
BlueJazz
Aug 2013
#7
Sometimes for college grads, "job" means an unpaid opportunity to gain experience.
Quantess
Aug 2013
#52
Bullshit Bullshit Bullshsit - American Business And The GOP Are Responsible For Low Wage
TheMastersNemesis
Aug 2013
#51
I tell boomers, do not try to compare your experience with what young folk are experiencing now
Skittles
Aug 2013
#34
it's true that it's a recent phenomenon. Back to the Waltons would be fine except that
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#11
Hey, let's raise the retirement age again, and cut those Social Security benefits
magical thyme
Aug 2013
#10
While not being able to leave the parental nest probably is a bad thing there is a plus. I am living
jwirr
Aug 2013
#12
A lot of us move out or want to move out because we cannot stand our families.
Gravitycollapse
Aug 2013
#39
I'm from a generation still well-educated enough to catch the allusion to Dickens
Divernan
Aug 2013
#19
My friends from Afghanistan could never wrap their head around the idea that I lived alone
Recursion
Aug 2013
#28