It is a point of interest for sure, and I'm pretty certain we all know why.
Interesting, also, is that the several who work for me are not liberal. Two of them still live with their parents though. I guess that's a thing too, with that generation.
That bugs me.
Ooo, you hit on a topic I enjoy.
The living at home thing, it irks a lot of people, but I can’t help but wonder if it’s just a reversion to the way things used to be. A contraction of a historical blip.
So how long ago was it assumed a person was automatically out of the house at 18, maybe since WWII? So about 60-65 years? That’s not all that long. It’s about as long as pensions existed, which are economically nonsensical, but were normalized and took a while to phase out.
So going to college, never coming back became normalized, but what if it’s not economically advantageous short term? Let’s do the math. You’re going to end up with minimum $600 a month in costs between rent and bills, and $700 is more likely still on the low side. So that’s $7,200 or $8,400 on the low end to just feel like more of an adult.
If one of you’re kids said I’m spending $7,200 a year to feel more like an adult, you’d tell them to be responsible. I see a measure of responsibility, using an unused room. You can’t just be a drain, but I think it’s an outlier only in a recent historical term.
(To be clear, this is in a short term world rather than a long term. If you’re home a year or even six months, you best be helping out in a big way.)
