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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You're overthinking it.

Parents just want their lives back. Plain and simple.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

When your kids are 18+ they shouldn't be impacting your life that much, assuming you spent the time doing things like chores, boundaries, etc as they were growing up. I moved out at 25. I bought groceries, did yard work, helped clean the house, did my own laundry, etc. I don't care if my kids choose to stay with me past 18.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

The key term is delayed adolescence. Having a 19 year old that has a job, does their own laundry, pays their own bills, etc is different from someone who is still on mom and dad's insurance and phone plans, not paying rent, and not buying groceries.

As an example, at 25 I was working full time and my boss was 10 years older than me. My car insurance went up and I was complaining about it to my boss. Overall he didn't think it was a big deal, but the next day he came in and told me that our conversation had got him thinking. Turns out his parents were still paying for his phone bill and car insurance. A 35 year old man living on his own and his parents were still paying his fucking bills and, icing on the cake, he wasn't aware of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

We don't fit in our house I don't need all three to leave, but I need one of them to. I don't have an office/personal space.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

That's the difference between having an "adult child" and a "responsible adult" living with their parents.

Not every parent has the latter 😂

There are horror stories of adult children abusing their parents and basically taking over to house.

But honestly, even with a responsible adult child in the home, it's not the same as having an empty nest. And I'm sure it works both ways with the adults living at home, feeling like they want their own space and not just shared living quarters.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

We want to have loud, animalistic sex on my kitchen counter at 3pm.