Boomerangers: Meet College Grads Who Have Moved Back Home

Quotes from the article show how multi-generational living can be tough on both adult parent and child. From Natasha:

She’s already raised me. She doesn’t have to do it again. I moved back in as a necessity based on the choices I made. As much as I love my mom, when I’m able, I will be out of here.

And from her mom:

It’s a whole change in lifestyle. If I’m perfectly honest, I would love to go back to having my house to myself. But you incorporate (your adult children) into your life rather than stop living.

You can read the whole article here.

I am still partly reliant on my parents despite being old enough to be one myself, a point that my mother never tires of making. “You know that you are going to be 30 this year,” she says. “When I was your age, I was already paying your school fees.”

Gosh, my school fees. What a waste of money that was. Here I am, no more a home-owner than I am a trapeze artist or for that matter a circus elephant, one toe clinging desperately to the very bottom rung of the property ladder thanks only to my mother who bought most of the flat that I live in. Last month she had to pay my gas bill.

The piece is thoughtful and a good read, and you can find it here.

Here are quotes from two Moms in the article:

“In a way, it was easier when you were at university. I could listen from afar whenever you felt like talking to me about your love life, and try to help. But now I see it developing in front of my eyes, and when I give you advice, you ignore it.”

“I get on well with my kids, and their boyfriends are nice, polite people to have around. But it can be frustrating – they revert to how they were as children. It would be nice to see them and their partners make a meal for us once in a while, rather than us cooking for all the extra people all the time.”

Do these sentiments sound familiar? If so, you can read the rest of the article here. And then, you might want to check out the tips you can find in The Hands-On Guide to Surviving Adult Children Living at Home.

Dawn’s story shows that there’s always something a little starnge about moving back in with Mom and Dad. For her, it’s the pink carpet in her childhood bedroom, that reminds her of her childhood “pink phase.”

You can read Dawn’s story here.

You can check out his piece, which appeared in the Denver Post, here.

Cathy can’t find her shorts. She’s looked in her hamper and closet; she’s searched under her bed and carefully shifted through the stacks of clothes littering her bedroom.

“Mom!” she yells, “Have you seen my denim cutoffs?” Her mother replies aggressively, “Those old shorts? I sent them to Poland. Your relatives need them more than you do.”
And so it goes for another twenty-something who has been forced to move back with parents because of rising housing costs and plummeting employment opportunities.

You can read the rest of the article here.

‘I don’t give a [expletive] when you leave, I just need to know you’re [expletive] leaving someday.’

That’s a rough way of putting it, but it’s important nonetheless. Setting a timeline for your adult child’s departure is one of the most important ways you can help them maintain their self-respect — and help you maintain your sanity.

You can read the rest of Justin’s piece here.