Who still has Adult children...............

15 years ago

living with them.

My daughter is home for the holidays and staying until January.

I had posted before how difficult and unhappy she was. Anyway, just wondering how many people still have adult children living at home and how do they get along.

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pattico_gw
15 years ago
ME....it was supposed to be just for a couple of months while they recooped....it's been a year and a half.

Now...while I still love my son to pieces and we have a lot of fun and laughs...

I'd like to have our privacy back...

But then I'd miss him again.

patti
mad_about_mickey
15 years ago
We have a 22 year old who says he never wants to leave....

We are finishing the upstairs to move him up there.

He and I get on each others nerves. If I would never ask him to do anything, he would be happy as pie.
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OklaMoni
15 years ago
Well, sort of?

My 33 year old daughter is living in my "house for sale", the one we moved from this summer, but it hasn't sold yet.

But, to her credit: She is paying all the utility bills.
bigack
15 years ago
We do, We do! Our son, 39, is here, got himself deeply in debt with gambling/emotional problems, nearly put us in debt also, but now he's on meds and counseling and doing much better. We kind of miss our privacy, but he's such a help with the dogs and chores, indoors and out. He's not working, but we hope that will change in spring.
jannie
15 years ago
My two daughters, 19 and 20, still live home. They both attend the local community college and have jobs, so I rarely see them. They come home late at night, feel free to eat food from my refrigerator, use my washer and dryer and take 30 minute showers.
mad_about_mickey
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Jannie LOL I know about the shower thing!! And the food just gets gone. you know you have it some where,
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Jodi_SoCal
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21 year old son still lives at home. He told us when he was very little that he wants to live with us until he's 80. I'm starting to believe him. :-) Actually, he was out looking this last weekend for a house or condo to buy.

Jodi-
enjoyingspring
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15 years ago
Yes, I know too about the 30 minute showers, my daughter makes a lot of money but she doesn't even offer to buy us a "donut".

I don't understand it.
doxiemom
15 years ago
I have 2 grown daughters still living at home. My 22 year old has OCD and Asperger's Syndrome. She is going to the local community college and should have a degree in about a year and a half. My second daughter is 19 and tells me she is never leaving me. She is also going to the local community college. She tells me she will always take care of me so she can't leave!! I think she just likes being lazy at home!!
azzalea
15 years ago
My dd stayed here until she was 26 (she boomeranged back after one semester at the university, and stayed for about another 7 years). It was tough in the beginning, but as she matured, she became much more easy to live with. Once she got her degree and a good job, I expected her to pay room and board. She did--with a little grumbling at first. Without telling her, I stashed that money away with the remainder of her college account. When she needed to buy a new car and would have had to finance $10,000, I lent it to her out of 'her' money--and she paid me back. When she eventually bought herself a condo--I handed over the passbook to her, and she was amazed at the savings she had, without realizing she'd been saving all along.

As far as living with her? For the most part it worked out fine. And I think, in the long run, we're better friends today for having that extra time together. In all honesty, I think, if she'd left when she was an older teen, or young 20's (during that time when kids are so sure they know everything and need to get away from their dumb parents)--I really don't think we'd be as close as we are today.

Sure there are challenges--those interminable showers, the fact that it's hard to tell a 24 year old to clean her room, the 'stuff' they accummulate in hopes of getting their own place... but all in all, I think those years were well worth it for all of us. Not the least of which was the fact that she and her father had a bit of a disagreement when she was 19, and they had time to work through all that, and are closer than ever now.
country_bumpkin_al
15 years ago
My 28yr old son still lives with me! We get along great and respect each others privacy! He's been a tremendous help to me since his Dad died (June 21st). More than once I've come home from work to supper already fixed and the kitchen cleaned up!(he's a great cook BTW!)
softball_80
15 years ago
DD#2 (23) & DD#3 (22 on 12/16) still live with us. Times are different these days; how is a person that young going to get up even the down payment on a $200,000 home, even with college degrees which both have? In this part of the country that's what it takes to live in a safe neighborhood. Call me old fashioned but the prospect of a 4 figure mortgage payment every month for 30 years would scare the (bejabbers) out of me.

One advantage, both are really great with my MIL, their grandmom (lives with us), who is at a point where she can't be by herself; one or the other is usually available to keep an eye on her.

They can stay as long as they want.
vannie
15 years ago
Our son lived here for a year after his divorce and I loved it. He's funny, good company, and would do anything I asked. Between work and running around (you gotta find another girl!) he really wasn't here that much. I was sorry when he left, but it's not natural to live w/ your parents when you're 37 years old!
mimi_boo
15 years ago
All of you are so generous!

I lived at home the first two years of college and again between jobs, but I was expected to pay room and board and abide by all the rules of the house.

Fast foward to 1999 when my mother and I bought a house together and now it has turned around where she needed care - I was happy to assist. She now lives with my brother and his family as they have more people to assist with her care.

Just my opinion, but I'm glad my father required me to pay my own way - and without any "reimbursement" later on. It has taught me to be responsible and independent.

Will any of your children take care of you when it comes time?
kathyg_in_mi
15 years ago
One of our sons lived with us until he was 30. We had to sell the house and move up north to get rid of him, really!
But, he was great, my fridge broke and he bought me a new one. I wanted a treadmill and he bought it. If there was no dinner, or one he didn't like he would eat cereal. Many times he bought pizza for us, or took us out for dinner.
I'd take him back in a minute!
Kathy G in MI
terilyn
15 years ago
We do, our 20 year old is still here, we keep telling him to leave, he does, just for the day, then he comes back! He is mildly autistic, emotional age of about 15, don't know when we'll get him out of here!
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15 years ago
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15 years ago
Carol in Cal.- your dad sounds like us. After watching the 4 children of a neighbor move in and out with them for years, we told our kids they could come home one time. They all did need to come back that one time but then they were able to live on their own. Of course, if one needed a place to stay again we wouldn't have turned them down but they didn't know that.
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My daughter lived at home for several months while she got back on her feet - financially and physically. In early 2007, she donated a kidney to her best friend and I was so proud of her. :) After that, she lived with us for about seven months and saved up to go to college (she was 28 at the time). I loved every moment. It was delightful to have her in the house and I still miss her every day.

I guess it depends on the kids, but I think you're blessed if your children are still living with you. I sure felt like that with my daughter, but she and I were only 19 years apart in age and have always been very close. And she's a good girl and a hard worker. :)
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My 24 year old DS has OCD and Asperger's Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, depending on what expert you talk to. He went to Community College for 2 years but no degree and it is hard for him to work at a job behavior wise. He has lots of quirks and idiosyncrasies. So it looks like he is here to stay forever.

I would love to convert the office on the opposite end of the house into a MIL suite with bath. His BR is right across from ours and he stays up really late and his TV noise drives us crazy. And I would like some privacy at night occasionally too.
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15 years ago
I welcome my kids if they ever need a place to stay. Their rooms are here for any visits, and we love having them. The oldest lived here during the first two years of her first job out of school as the pay was too low to allow for buying a car and rent at the inflated rates here. She eventually moved to a better paying job in a metropolitan area and found what she knew would be true--that her social life picked up from living at home. Our kids are always welcome if they ever need to come home. They all moved out as soon as they could, and we miss them. We also know they will be happier if they are out on their own and prepared to make a living.
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15 years ago
I don't have any grown children living here but am curious what your cut-off age would be for an offspring coming home if they do not have any health problems.
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15 years ago
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Linda Wayman
15 years ago
My ex and I divorced when my dd was 4. The job I had was rather seasonal at the time and I was laid off a lot the first two years. I was 23 and also had legal custody of my youngest brother who was 16 at that time. I had a very hard time. When my dd got married I told her I was in no way encouraging her to ever leave her dh, but I wanted her to know she didn't ever have to stay in a miserable relationship because she had no other place to go. She was and still is always welcome if need be. I also told her if she ever did move back home she was expected to get a job or go to school to train for a job, because she needs to know how to support herself in case something unexpected happens. She has beem married 25 years and all is well, thank goodness.
My mother has moved in with me twice. Once when I was single. It was supposed to be until she could get a job and a place for herself and my youngest sister. Four years later she moved out when she remarried. She moved back in in 2001. Her other option at that time was to live on the streets. She stayed 4 years that time too til she remarried again. Four months after she moved in Anna came to live with us. We adopted Anna. I told her recently I hope she will live at home til she gets through college and saves some money to help buy a place of her own.

I did the same thing for my mother and plan to do the same for Anna as Azzalea did. My mother was giving all her money to my sister to buy drugs, so I started charging her to live with us. I put the money back to save for her in case of emergency.
I will charge Anna rent too with the intention of saving it for her if she chooses to stay home.
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Linda
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15 years ago
Mornie, the absolute ONLY way my kids could ever come back home without a health problem is if they had absolutely no other place to go, but they have to be working. No job? There's the homeless shelter. See how fast they find a job then. If you can't pay me rent, then too bad, so sad go live there. I thought my parents were mean when they said that, and thankfully I've never had to stay at the shelter, but they were right not to coddle us. In my house, when you're done school you have 2 weeks vacation. During those 2 weeks, you find a job. You get your first paycheque and start paying bills, which includes room and board. Nobody gets a free ride and nobody gets their room and board back to them when they want to buy a house or car later on. The bank doesn't give me back my mortgage and I've never had a landlord give me back more than my damage deposit. Kids have to learn the hard way right away or they'll keep coming back for more. I enabled my youngest one by not being tougher on him for the 2 years he was here. When I put my foot down in August it shocked him, but it shocked him into reality.
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sjarz
15 years ago
My daughter who is 20 still lives at home and no sign of her leaving any time soon as she has anxiety issues and rarely leaves the home.
Such a long story I could write a novel about it all but the short of the long is it is such a great worry for me as my own health is not the greatest. If something happens to me I don't know what will happen to her as she is not equipped to live on her own.
Always weighs on my mind and makes holidays like Christmas harder as I always view them as 'one more Christmas and no progress with the DD'.
Suzan J
sjerin
15 years ago
Susan-- has your dd seen anyone (therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist) for this? I have a relative who had a similar issue plus ocd, and has made great strides. The group therapy she eventually went to has helped immensely, as she learned she's not alone and it has been so helpful to talk with others in the same boat. (She was only able to talk in a group after some time, but now loves it.) The hardest thing to do by far, was to make that first appointment.
blueheron
15 years ago
LOL, Linda, that was a good one! I laughed out loud.
sjarz
15 years ago
Sjerin - thanks for asking. My DD has only recently (last few months) agreed that she has a disorder. Up until that time she thought we (the family) were all nuts and were picking on her -
now that she agrees there's a problem, it's going to be a long road to help - she needs to plan an outing for days and can't do anything spur of the moment. She actually did call to make a doctor's appt yesterday, but they were taking a day off, go figure.
I agree with you that therapy and talking or listening to others with the same issues would do wonders for her, but that's a long ways in the future for her, i'm afraid.
Suzan J

Who still has Adult children...............

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