Adult children living at home

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by SacredFaerie

My feeling is when you pay for lodging (other than a hotel) you pay to have some say (within reason) of your domain.

I agree. Even if you are an adult child living with your parents, you should all sit down and set ground rules. If you can't agree on terms, then live somewhere else.

[Well Spent]

Treat others the ways you want to be treated: with kindness, dignity, and respect. Be nice to your kids. You might be asking to live with them someday.

[pearlieq]

Originally Posted by Well Spent

Be nice to your kids. You might be asking to live with them someday.

This is a VERY good point. Sometimes parents, in their zeal to raise self-sufficient children or in their eagerness to enjoy the post-kids phase of their life, are a bit less supportive or considerate than they could be.

As we learn to extend people's lives, they often need more care and spend more time needing support. Care is very expensive and a lot of it falls to children. There's a good chance you're going to be asking a lot of your child someday--keep that in mind when you're forging your adult relationship with them.

[Hot dog]

I was gonna say the same thing. Good point Well Spent. My kids always tease bout puttin me in a home someday.

[disneysteve]

Haven't you ever seen the bumper sticker?

Be nice to your kids. They will be choosing your nursing home someday.

[SacredFaerie]

Originally Posted by disneysteve

I agree. Even if you are an adult child living with your parents, you should all sit down and set ground rules. If you can't agree on terms, then live somewhere else.

Yep yep yep.

Originally Posted by Well Spent

Treat others the ways you want to be treated: with kindness, dignity, and respect. Be nice to your kids. You might be asking to live with them someday.

Exactly. Check yourself before you wreck yourself and your retirement days.