If you did, how did you handle it?
2007-09-16 16:48:51 · 17 answers · asked by KelC 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This may not be the answer you're looking for; it's from the perspective of a parent with grown children who have moved out and in and out.
Once you've been on your own, you've learned some things about how hard it is to make ends meet. You should talk with your parents about that. Let them know how much you appreciate all they have done to support you all your life.
Try to be different than you were when you were still a "child."
Think of this as a partnership, and ask them to delegate one or more of their household chores to you, so that you can feel that you are contributing. If they do not ask for any room and board, then "pay" them by bringing home groceries on a regular basis.
This will make you feel less needy; it will make them feel less used; and it will mean that you all respect one another more.
Hence... they will be more likely to treat you as an adult, not as a child. And hopefully, they will not feel they have the right to tell you what to do.
Still... if you live with a person, you should try to be responsible enough to let them know where you are going, and if you won't be home all night, please let them know you are safe, etc. That's just common courtesy.
2007-09-16 17:04:53 · answer #1 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 years ago my husband and I moved from Florida back home to Kentucky and when we did we stayed with his parents until we found a house that fit our budget we were there for 6 months! We spent Christmas there and everything! Our kids slept on a couch that we had moved into our bedroom and when we did a list for Santa about a week before Christmas all my little girl asked for (she was 5) was a bed! I cried so much over that! We still lived there until April after that but we stared switching out the couch and the bed with the kids so they could rest better!!!
It wasn't a horrible experience, but we were ready for our own place again! We moved into our new house the night of the closing at the bank and lived there for a week with no electricity! We loved his parents for al they did but........we were ready to be a family the way we do things!
2007-09-16 23:54:45 · answer #2 · answered by in His image 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a 55 year old woman who moved in with her mother about 5 years ago. I had nowhere else to go and she is old and needed some help with things.
I have known lots of people who moved back in with their parents. It can be a smart thing to do for lots of reasons.
Mostly you save a LOT of money. It costs too much in most places now to rent an apartment.
Also, it can be very good for people to be close to their parents.
I used to not get along at all with my mother but now that we are both older we get along great. The first year I lived here she thought she could keep on being a b---- to me but finally she realized she needed my help and started being nicer. Now she appreciates me and we are good friends. The first year was horrible though, the way she verbally abused me like she used to when I was young. I have a much better life by living here than I would if I tried to live alone, since I save so much money. I was able to buy a new car, wear lots of new clothes, and take lots of vacations which I would not be able to do if I lived alone.
2007-09-16 23:56:59 · answer #3 · answered by mugurelriscuta 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes! It was very difficult at first. All of a sudden you have no time to yourself or privacy. First few weeks was full of arguments but after that we sat down and talked and then it was ok. Miss my own space though! It was tough having "rules" again!!
2007-09-16 23:53:43 · answer #4 · answered by Jason D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...actually that was when my hubby was transferred and affective immediately..so we didnt have time to house hunt..we moved in with my parents for about a week and all our stuff was in storage...then we went to a hotel and later on we got a house..about 20 miins from where they are....wasn't so bad..my parents aren't so nosy...and they value my privasy and i theirs...we dont like to invade their space and they dont do it to us...but in certain emergencies..they are the best and they're always there...
2007-09-16 23:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by mysteryprincess_23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and it was NOT much fun. Thank goodness I am back out in the real world again
2007-09-16 23:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by pikachocobo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I probably should have. My youth wasn't very nice and maybe it would have been if I tried to rebuild a relationship with them. Oh well, another bridge that's long gone and can't be crossed.
2007-09-16 23:52:58 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. E. Bunny A.K.A. Andy. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did, once. I was 17. I went to the grocery store that night, and realized I wasnt quite ready. (((97.00????))) 3 years later I left, and havent been back since.
2007-09-16 23:52:18 · answer #8 · answered by Bistro 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never did, once I moved out, I was on my own and loved every minute of it.
2007-09-16 23:52:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
god no, but I did move into my girlfriend's Mother's house until I was financially stable to afford an apartment, so I guess it is not any better
2007-09-16 23:54:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋