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hey parents
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 2:18 pm
by Malcolm
Tell your new roommates to take out the garbage.
For the first time in modern history, more 18-to-34-year-olds live with their parents than in any other living arrangement, according to a Pew Research Center report released Tuesday.
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And the stigma seems to be fading.
“I was a little embarrassed; I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, does this mean I’m a failure?’ ” said Kimberly Moser, 24, who moved in with her parents in Culver City, Calif., while she attended graduate school. “But when I tell people, I see it’s more accepted. They say, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s smart; save money.’ ”
Let me save you the trouble. Yes, you are a failure.
When Burt dated someone who was also living with parents, it was tricky. “You’re always trying to schedule times when you can be alone in your house.”
So many Costanza moments are coming to mind, I can't even fathom them all.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 3:15 pm
by Alhazad
On the other hand, GORDON's wife lives with her mom and she seems pretty on-the-ball.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 10:26 pm
by GORDON
“I was a little embarrassed; I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, does this mean I’m a failure?’ ” said Kimberly Moser, 24, who moved in with her parents in Culver City, Calif., while she attended graduate school. “But when I tell people, I see it’s more accepted. They say, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s smart; save money.’
There's a lot of that "all through history multiple generations of families have lived in the same household, it just makes sense" bullshit going around.
The truth is, living independently in this country isn't THAT difficult. Lots of people of average intelligence manage to do it. The peeps who can't need to look in the mirror and think about that.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 7:31 pm
by TPRJones
Multiple generations of families living in the same household being common throughout most of history isn't bullshit. But unless you are still in an agrarian society it's not really as economically necessary as it used to be and is no longer relevant to our modern world.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 10:24 am
by Vince
TPRJones wrote:Multiple generations of families living in the same household being common throughout most of history isn't bullshit. But unless you are still in an agrarian society it's not really as economically necessary as it used to be and is no longer relevant to our modern world.
I was thinking just this. You DID have multiple generations in a household, but it was an advantage to survival and needed at that time.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 11:18 am
by GORDON
It's bullshit because we are no longer living in an agrarian society. Ask any woman how.acceptable it is when a 30 year old man who is.hitting on her still lives with mommy.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 11:07 am
by Alhazad
GORDON wrote:It's bullshit because we are no longer living in an agrarian society. Ask any woman how.acceptable it is when a 30 year old man who is.hitting on her still lives with mommy.
Not sure you want to use young women's opinions as a guidepost to social utopia.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:10 pm
by GORDON
Why not? Women, and marriage, and children, civilize men.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:20 pm
by Malcolm
"Then I did the worst thing of all. I got civilized."
- Richard B. Riddick
Re: hey parents
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:45 am
by Alhazad
GORDON wrote:Why not? Women, and marriage, and children, civilize men.
Civilization is what you bitch about. Secretly you want to put your MIL to the sword and sack her holdings for money and cats.
Re: hey parents
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:17 am
by TPRJones
cats?
Re: hey parents
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:30 pm
by GORDON
To paraphrase Malcolm, what in the jesus tapdancing fuck are you talking about
Re: hey parents
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 1:43 am
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:To paraphrase Malcolm, what in the jesus tapdancing fuck are you talking about
Fair use approved.