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Kellerfeller

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56. I'm a big "get out on your own" fan

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 04:52 PM

Feb 2012

But I would have no problem with the situation you described.

If they left, had trouble, but came back with a better game plan, I could do what you did.

Helping but not enabling. That's good mentoring/parenting.

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Today, 37 percent of men age thirty have never lived away from home [View all] apples and oranges Feb 2012 OP

Talking about 37% of men in Italy snooper2 Feb 2012 #1

And interesting that someone chose to focus on men. snot Feb 2012 #5

Yes it is. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #9

Cue another round of "useless males" memes. Might as well sell my TV and Zalatix Feb 2012 #17

The Italian figure is significantly higher for men than women - about twice as much muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #14

Hi JustAnotherGen Feb 2012 #2

Hi.... I'm actually Italian WilmywoodNCparalegal Feb 2012 #37

Keewl JustAnotherGen Feb 2012 #44

Wow. I didn't realize the percentage was that high. blue neen Feb 2012 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author snot Feb 2012 #4

My Irish cousins never left home before being married in their late 20's, early 30's. Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #6

Hell, I moved out at 17.... WCGreen Feb 2012 #7

Same here. n/t FSogol Feb 2012 #26

each generation of kids seem to get more spoiled than the last WI_DEM Feb 2012 #8

Thats complete and utter bullshit Drale Feb 2012 #11

Young adults become independent later with each generation. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #12

When my uncles were 12 and 13 XemaSab Feb 2012 #47

Enough to stand your hair on end. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #54

We don't let them become independent spinbaby Feb 2012 #49

Mommy and Daddy usually insist treestar Feb 2012 #16

You can thank the sending of American jobs overseas for all the stay-at-home sons nowadays. Zalatix Feb 2012 #18

Is there a limited number of jobs in the world and a number assigned to each country at all times? treestar Feb 2012 #32

I have your one-issue wonder right here, buddy. My statements are 100% on the mark. Zalatix Feb 2012 #35

There are thousands of factors at work here treestar Feb 2012 #45

No, I did NOT say that. However, it's by far the BIGGEST factor, by the sheer number of jobs lost. Zalatix Feb 2012 #52

Or perhaps you could take off your angry glasses MattBaggins Feb 2012 #19

This ignores the reality that a lot of young people are staying home partially to *help.* antigone382 Feb 2012 #21

There's nothing wrong with intergenerational housing lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author WCIL Feb 2012 #27

Spoiled? College used to be a hell of a lot cheaper. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #33

And each generation of old people seems more cranky and crotchety than the last, too. Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #38

If it helps Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #41

it simply cost a lot more money to move out and get a place of your own -and proportionally housing Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #10

Here in America we house our surplus males in prisons. hunter Feb 2012 #13

It's really sad that you comment is actually true MattBaggins Feb 2012 #23

IMO Mr Dixon Feb 2012 #29

"Surplus males" - there's the problem right there. Zalatix Feb 2012 #55

Housing availability treestar Feb 2012 #15

While the job market is certainly a factor--I had to move in with my parents for a while Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #20

I don't necessarily see it as a negative that family-members stay in close contact after separating. antigone382 Feb 2012 #24

My wife and I lived in our own apartment and I was working in a factory at 18 NNN0LHI Feb 2012 #22

Well, that was 40 years ago. originalpckelly Feb 2012 #30

And the factory jobs now are where, exactly? Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #34

Yes. And even I worked in a factory for a day back in 1984. and ur bird can sing Feb 2012 #50

The US has been different due to WW II and high internal migration FarCenter Feb 2012 #25

Wages have stagnated since 1980. Mystery solved. Swede Feb 2012 #28

I moved out at 24 and this was pretty average among my friends. Jennicut Feb 2012 #36

After I graduated from college my mother gave me six months to find a job and get out taught_me_patience Feb 2012 #39

Did we have the same mom? Are we siblings? nt Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #42

Our 36 year old lived away from home for.. Tikki Feb 2012 #40

I've always told my kids that I would be their safety net rainbow4321 Feb 2012 #43

I'm a big "get out on your own" fan Kellerfeller Feb 2012 #56

I'm 31 and never been able to afford an apartment. Initech Feb 2012 #46

The person interviewed in that article treestar Feb 2012 #48

Aside from landing in Rome on my way to Istanbul, MineralMan Feb 2012 #51

It's telling that the author didn't bother to actually say MineralMan Feb 2012 #53

Here down south it is more common for adult children to live with parents. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #57

Something to think about and ur bird can sing Feb 2012 #58