Moving in with parents becomes more common for the middle-aged

[alarimer]

34. I'd rather swim with sharks that live with my family.

I can't imagine what kind of living hell that would be. No privacy. Never getting to do your own thing (TV, music, etc) NEVER, EVER having alone time. Every waking moment, someone else in your space. I know I'm talking about kind of minor things here.

For people touting this as a return to "the good old days" when everyone lived on top of each other- what made this good? People live in larger family groups because they can't afford to do anything else, but give them money or the means to live on their own and that's the first thing they do. That tells me a lot about how "wonderful" this system is.

As someone pointed out, with regard to Social Security, as soon as people could afford to live independently, they did. As soon as people got job and could support themselves, they did the same thing. There is a reason for that.