Rebecca G.
How common is it for adults over the age of 40 to live with their parents. What seems to be the overall reason for this to occur besides for divorce.
How common is it for adults over the age of 40 to live with their parents. What seems to be the overall reason for this to occur besides for divorce.
I don't know how common it is, but I know of people in their 30s who have done it. Usually because of support reasons. Example, why live alone when you're single, get along with your parents (they don't have a problem with it), they are in the same town, and cost of living would be far less?
I left home when I turned 18 and I've never had to to move back home. I've been blessed and lucky so far.
We moved in with my parents for a few years so that we could take care of them. We'd tried 8 different nursing homes with unbelievably horrible results. We even tried private nurses but found them to be undependable and some stole. I felt like I had no choice but to quit my job because I was exhausted from trying to work full time, figure things out for my parents and care for my own family. I, my husband, our 2 kids, and all our pets moved in w/mom and dad and cared for them until they passed away. It pretty much ruined us financially, but allowing my parents to suffer was worse.
you do what you have to
I wish I could live with my mom again.
I live with my Mom and I'm a 33 year old woman. It came about because of financial difficulties due to COVID but recently her health went into a bit of decline so I think depending on the circumstances it could be beneficial to both the parents and adult child