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Living at home isn't embarrassing

A lot of zoomers seem to be embarrassed about living at home, I think society emphasizes "independence" way too much. I think families are meant to be close-knit, and even though you give up independence by living at home, you save so much money. It's not shameful at all, the government just wants us to be ashamed of it because they want everyone to be living alone so house prices go up
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Agreed.
I totally understand wanting independence and living on your own but there's nothing wrong with a family unit staying together multigenerationally.
@Pikachu

There actually is something wrong with a family staying together as you say. It's one thing for aging parents to leave their own home and come and live in one of their kid's homes in later life, but it's quite another thing for their kids to have never left home in the first place.

Never be coveted by your parents. Those words are even spoken somewhere in the bible if you're a bible reader, which I'm not.
@swirlie

but it's quite another thing for their kids to have never left home in the first place.

So you assert...but can you back it up?
I know there are people who live with their parents and never get out from under their thumb....but i know people who don't live with their parents who suffer the same and i know people who live with their parents and contribute to the household as an independent adult.

I'm just not sure that you've got sufficient grounds to make a blanket statement about a family unit staying together through generations.
@Pikachu

That's because you don't actually understand what I'm talking about.
@swirlie

So elucidate.
Tell me about how you know that a child staying in their parent's home and contributing to that household as an adult is inherently detrimental.
@Pikachu

You obviously still live with your parents, don't you... 😂
@swirlie

Nope. Not since i was young.
But that was a deflection and we both know it.
Let's try again. You've made a claim...can you back it up?
@Pikachu

You still live with your parents, so stop bullshitting me!
@swirlie

Strike one.
You've made a claim...can you back it up?
@Pikachu

Why do you still live in your parent's basement?
@swirlie

You made a claim, seems like you can't back it up.
You're trying to save face...it's not working.
@Pikachu

How old are you Pikachu? Are you 5 or are you 35 and still living in your parent's house?

Are you male or are you female and still living in your parent's house?

Why are you hiding your age and your gender identity from us, Pikachu?
@swirlie

To review:

Pikachu: You've made a claim, can you back it up?
swirlie: You still live with your paaarents don't youuu!?

lol i recall your user name but i don't remember if i expected better of you or not...
Either way, a bit of a bad showing, bud.😏
And of course that's...

@Pikachu

Why are you avoiding telling us how old you are and what gender you are, Pikachu?
@swirlie

I'll gladly answer that question if you first answer my question: can you back up your claim?
Uh OH! Time to put up or shut up😁
@Pikachu

Your strike 3 bullshit obviously means nothing, just like the words you speak about adult children still cohabitating with their parents. Isn't it time you grew up and stopped living under your parent's umbrella?
@swirlie

lol i have asked very little of you, swirlie. Only that you produce some kind of argument or evidence for the claim you so boldly asserted.
You have stumbled even at that low hurdle.
I've given you several chances to prove yourself to be an honest interlocutor.
You have failed and so you have lost my interest.

If you discover the intellectual integrity necessary to answer my question head on then hit me up.
Until then....🤣👋
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@SW-User

No need to block them. They've made a fool of themselves here.
I don't live with my parents but i don't think it would be an inherently negative thing to do so.
Bandit2398 · 51-55, M
@swirlie adults never know when they are going to go through bad times. There are times I couldn’t work because of medical problems. I didn’t have to move back in with my parents but I did give me money to help me. Why should we be made to feel ashamed of it?
novaguy2u · 70-79, M
@swirlie In Europe you often find three generations occupying the same home. This has been happening for centuries. Are they all wrong too?