Grown adult kids at home

[MCFC Wirral]

I moved out at 19 for university but paid board whenever I was working full time. Summer and year off after college.

I ended up back in a share in my early 40’s when I was without a place of my own for five months. It was largely used for doctors doing a course and people who worked in tv / film so it was often empty. For the last two months it was just me and a delightful Irish girl I struck up a friendship with so sharing wasn’t that bad.

I now live alone cash buying a small place somewhere unfashionable. Do what’s right for you.

 

[BrianW]

Now here's a useless piece of information for you (but the kind that I like). That's exactly what happened to John Milton's first wife, Mary Powell. She moved back to her parents after, I think, one month. After some negotiation, she did go back to Milton to pick up the marriage, though. They did have four children (it's what you did, in those times) but I think the marriage was a pretty tense one.

Robert Graves (of I Claudius fame) wrote a novel about it. Wife to Mr Milton. Very evocative if you want a flavour of what life was like during the Civil War. Her family was ruined by the war.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Robert Graves (of I Claudius fame) wrote a novel about it. Wife to Mr Milton. Very evocative if you want a flavour of what life was like during the Civil War. Her family was ruined by the war.

Ah yes, that's one of his lesser known ones. Thanks for the tip. If you think it's worth it, I'll read it. Goodbye To All That I've read over and over, partly because I have an obsession with the Great War.
Milton took a massive risk on the eve of Charles II's restoration, and would by rights have been executed, were it not for the intervention of powerful friends. A stubborn man generally, but especially with women.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I moved out at 19, needed to for my own sanity but it was tough as I was still an apprentice technically, I was lucky that I did foreigners at the weekend to make my wage up, rented a tiny little upstairs flat with my girlfriend and I think her Parents hoped it would fizzle out between us when we moved in together, we struggled but saved up enough to buy a house together and now have two kids... 15 years ago next Month I moved out and would do it all again, even the shit times where we ate beans on toast every night for 2 weeks! We just looked at it as us vs everyone else.

That's the kind of story that everyone likes. Good on you. “Us against the world” — a good few successful marriages have been founded on that.

 

[stevemacca]

have a 24 lad and 21 girl still at home both at uni. lad should be finished his teaching degree shortly and has said will move in with mates once working full time. will miss him as hes city and sports mad in general so have some good banter. daughter is pretty independent but think shell move out once working full time as well. after 30-years of marriage me and wife are going through the process of separating - im paying her out for the house so life will be very different and a quiet household soon

God knows how you'll afford it down under

Just back from visiting son in Melbourne and the cost of houses (and renting) there is ridiculous

£1M gets you nowt

 

[SiMCFC]

That's the kind of story that everyone likes. Good on you. “Us against the world” — a good few successful marriages have been founded on that.

Grandparents fault... They both grew up, Married and had a Family in Droylsden and by all accounts grafted their arses off to look after their kids, they were the ideal role models, old fashioned nowadays maybe but I sort of hope my own kids just see it as normal as well!