Quote:In this economy, and the way the housing market is, staying at home is becoming a better economic solution. 

My mother-in-law paid off our house when we had it built (I inherited the house from my grandmother, and it was falling apart).  We ended up paying a very small portion on it ourselves (about 6%), but that's really all we could afford.  My family couldn't support paying a mortgage on top of all the other bills we have and taking care of 5 kids.  No way, no how.

 

I know married couples that live with one or the other's parents.  And my cousin and his girlfriend live with his parents, and he's 27.  

 

I don't see why people look down on people who live with their parents past any certain age.   My uncle lived with his mother until she died.  That was well into his 40's.  It's not as if he didn't have a job, and I imagine you could probably say the same thing about the dark passenger.