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Originally Posted by Bryan
My observation is that 'kids living with their parents' in TV fall into one of three general categories.
The first (probably the best) is kids who move her to take care of Mom or Dad who is having physical, mental, or both problems. They sacrifice their personal lives to take care of Mom or Dad. That's what families do!
The second is kids who have hit a rough patch. It may be a job loss, divorce, death of a spouse, or something else. Mon and/or Dad step up to the plate and offer support. That's what families do! Once they are back on their feet, they are out of here and back to their own productive lives.
The last - the ones most often in the news and in jail - are the losers who couldn't cut it on their own in the real world. Now they are back in the empty nest, soaking off of Mon and/or Dad. I don't necessarily think Mom and/or Dad are innocent here - they are enablers for letting their 'loser' offspring soak off of them and dispute life in our retirement community.
Most of us would prefer to see this last group depart our fine community but, alas, that probably won't happen until they get some really serious jail time.
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Finally, someone with reason! Thankfully, I fall into the first category. I retired from a great job to move 500 miles back home to help Mom with my ailing father. Dad's gone now but Mom is almost 93 and is requiring more and more assistance every day. I would be in my home in The Villages if it weren't for my Mom. She likes The Villages but she loves being near her friends, family, church and the four seasons in Michigan more!