A year ago, people would have balked at the idea of moving home to live with their parents. Sure, after college, they moved back to their home town, but they made sure to pay unnecessary rent to live five minutes away with a loser roommate found off Craigslist, only to be able to prove to their parents and everyone else that they were financially independent. Flash forward to a year later, poor and unemployed, moving back home suddenly seems like a great idea. Everyone knows people from high school who have been listing the benefits of living at home since college graduation. So believe it when former “young professionals” tell you there’s something special about biting the bullet, breaking their lease, and figuring out how to fit their adult bed into their childhood room. Not only does it mean free rent, but also get the comfort of having nutritious food that fulfills the major food groups, as well as constant phone calls wondering where they are and what time they’ll be home. Sure there’s that non-stop nagging about searching for a job and contributing to the household because “this laundry doesn’t do itself” but that all changes when they wake up at 2pm and find a note instructing how to reheat the lunch that was already prepared. Yeap, there’s nothing like being old, unemployed, and living under your parents’ roof ready to exchange all feelings of pride and dignity for a plate of free, delicious food.
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I love your blog. And as a 26 year old recently unemployed, recently moved it with her parents, this entry speaks to my heart.
Whoever you are, you rock. I only moved home in 2005 at age 27 thinking I’d be here a year. Nope. I’m 31 and still here because I lost my job at 29. My unemployment benefits are about to run out, and I mean, for real this time, b/c they’ve been “extended” well, I lost count. No one wants to hire me because I’m either too qualified or perhaps it’s the wrong “type” of resume. Instead of looking for jobs what have I done? I’ve had to figure out what the hell my resume is supposed to look like and say per job and I spend too much time signing up for job websites, all of which require me to do something different to my resume. I AM LOSING MY F’ING MIND! Did I mention I don’t have a car? Forget about a social life. I talk about TV characters like we just hung out. Sometimes I just start laughing outloud to myself like a freak in a freaky movie. OH GOD, WHEN WILL THIS END? WHEN CAN I GET PUSHED AROUND BY A JERK 8 HOURS A DAY!!!!????
I am 26 and had to make the tough decision of moving home about a month ago. I was originally horribly disgusted at the thought of having to be home.
But the ability to catch up on OnDemand I’d gone without for years is softening the blow, as is the free rent and food.
Ass backwards: first I moved back home. THEN I lost the job I moved in with my parents for. WTF? PS I’m 26 to. I love this site.
i am ……. 40 years old and have to move back home last year because unemployment insurance in Arizona doesnt cover living expenses (at most you can get is $250 a week) just cant tell you.. how depressing its been. FML