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QOTD - Thursday 1/27

Would you parents let you move back in with them?

I was reading some threads on this on MM and was really surprised by some of the responses.

Re: QOTD - Thursday 1/27

  • Yeah. My brother temporarily moved back in with my mom while him & SIL were deciding whether or not to divorce. I also lived with her for a few weeks when I first moved to JAX before DH got transferred. After that we lived with his parents while house hunting & building our house.

    FTR, living with the ILs was WAY better than living with my mom.

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  • Without a doubt.  Although I would rather live off of Ramen than move back in with my parents.
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  • I am sure at least my mom would LOVE to have us move in with her and my dad!  I personally would never do it since she seems to have issues with letting her kids go and we really don't see eye to eye on al ot of issues.  My oldest sister, her husband, 2 kids & 2 dogs ended up moving in with my parents after her husband got out of the military.  They were living in CA and were planning on finding a place on the east coast to live and my parents offered to let them stay with them until they found their own place.  They stayed for a year!  I think that was way too long and was kind of pissed when I found out that they didn't pay 1 freaking bill the entire time even though her was getting retirement $$ from the military and working a job.
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  • Yes, absolutely.  They've already offered in case we want to move back to Cali but our Cali house is still occupied with tenants.

    What's more, my parents actually lived with DH and me for 5 weeks about 4-5 years ago when they sold their house and were waiting to close on their next one.

    But in my culture, it's normal for kids to live with their parents until they're married so I don't see anything wrong or weird with these scenarios at all.

  • Well I just moved back in with my mom, so yes. My dad and my grandparents would too. Honestly, my mom and I have a great relationship and it's NBD at all.
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  • Yes.  My parents have always made it very clear that if anything happened in our lives at all we were welcome to live with them for as long as we needed to.  They told us we were more than welcome to stay during college too (even though we didn't).  That's just always been a given for us.

    My sister moved back in with them after she graduated from college and couldn't find a job and has lived there for about a year.

  • Of course!
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  • mine, absolutely. DH's, probably not. Though there wouldn't be room anyway.
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  • Yes, we definitely could if it became necessary.  My sister, brother, and step sister live with my mom and step dad now.....so it would definitely not be an ideal situation.  lol
  • Aboslutely!  If my mom had her choice, we'd all still be living at home.  Even with DH and kids and animals and all.  She would probably even opt to get a bigger house if she knew it was long term or permanent.

    My in-laws would be the same too.

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    Aboslutely!  If my mom had her choice, we'd all still be living at home.  Even with DH and kids and animals and all.  She would probably even opt to get a bigger house if she knew it was long term or permanent.

    Yeah my mom's the same... I have an aunt/uncle who live upstairs in a house, and their daughter/husband/3 kids live downstairs. My mom was hoping we could do the same.    Um, no.

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    imageMrsVeeVee:

    Aboslutely!  If my mom had her choice, we'd all still be living at home.  Even with DH and kids and animals and all.  She would probably even opt to get a bigger house if she knew it was long term or permanent.

    Yeah my mom's the same... I have an aunt/uncle who live upstairs in a house, and their daughter/husband/3 kids live downstairs. My mom was hoping we could do the same.    Um, no.

    Do they live in NJ? I have a lot of friends from college that live in NJ that this is their life.

    My fam: My parents would let me move in.

    IL: I would never want to, but they would.  

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  • I don't have a doubt in my mind that my parents would let me move back in with them.  My mom and dad are still married, but ... I'll just say they don't have much of a relationship anymore and haven't for a long time.  I bet my mom would love it if I lived there, because she'd have some company.  Both parents would be over the moon if Mungee lived there as well :)
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  • I know I could, but I'm not sure I would want to. I love my mama but I need my space!
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  • Absolutely. I moved home between my sophmore and junior year of college for a year and my mom cried when I moved back out.  We're really close. She would do anything for us. My dad passed away in 2000, but he always had an open door policy too.
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  • My parents wouldn't mind but it wouldn't be an ideal situation either place. It would have to he very short term. My MIL would let us move in tomorrow if we needed to and we could stay as long as we wanted. A few years ago we actually considered moving to Atlanta with my MIL but she decided not to go. My SIL is 24 and still lives at home. She works and goes to school.
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  • Yes, but if I were going to shoot myself, I would just get out a gun and do it properly.
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    imagejenhappy:
    I have an aunt/uncle who live upstairs in a house, and their daughter/husband/3 kids live downstairs. My mom was hoping we could do the same.    Um, no.

    Do they live in NJ? I have a lot of friends from college that live in NJ that this is their life.

    Yep. Though they're the only people in that living situation that I've heard of.

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  • I am currently applying to Physician Assistant school, and there is one 30 minutes from my parents in south west florida (6 hours from my home and husband), and they are begging and bribing me to move in with them and eat free for my first year ( If I go there). I thought when I graduated college they were done with me, but it's kind of funny how they want me back while I am in grad school. Would definitely cut my costs.
  • I think either of my parents would, but it wouldn't be pretty. There's nowhere for the dogs to go and we wouldn't have space for our own room. 

    No way in hell would I ever move in with my ILs for any reason, I'll start turning tricks to pay my bills.

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  • Yep.  My dad especially would love to have us around all the time lol.  We're actually thinking about having my parents move in with us permanently when we buy a house.  We all get along pretty well, and it would be mutually beneficial in many ways (i.e., they already offered to watch our kid once we have one so we'd save money on daycare, etc.).  Now my in-laws on the other hand... I don't think they'd want us to live with them lol.  We did for a few months when we first moved to Jax, but it was kind of awkward at times.
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  • My mom's rule has always been that as long as we are working or going to school that we could live with her.
  • Yup - without a doubt.  My parents would Love to have us, and DH and I always have so much fun with my parents, that we would both love to be there. 

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  • They would, but I'd prefer move in with my dad versus my mom. IL's would, but I would end up in jail for assault or worse.
  • They would let us, but I don't think I could handle it for more than a week or so.  I'd go crazy.
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