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Livin' at Home

Date: Dec 11 2020

Themes: Family

Grammar: You're vs. Your

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When angry, American fathers commonly shout, “As soon as you’re 18, you’re on your own means a lot. It means you’re a legal adult, and, more often than not, people move out of their parents’ home when they are 18.

...And some of them come back or never leave at all. Adults live with their parents for lots of reasons. Sometimes their parents need care, or they need a place to stay to save up money after college. Even though it’s relatively common, people tend to look down on adults who live with their parents in the United States. Listen to Beren and Marni talk about it.

Dialog

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Marni

Beren

Marni: So I was reading that Time Magazine article recently about when you…Like, people in their 30s and moving back in with their parents…

Beren: Yeah, that’s a huge thing.

Marni: Yeah, and I was thinking, you know, in this culture, there’s such a stigma against living with your parents past a certain age. Like, you’re sort of viewed as a failure or something. But in many cultures, in many places in the world it’s pretty normal to live with your family.

Beren: Yeah, you don’t move out until you’re married. And if you never marry, you never move out.

Marni: Well, that or even sometimes you marry and yet you just live with your family and then, you know…Sort of in this country, I think parents move back in once they’re elderly, but it’s like, there’s this huge gap of time where it’s totally taboo and frowned upon, if you will…

Beren: I know a bunch of people who are actually moving back in with their parents.

Marni: I did it for like half a year when I was 29. It was great. I saved a lot of money.

Beren: Yeah?

Marni: Yeah. And my parents were happy to have me there. It’s an interesting thing. I don’t know…Is it so terrible?

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Discussion

Marni recently read an article about how many grown Americans are moving back in with their parents. It made her think about how in many countries, it’s perfectly normal to live with your parents past 30.

Beren notes that in a lot of places, people live with their families until they get married. But Marni points out that sometimes even married people continue to live with their family.

In the US, parents sometimes move in with their children when they get older and need someone to help take care of them. But there is a gap of 30 or 40 years between when the child turns 18 and the parents become elderly when it’s regarded as strange for them to live together.

Nonetheless, Beren knows a few people who have moved back in with their parents. Marni lived with her parents for a brief time a little while ago. She saved money and her parents were glad she was there. What’s so wrong about living with your parents when you’re an adult?

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mei111

Morocco

moi fati falware de maroco si mon msn

mei111

Morocco

i'm girl

mei111

Morocco

hayi this my msn

mei111

Morocco

hayi

mei111

Morocco

moi fati flwari de maroco

kikismommy

China

if you're 18 and you move out, you're not necessarily independent if your parents still financialy support you. Nonetheless, moving out most of times leave people the impression of being independence. That is why staying with parents is often being frowned upon.

zaloe

Indonesia

culture in many country are different and many kind of people different too.I think its normal when someone live with their parent even it is not polite if you are 30 age but still stay with your parent,I left home and stayed alone since I 16, but I went back to my parent after finish my school until now, and I 'll move again when I married later, so meaning that its all depending of situation we move or not, parents is parents we still need them as long as we live in this world.

thanks friends and remind me if any wrong words

dnzz

Turkey

I belive that; when childern go university, they should take care of themselves. It prepares them to real life which we have to be alone, but in turkey parents don't want it.Although they believe children, never believe other people. especially for daughters.

dnzz

Turkey

I belive that; when childern go university, they should take care of themselves. It prepares them to real life which we have to be alone, but in turkey parents don’t want it.Although they believe children, never believe other people. especially for daughters.

SHITOHIJIRI

Viet Nam

Family is the best place for you to stay cause there nothing can harm you….you're loved,cared for and you don't have to pay any expense. So why you need to leave? just to prove your independence? I don't think so.Until you've learnt way to stand on your foot,family's still the number-one choice

Kinhy Zhao

China

yeah， different cultures make differrent choices。

I think for most parents in China， they would warmly like to live with their children forever。

rajumohana

India

hai,

i am indian. i am not good in english. in our culture girls or boys at 18 and above should be with parents . i feel i am safe

rajumohana

India

hai,i feel at 18
girls must be with
their parents.

lijun13909402148

China

different cultures make the world more beautiful than ever before.

shelly7281

China

I am very envious of this, once in the 18-year-old is how often we have in China is like this really should be !

bskafeel

Sri Lanka

this system may be ok for the US, but not most of other countries. iam a Sri Lankan when we get 18 we will be schooling, if we want to finish our first Degree, we have to let around 27 years ol;d, so we will be depend upon our parents atleest upto 27, so moving in 18 is not suitable one for us. but that is also interesting,

shelly7281

China

hello .how are you ?

bhuvan.ram

India

ha ha when you are 17 whats your experience and how u settled in u'r life

Bernadette_tallo@yahoo.com

Philippines

hello i want to chat a friend who is willing to chat me. im 60 years old i want to chat 60 or more than that age

Karandeep Singh

India

hello everyone i am from India , culturally we live with our parents but now the due to careers young people have to leave the home .in my view living with parents is really nice because after all they have done so much for us that living with them and making their dreams and expectations to become true is also our responsibility to which every son and daughter must look forward to….