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Cant speak for everyone but due to our cultural norms here I would feel odd if my grown kids did not want to be on their own. But say they didnt. As long as they paid rent, did chores, were polite and folloewed the house rules, I would probably allow them to stay.

This is not the kind of adult children we are talking about here. Most are defiant, mean to us, disobeying both the law and our rules.

I find it hard to imagine living with somebody who was or is like that. Maybe because I grew up valuing my own independence, I dontthinki could live with a problem adult and crowded quarters. Our values are colored by where we live and our norms.

My father is 91 and sick yet he turned down a chance to live with one of us. He aleays valued his independence. Maybe too much but that is what he prefers and he is proud that he has lived on his own.


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