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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 723407" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>This is pretty much how I feel. Being a guest in someone's home is awkward, even Jabber's parents. I loved my parents to pieces and lost them much too young, so I don't know how I would have felt staying with them...but I suspect much the same. Even spending the weekend with my old roommate was a little odd. I mean, she was all, "Just make yourself at home!" but her home is SO fancy and nice that it wasn't comfortable really and watching TV or listening to music in the night and I wasn't sure if I was running up a bill or using too much data on her WiFi, you know? I felt like I had to be quiet and sneak around if she was asleep. </p><p></p><p>I like my own space. Even the airbnb we stayed in was an interesting feeling. It was much better though, because we weren't "guests" we were <em>paying</em> guests...and giving a stranger money to stay in their house just alters the relationship. </p><p></p><p>I think there's a parent/child dynamic that just can't be ignored when you are in the same house. No matter the age, your parent will act like your parent and you will feel like the child - and because you aren't a child, bridle at it. I think that is why especially staying with your parents is so uncomfortable. Maybe that's why, even though our kids WANT the ease of having their bills paid, they don't actually LIKE living with us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 723407, member: 17309"] This is pretty much how I feel. Being a guest in someone's home is awkward, even Jabber's parents. I loved my parents to pieces and lost them much too young, so I don't know how I would have felt staying with them...but I suspect much the same. Even spending the weekend with my old roommate was a little odd. I mean, she was all, "Just make yourself at home!" but her home is SO fancy and nice that it wasn't comfortable really and watching TV or listening to music in the night and I wasn't sure if I was running up a bill or using too much data on her WiFi, you know? I felt like I had to be quiet and sneak around if she was asleep. I like my own space. Even the airbnb we stayed in was an interesting feeling. It was much better though, because we weren't "guests" we were [I]paying[/I] guests...and giving a stranger money to stay in their house just alters the relationship. I think there's a parent/child dynamic that just can't be ignored when you are in the same house. No matter the age, your parent will act like your parent and you will feel like the child - and because you aren't a child, bridle at it. I think that is why especially staying with your parents is so uncomfortable. Maybe that's why, even though our kids WANT the ease of having their bills paid, they don't actually LIKE living with us. [/QUOTE]
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