It's OK for college grads to move back home for a while.
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Anonymous
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This isn't "failure to launch" -- this is giving them a leg up to be able to save money so they have a little nest egg when they do move out on their own.
I've got 2024 college grads at home - both working and earning/saving money. They pay most of their own bills but are for the most part saving and paying down small college loans. This isn't failure to launch. Failure to launch is not having any job 6-12 months after college and living at home way past your mid to late 20s. I'm sure there are quite a few 2024 college grads living at home doing the same thing. |
Anonymous
| Just don’t let them live there forever. |
Anonymous
1 year post graduation OK, 1.5-2 yrs absolute max/pushing it. |
Anonymous
| That's great, I lived at home post college for the reasons you list. I was able to buy a condo in my late 20s and paid it off by 35 because of the leg up they gave me. I'm so grateful that I was able to do that. |
Anonymous
| Clearly, it bugs you for some reason or you wouldn’t be posting your unsolicited PSA on DCUM. |
Anonymous
+1. Strange defensive post. |
Anonymous
| I think the risk is getting stuck. Mine are in high school still but I see how comfortable they are being home. I'd be worried they'd feel too comfortable, and I'd end up either doing everything for them including dinner (I am so done with doing this every day at this point, I don't even want dinner!!) OR nagging them to help out. My neighbors have a 36yo at home still and they openly talk about how they wish he'd move out (he is employed, has a good job) |
Anonymous
Weird post |
Anonymous
| If they’re gainfully employed, saving, contributing somehow, and you can stand each other there’s nothing wrong doing this indefinitely. |
Anonymous
DCUM Comprehend a loving well-adjusted family challenge IMPOSSIBLE. |
Anonymous
| Why the need to crowd source? For the record, if you are okay with it, I am too. |
Anonymous
Absolutely! |
Anonymous
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I remember my rent in DC after graduation was $600 a month and I had no loans. I was able to easily pay for grad school at night while working full time without amassing debt. Fast forward now and rents for a 1 bedroom are $2,000-$3,000 a month, tuition has skyrocketed and while salaries have risen a little they are nowhere near enough to cover the increase in rent and tuition.
Back then living at home would have been failure to launch but now it’s totally different. |
Anonymous
| I hope my kids move in with friends for the social aspect but they are more than welcome to stay here to save money for a year. |
Anonymous
| Ofc it’s fine. |