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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I moved back home in my 20s to go to grad school. It was wonderful to build a relationship with my parents as an adult after living away from 18-25. I was engaged and my now-DH was in law school in a different city. My parents' conditions were:
- I cooked dinner 5 nights per week
- I did the grocery shopping for the family (they paid, but I did the work)
- I ran errands for them every week, like picking up dry cleaning, taking the car to be washed, etc.
- I kept my space tidy and helped prepare the house for the cleaners weekly 
- When they were travelling, I provided pet care, watered plants, etc.
- I had a firm move out date when my program ended

They didn't charge me anything and they paid my phone bill and car insurance, since my graduate funding only covered tuition and fees. It worked well for everyone, they basically got a household manager and I was able to graduate debt free. [/quote]

The above makes sense in my mind.  There was a clearly defined reason why and timeframe.  The whole moving home because they like it is just...IDK.  Old person yelling at clouds here, but when I was that age, I had been living on my own since graduating college and was married.  Heck, I only spent one summer at home during college and that was after my freshmen year.  After that I was either taking summer courses or working and it was 5 hours from "home".

Good Luck.  [/quote]

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