Comments on: Boomerang Kids http://thegreatofficeescape.com/boomerang-kids/ Wed, 09 May 2012 18:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike http://thegreatofficeescape.com/boomerang-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Mike Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:44:29 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/?p=122#comment-617 I'm sorry that you have had such a difficult time of it recently. I hope that things get better for you. I definitely understand - you are not alone. The market is really in an awful state right now. People are getting laid off and it is difficult for us freelancers to find projects and keep any kind of steady income going. Even since I wrote this article in the summer two more of my friends have moved in with their parents (in one case) and in-laws (another case.) Perhaps once things get better in the market (could be awhile) things will start to improve. We really messed things up by building our economy on a mountain of debt. I’m sorry that you have had such a difficult time of it recently. I hope that things get better for you. I definitely understand – you are not alone. The market is really in an awful state right now. People are getting laid off and it is difficult for us freelancers to find projects and keep any kind of steady income going.

Even since I wrote this article in the summer two more of my friends have moved in with their parents (in one case) and in-laws (another case.) Perhaps once things get better in the market (could be awhile) things will start to improve.

We really messed things up by building our economy on a mountain of debt.

]]> By: Sarah http://thegreatofficeescape.com/boomerang-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Sarah Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:34:34 +0000 http://thegreatofficeescape.com/?p=122#comment-612 I moved in with my in-laws recently. I spent six weeks (a mere six weeks!) between paychecks. My husband was still working. Nevertheless, we fell so behind that we couldn't make our mortgage payments. We have to give up our house (for sale or foreclosure) and are living with his parents. It is completely a matter of necessity for us. I work three jobs and he works full-time with benefits, but it's still not enough to live on our own. What with car payments, school loans, credit cards (from short periods of unemployment), car insurance, life insurance, health insurance, and the like, we can't afford rent. College is worthless and so is this economy. I don't want to live at home. In fact, it's extremely detrimental to my mental health. Most of us don't feel like we have a choice - we'd live without health care, without food, in substandard housing, or we'd live with our parents. So we choose to live with our parents. I moved in with my in-laws recently. I spent six weeks (a mere six weeks!) between paychecks. My husband was still working. Nevertheless, we fell so behind that we couldn’t make our mortgage payments. We have to give up our house (for sale or foreclosure) and are living with his parents. It is completely a matter of necessity for us. I work three jobs and he works full-time with benefits, but it’s still not enough to live on our own. What with car payments, school loans, credit cards (from short periods of unemployment), car insurance, life insurance, health insurance, and the like, we can’t afford rent. College is worthless and so is this economy.

I don’t want to live at home. In fact, it’s extremely detrimental to my mental health. Most of us don’t feel like we have a choice – we’d live without health care, without food, in substandard housing, or we’d live with our parents. So we choose to live with our parents.

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