Home for
the Duration
There has been much comment about
the new phenomenon of single children coming back to roost with their parents
after finishing college. My son of 30
years never left. My daughter left for a
year while she was matriculating and moved back. After college she lived alone and then got
married. I now see her more than I ever
did because she has an adorable four year old that we baby sit at last twice a
week and we love it!
He went to
a city college (as my daughter did) and lived at home while commuting to
school. It took him six years to
graduate as he changed his major and added an extra major in
communications. He is a published poet
and performer; who has worked part time as restaurant host, tutor, intern for a
TV production company, and even as a clerk for the census (best paying job.)
Guess
what? My husband and I don’t mind his
living at home. Not only do we enjoy his
company, he helps out with big jobs and cleaning up in our one bedroom
apartment (he sleeps in the living room.)
He’s also the technical expert when it comes to connecting electronic
equipment and putting things together.
He’s a good
cook and we often learn about new recipes from him.
Most of
all, for two retired people in their seventies, he supplies a level of security
and comfort; especially for my husband who has a bad hip and has trouble moving
around.
That’s not
to say we wouldn’t like the extra space and freedom from clutter that his
moving out would provide. But until that
happens we applaud the fact this he is around.
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