Owners and Renters Both Suckers, Says The Onion
From The Onion… Housing Crisis Vindicates Guy Who Still Lives With Parents OKLAHOMA CITY—In a year that saw a record number of mortgage defaults and home foreclosures, part-time landscaper Ben Foster, 34, was publicly vindicated in his bold decision, made back in the spring of 1996, to continue living with his parents. “It’s like I’ve…
From The Onion…
Housing Crisis Vindicates Guy Who Still Lives With Parents
OKLAHOMA CITY—In a year that saw a record number of mortgage defaults and home foreclosures, part-time landscaper Ben Foster, 34, was publicly vindicated in his bold decision, made back in the spring of 1996, to continue living with his parents. “It’s like I’ve been telling my buddies for eight to 12 years now: ‘Why get in over your head before you’re ready?'” Foster said in praise of the no-risk, meals-included housing agreement he has maintained on and off since birth. “Sometimes it just makes more sense to be fiscally conservative, especially if you can move into the basement and set things up just how you like them.” Leading financial analysts said Foster will likely remain secure in his current situation until skyrocketing medical costs force his aging parents to sell the house.
ill be honest. i scrubbed off my grandparents for 9 months after college. i was being so lazy about finding a job and i think i was depressed at the time because of living at home. then i OD’d (sorta) and bugged out and wound up in the hospital and the day i came back i really got my stuff together. found my current job, an apartment in nyc, and a boyfriend. all within a matter of a month or so. sometimes life seriously has to knock you down before it lets you have the good stuff.
*rob*
“BRG…”I hate being an adult!”
“DIBS….”You’ve made a big leap in thinking that you are.”
You’d make a big leap if you stopped posting childish comments.
🙂
“There is usually one funny headline in the Onion each week.”
Yep, usually only about ONE!
When I had to move back in with my parents due to health issues for about a year, I paid them rent even though they didn’t ask for it. I knew they needed the cash, and it really was the least I could do considering the imposition.
Nice, sam.
***Bid half off peak comps***
My father did not charge me rent when I moved back in with him for 6 months in my late 20s. And when I left my Ex in my late 30s he told me I was welcome to move back in with him. It was very touching. I didn’t, but I loved that he said I could.
BRG…”I hate being an adult!”
You’ve made a big leap in thinking that you are.
🙂
Half the things in the Onion I snore at…boring!
But, I’d love to move back in with my mother. I hate being an adult!
Folks who still live with their parents are certainly a group who could use a little positive reinforcemnt. So let them have this one.
But why does Ben’s room always smell like chlorine?