And Thats Whats Sad, It Shouldnt Be An Unpopular Opinion.

And that’s what’s sad, it shouldn’t be an unpopular opinion.

People shouldn’t hear, “Oh I’m an adult in my 30s who still lives with their parents,” and then think, wow they must be lazy or freeloading. I’m not saying there isn’t one or two cases like that, which it still isn’t any of our business anyway, but it’s highly disgusting to sit there and judge people when you don’t know what they are going through.

I grew up in a large family, with up to 13 people in one house, and yes that consisted of my grandparents, mom, aunts, uncle, cousins, and siblings. (Even second cousins at one point.) It’s exactly what the person above said, I live in one of the most expensive states you can live in, and with what my mom makes in a year supporting 3 kids she could NEVER afford the rent of even a single bedroom apartment. Just because someone isn’t paying rent doesn’t mean they don’t have a job or aren’t helping out around the house.

Plus, we took/take care of my grandparents. My grandpa passed away earlier this May, but before he did, he could no longer walk due to a knee problem with a surgery, so we helped him with everything. Feeding, showers, assisting him with doctor appointments, and just spending time with him in general, like watching movies he liked, because he couldn’t really move anywhere that wasn’t his bed. My grandma also can’t do everything she used to either with her legs as well, like carrying groceries up our many stairs or even taking the garbage down, stuff we don’t really even think about. So us grandkids do the workload.

There’s honestly many other things, but seriously. We need to make this a popular opinion. No adult deserves to give you any damn reason on why they still live with their birth family. Simply accept there is a good reason and move on. As a society we need to change the stereotypical idea of moving out once you become an adult and then creating this whole family for yourself. While some people do get to do that, it’s definitely not the reality for quite a lot of people. It takes way more time then what I feel like many of us thought it would as kids/young teens.

Unpopular opinion but an adult still living at home with their birth family doesn’t owe you an explanation for why they’re living there. 

It could be an illness/disability they have that’s not fully visible. Maybe they want to be around to care for their aging parents. Maybe the rents in their area are so disgustingly, astronomically high that it really doesn’t make sense for them to move out. Maybe they just don’t trust strangers enough to move into shared accommodation. No matter what it is, it’s not your business. 

Sphinx

The last one is literally the FUNNIEST and most accurate!!!! 😭🤣🤣

okay i’m curious bc my parents were relatively young having me but idk what age difference is “normal” between parents and kids as i’ve met people with plenty of variations. so if you want, reblog this and tag (don’t comment) how old your parents were when they had you. my mom was 25 and my dad was 21. 

“Rich and layered, deep and alternatively light and tragic, it’s the show that changed, well, everything really, about how television drama was executed. It lives on even today, as we see how the protagonists of Fox Mulder the Believer and Dana Scully the Skeptic continue to influence how characters are shaped, and the way the mythology of the show allowed for primetime television to explore new roads of storytelling. It was beautiful and asked the most human of questions regarding our existence and our beliefs, but more than anything, it was a love story in every possible regard— the love for life, the love for truth, and of course, the love for each other.”

I made a little comic out of the quote that inspired me to watch The X-Files. If anyone knows who wrote it, please let me know so I can thank them.

Someone: hey, if you’re a writer, why don’t I ever see you writing?

Me, a writer who’s been daydreaming about three characters, two unwritten chapters, some scraps of dialogue, and a partial plot that still needs to be heated up in the microwave before it’s usable: