What is your thought on this?

Question

Is it strange to live with your parents after you get married (with your spouse/children)?

Answer 1

Well, it's fine.  As long as you are saving :)

Answer 2

No. There are plenty of cultures when more than one generations live together.  

Answer 3

I personally feel like it would be strange. I don't think I would be comfortable living with my parents or his parents as husband and wife. You don't have that same privacy - but some people do it. My husband's brother, wife and 2 year old daughter lived with his parents ever since they were married (about 2 years because neither of them wanted to get a job). For them it was better to live with their parents with hardly any privacy rather than work...if it hadn't been for the parents moving I think they'd still be living with them. Of course, the parents still pay for their rent cause neither of them want to work. It's sad really. I can understand that sometimes people need to get on their feet - but unless I absolutely had to I wouldn't want to put myself or them in that position.  

Answer 4

It isn't weird. I mean if they need help and everything. It isn't extremely unusual, but me personally I wouldn't want to do that.  

Answer 5

over here it is not strange at all. many families live together till they become a big clan. but there are repercussions on living with the parents. it should be temporary;

besides, it's what the Bible says, "the man shall leave his mother and father and shall cleave to his wife."

Answer 6

There are lots of cultures that do this.  My husband is Armenian and in their culture the youngest son (or daughter if there are no sons) is expected to live with his parents the rest of his life, and take care of them.  When he gets married, they move in with his family and then when they have kids everyone helps take care of them - whoever can work works and contributes to the household.  The women do the cooking and cleaning together and the men work.  (Nowadays lots of times the women work if they want too, and maybe grandma takes care of the kids.)  I think it's nice cause everyone gets to help raise the kids and the kids really benefit - they get several different kinds of people taking care of them who are good at different things.  My husband isn't the youngest though, so I can't tell you from experience how well it works out.  However the families I know seem to do really well and the kids are so loved and well cared for.

Answer 7

I know lots of people who did that so they could save for a house.

Answer 8

I' d better not live with my parents after I get married.

Answer 9

blah- you cant fix two families it isn't possible!! Get out on your own :)

Sooooon

Answer 10

In the American culture, yes.

If you're old enough to marry, and raise a family, you should be old enough to have a place of your own.

In other cultures, the families stay in one house, but in many such cultures that too is changing to more Western thinking.

Answer 11

It's not strange, lots of people do it. It might get uncomfortable and unpleasant if there's fights and people's personalities clash all the time. But if everyone cooperates with chores, bills, etc, and there's good communication, I don't see why it can't work out.  

Answer 12

of course not. you can save up for a house so much faster like that.