>>296675I lived at home until I was 31 and only moved out because my partner already owns his home. I did feel a palpable sense of relief when my friends from uni started moving back in with their parents after COVID. It's pathetic that it took near-recession to drag everyone else down to the same level as me, and it's even more pathetic of me to feel a sense of relief that people then assumed I was just going through difficult times. Unless the world economy drastically improves and the current direction of mass-exploitation by monopolistic corporations changes, I think this is the new normal. Inflation rises by 15%, food and rent go up by 50% because you have no choice but to pay whatever they demand, and they only have the incentive to keep costs low enough to let you barely survive.
