IsabellaLinton wrote:
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I agree. Completely unattainable. I don't have much hope that my kids will ever make rent let alone buy homes. I'm prepared that they might live with me forever. I think that's fine and I don't mind, but I know it bothers them because they deserve so much more. I don't think my son and DIL will ever have kids, simply because they can't afford to live anywhere between her PhD and his Master's degrees (plus relevant and high-paying work experience.)
Actually, my son in AUS is saving to buy a home. Salaries are way higher there, and it's actually normal for a person to afford housing. Imagine that. He has a car too, because shouldn't a person be able to afford one?
When my kids were in daycare and again when my daughter was in a specialty high school, I drove nearly two hours each way for drop offs / work / pickups. I had to get up at 4 a.m. when they were babies, to shovel snow by myself and get them to daycare (two different places, the opposite direction of work), before work. People gotta do what they gotta do.
I'm lucky I got into the housing market when I did, and luckier still that I've had a 2.79 mortgage for almost a decade. I honestly couldn't afford a one bedroom rental for what I pay in mortgage now (after paying for over 30 years, but still ...)
Can I ask how old are you, how old are your children,? If thats not too personal. It would help me understand better your home situation, including why they still live with you.
Well, I guess I can share a little bit about my home situation myself. I'm really 28(like my profile says), I live with the parents, but, thats because I'm trying to save up for something big. If I would have rented an apartment, I would have to give up on other things like car, and so on. I also would have to work more, and as an autism spectrum disorder person, I cant tolerate too much hours of work a day.
I have 1 daughter outside marriage. She lives with my former girlfriend. She's almost 3 now. It happened because my girlfriend at the time, pressured me about this, and, she really wanted to be a young mother early. Also, there were serious plans to get married and rent something together, but eventually she had reached some stupid conclusion I'm not "the man" for her.
I still have her as a facebook friend, and the occassional phone call, you know.
My parents's apartment is pretty small, and alot of bickering over little stupid issues, and a lack of privacy unfortunately.
I still have yet to learn how to upload photos to this site, or attach them,. Once you teach me and explain how, I'll share. I actually took new home photos specifically for this thread.