Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: Silk
Originally Posted By: Kibitoshin
In my area we call it multi-generational living.
Over here we call it Whanau, a Maori word meaning extended family. The extended family is very important - brothers and sisters, uncles and aunties, parents and grandparents, grandchildren. It's how I was brought up, and it's how I want my children to live - that they are welcome to come here anytime, and that at some time in the future, I may need to live with them.
When my wife was younger, she lived in the garage at her grandparents place, while her parents put together money for a house, and then built it. For a couple of years we lived in a caravan with 2 young boys in the backyard of the mother in laws place, using a corner of the garage for kitchen and office. Later my 2 daughters arrived with a caravan each. One daughter was back there a few years later, with daughter living in a single room sleepout. Now the sister in law is living in the backyard in a similar sleepout, while the bro in law sleeps in a van. When building our new garage, we put a sleepout on the end for my daughter and granddaughter.
I have no problem with helping out, or being helped...it's what you do for family.
The best post in this thread! Sounds like you have a wonderful family Silk
Hey!
I put a lot of effort into my posts. Somebody give me a trophy already!
You are missing the point though....Everyone should be living exactly as the generation before them thinks they should. That way they too can mature into properly bitter individuals with the inclination to whine about the the current youth and how they are ruining everything. Family living arrangements through economically difficult times? Who ever heard of such a thing!!
But seriously, I do agree with that sentiment. I may not live in my parent's home anymore but my wife/kids, my parents, and my in-laws spend enough time at each other's homes we might as well all live under one roof. A good family is not something that should be taken for granted no matter if times are good or bad.