Why my 29-year-old son's refusal to leave home has left me seething with frustration - he makes a terrible mess, eats all my food and cramps my sex life By Anonymous For The Daily Mail Published: 02:15, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 02:16, 22 May 2024 e-mail View comments This morning I woke up to a familiar sound. The thud, thud, thud as my eldest son thunders down the stairs to get his breakfast. I’ve heard this noise for many years now.
It is part of the routine. I used to love hearing it. When he was younger, I would lie in bed and know all was right in the world when I heard him in the house.
But I don’t feel that way now he’s 29. Now what I feel is bitter resentment. On the eve of him turning 30, I’d assumed he’d be long gone, creating his own life, seeing his own friends, making his own mess — and spending his own money.
But no. Like many ‘children’, my eldest son is still living with me at home. Earlier this month, when I saw the latest Office for National Statistics that show a staggering 33 per cent of young men aged between 20 and 34 — a full third — are living at home with their parents, I gave a sigh of recognition.
The equivalent for women is 22 per cent — still shockingly high in my book. On the eve of him turning 30, I’d assumed he’d be long gone, creating his own life, seeing his own friends, making his own mess — and spending his own money. But no.
I don’t think parents have yet grasped what this large societal shift means. Has the ter.
