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I grew up in a sort of multigenerational household; we lived in a three story house with
three individual apts. GP on the first, Aunt & Uncle w/ 2 sons ( owners of the house ) on the second, and my parents and me on the third.
We all had a ball during holiday times, when the rest of the family would come to visit.
I don't think that we could do it. We had our daughter and her ex with us after he got out of the military the first ti,. After a month, MrsM and I gave them 1 month to find their own apartment
I am 65 and live with my 37 y/o Wife, 12 y/o and 3 y/o Sons. A few years back My wifes Mother and her younger twin sisters lived with us as well. Does this count?
Kids are in the Pacific northwest, granddaughter in NYC, grandson in Jersey. They all enjoy coming to FL for a visit. We moved south in 1972, so it is a familiar place for them.
There is no way I would or could live in the places where they are.
I live with my husband who's 20 years older than I am, so I suppose I'm in a multi-generational household. But not the kind that's getting a lot of attention and hand-wringing these days.
My dil would have liked us all to live together but we opted to live 15 mins away . If we had a house with a mother in law suite I would not be opposed to it.
When we were looking it was almost impossible to find a house that was suitable especially because we wanted separate kitchens and separate living areas. There were some houses with MIL suites. Calling them suites was largely only a figure of speech. Most were small, cramped and definitely not as nice as the rest of the house.
When I was growing up in the 50's and 60's, multi-generational households were quite common. I had a number of friends whose grandparents lived in the same house with the younger generation(s), and a few where an unmarried uncle or aunt did the same.
I've never lived in such a situation, but if the living space were large enough, I could see living in one of my kids' houses with them. Not sure THEY could see it, though!
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