Living with relatives: an attractive option?

@manong05 (5027)
Philippines
January 16, 2007 1:11am CST
You got a job in a new city, and you have 2 choices whether to live with a relative or get a place of your own. Do you find living with a relative an attractive option? Why?
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5 responses
@sunnypub (2127)
• United States
16 Jan 07
If the relatives will welcome you then I think that is a great option. It is hard enough to start a new job, then you add moving to a new city. Living with a relative gives you the chance to get comfortable with your new job and new city. You can also use that time to save up some money to get your own place.
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
I agree but personally I will set a time frame, say, 5 or 6 months until I get ready to be on myself. I'm afraid that whether I like it or not, time will come that I will become a nuisance and I don't like that to happen.
@wmaharper (2315)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I don't think it would be much fun. Of course, I have 2 children and am married, so things would problably be a tight fit. I've had family live with me before, my sister lived with my husband and I for a year and then my father in law lived with us for a year and a half.. I can tell you from the other "side of the fence" that it can cause rifts in a marriage! It gets very difficult, especially if no time-frame is set, or the time-frame set, is not honored. With one instance, we really felt like we were being taken advantage of, but what do you do? they are family... Do you kick them out on the street? I could not in good conscience allow my family to be homeless if I had a room to spare. So it's a difficult descision that should never be taken lightly.
• India
17 Jan 07
no first i will settle my life and then i will call my family members .
@shorva (923)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
yeah it is,just for the meantime until you've saved enough to get your own place.it's difficult to live with someone specially if it's a relative bec. money might become an issue.plus you'd have more freedom when you're on your own.i don't think anyone would be very comfortable living in someone elses' place.
• Indonesia
16 Jan 07
i've lived with my relatives for more than 10 years, now i lived alone with my sister. I found that my uncles and aunties are very nice people. I grew up seeing many different family's rules, and many different style of raising a child from different families. If you have relatives that welcomed you, then why not ? you could gives cherish and happines for them, or anything that you could do to shows your gratitude of being welcomed. Once you're able to live alone with your salary, then that time has come to leave your relatives. Why im suggesting like that ? well, just one statement : Time value of Money ! (im very confident that you understand that)