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And my mom makes really good money. We lived in a upper middle class household, she drove a benz but still, anything beyond the here and now, isn't happening in a single parent house hold. My mom could not afford to put food on the table and clothes on my back and at the same time save for me to go to college. I had to work 2 jobs for an entire summer to scrape together enough to buy my first car.

I'm really not trying to criticize, but the beginning of the paragraph and the latter do not match up. Living in a upper middle neighborhood with a Benz while not affording to put food on the table usually don't go hand in hand.

That is really one of the underestimated portions of marriage, finances. Especially when there are 2 incomes, rather than just one. Each marriage or single parent is different. I know single parents who have lived within their financial means to put their kids through college.

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My best frined is a 27 about to be 28 year old female. Her parents have been married for almost 30 years. She STILL lives at home. She has a full time job, she owns a side business that she will run full time one day, her parents paid for her college and her brothers college. Because she lives at home and has a job making 50k a year she was able to save about 50 thousand dollars over the last 4 years. I make almost twice as much as she makes and I don't have 50k in the bank

Once you got an income, there are scenarios where it would make sense to live at home. Not having to pay an extra rent or house payment and helping your parent financially.

Just my observations.