Yeah. I can see that. It might be hard to keep the boundaries if you are so available.

One house we looked at in Florida had a small pool house that would have been ideal for that.

If we don't move, our basement could pretty easily be renovated into an apartment. The problem is that there's no way my mom would stay put. She constantly hovers around everyone.

Undisciplined

If it were to happen perhaps it can be set up where you both have a good amount of space. Like a guest house or something. So you can primarily live your own lives and just be close.

DesertDave

alter_native

How do people live with their parents?

That's what I'm wondering. It's not that I don't like them. We just run out of new things to talk about and they're fairly set in their ways, which generates a lot of minor conflicts when we need to do something that runs counter to their plans.

Also, my wife and I are very open with each other, but many conversations we have aren't conversations we'd be interested in involving my parents in (not for any risque reasons, just because they wouldn't be interested).