The Family Moving Cycle

People, based on my very limited observations, move three or four times in their adult lives. I can say this because my family has moved. Here’s the deal:

  1. After getting married
    Generally you will not want to live in your parents’ house after you get married. You have your own life, and most of the time, being under their rules and lifestyle isn’t such a great thing either past age eighteen.
  2. After having a child
    I would think that after getting married you’ll settle in a small apartment, with not a ton of room for new family.
  3. After having several more children
    Time to get out of that slightly bigger hole in the wall. A few more bedrooms would be nice.
  4. After the kids are married, or retirement
    Now you don’t really need all that space, and less house means less money to spend on it.

This cycle will occur with most people today, so expect to be a part of it. This is really meant to be more of a heads-up type of post, not one with really useful info in it. However, there are some times when I just start talking about random but real things in life, and this is definitely random.

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בלה בלה בלה

January 16th, 2007
at 8:07pm

“and this is definitely random”

Certainly is.

Why can’t you be more supportive? Randomness defines humanity.
For those who don’t speak or read Hebrew, the name the author used is “Blah, blah, blah.”

Chill, honey, don’t get all tangled up in your ethernet cabling. More specifically:

I don’t completely agree with your stages, but that is immaterial. You presented your opinion, and it is an interesting observation on the cycle of life and real-estate ownership of the typical middle-class American married couple.

And for that I commend you and salute you!

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