After five years of aggressive saving, this couple finally got there, purchasing an older four-bedroom house in a beautiful area. Instead of simply offering their congratulations, both women landed on the exact same idea: maybe there’s room here for me too. Perplexed, the wife couldn’t let one question go: Why would either of their mothers want to live with them? Pew attributes this to changing attitudes about family life, high housing costs, and challenges in finding affordable childcare. ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTAnd that’s possibly the real sting for OP: the implication (or expectation) that she and her husband, like many “seething millennials,” according to Li, should have to bear the consequences of their parents’ financial choices.