Why young men can’t escape the family home

Why young men can’t escape the family home

“I’m at my family place at the moment.” I hit on this combination of words a couple of years ago. It sounded — I hoped it sounded — sophisticated and cosmopolitan, as if I was referring to surfing an extensive collection of properties rather than what I actually meant: living with my parents. A couple of weeks shy of my 29th birthday, I finally moved out and broke a spell of several years there. But many guys my age haven’t managed it. According…