Our daughter will start college fairly soon. She is welcome to go away to college or live with us rent free while she’s studying. She’s very independent, so she’ll most likely opt to go away for school anyway. The rule is, once she’s able to support herself, she has the obligation to do so…and she takes her cat with her, because we’re allergic 
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Most dishwashers are good enough on most dishes that pre rinsing is not needed and is a waste of water, so only scraping chunks off is needed.
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I guess we do have a rule in our household. I’m the only one who loads the dishwasher. Dirty dishes go in one side of the sink or on the counter until I do it.
Things that don’t go into the dishwasher get washed by others, but there’s no hard rule on who that is or when it happens. Obviously it’s H when the kids aren’t with us. Anyone can unload the dishwasher.
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We don’t have rules in our household, why, our parents never had rules regarding chores, they want us to focus on studying. But after my kids went to college and when they come back for the holidays, they immediately clean up and put away food even without us asking. Same as recently, my daughter asked my husband how to load the dishwasher the way he likes so she can do it right.
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we have a min pin mix, too - what a handful! Not sure if it’s the breed or just our spoiled neurotic girl…
So I looked up the ages included in Gen Z. The oldest of this group are just 25 in 2022. Even extending it a little to 26-27, it doesn’t seem unusual to me that this group isn’t buying houses yet. Yes, my daughter and nephew are 26 (daughter just turned 26 on Wed) and did buy houses last year, but gee, give them a chance to get it together.
I think the percentage buying luxury goods rather than houses is small. Many haven’t had a chance to buy houses yet. Some are still establishing where they are going to live. I’ve met a bunch of engineers who do oil platform gigs for a few years, or work overseas for a while (harder during covid), so they don’t know where they will be living permanently (and may use their parents’ address as a permanent one while working in the field). Why not buy a luxury item if you’ve saved the max, are a good way toward saving for that first house and still have disposable income.
One thing I’ve seen young people spending a lot on is engagement rings. Some of the rings my daughter’s friends sport are huge.
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My DD’s boyfriend told her that his manager spent 35k on engagement ring last month. Another thing is this generation doesn’t expect parents to pay for their wedding. It was interesting to me to hear how DD and her boyfriend plan to pay for the wedding and didn’t even think parents would want to cover those expenses
Well, I have two Gen Z. One never went to college, has a 2 1/2 year old, is a single mom living at home working at a day care. All her money is going to an attorney for a custody battle over the baby dad just because he want to be a jerk not because he wants his son. They were never married and she had to leave him after the police came one night when he was drunk over a year ago. She has lived with us since.
My other is in his third year of vet school. He did buy an engagement ring but is also saving for a house and they will get one when he finishes internship and residency. He lives in an apartment now which we do help with until he graduates.
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I thought it was the half chihuahua which made our dog crazy. He is often a sweet little dog that just wants to stay under the blanket and be cuddled. However, very protective of my younger daughter and will growl/could bite if you go near while he is in her room. Also he starts barking/growling if a larger dog approaches especially if it is moving quick.
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Interesting that they (the manager and fiancee) are not aware of the issues in the diamond industry like cartels, child labor, concentration of industry, corrupt supply chains, etc. that have been in the news in recent decades.
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It doesn’t look like people stopped buying diamonds
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I actually had a crazy purebred minpin that I got in my 20’s from a puppy store (I had no knowledge of puppy mills back then). When my friend told me one of her foster dogs would be perfect, at first I said no way (minpin Jack Russell). This dog is a dream, loves to run but is also a couch potato. She was 100% house trained when I got her at 3 months and I think has had 2 accidents in 12 years. My friend still regrets not keeping her. She’s even great off leash.
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Minpins are really not the easiest dogs (learning that the hard way). Ours is very anxious/nervous/neurotic and a total nuisance barker. Really only completely relaxed when she’s under the covers in our bed (preferably with us there, too). The rest of the time she’s on constant high alert ready to protect us to the death from all the dangers that surround us (people walking by our house, leaves rustling in the driveway) 
She is amazing off leash, though (too nervous to leave our side).
We give her trazadone when we’re expecting company, which takes her down about 5 notches. I’ve considered asking the vet about putting her on something for daily use.
OTOH our pug jack russell mix is a dream. You win some, you lose some 
Sorry to hijack. Back to home ownership and luxury goods!
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It seems like it. I got to admire someone sparkling Diamond ring recently at the senior center. She’s 95, what else is she going to spend her money on.
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How do you know she was the one that bought it? Perhaps it was a younger man, like an 85 year old!
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Her husband bought it for her, I forgot how many years, probably 60 or 70 year anniversary gift. He’s still working, rolling in the dough, a college professor.
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I’m surprised someone’s boss will tell the
subordinates how much they (the boss) paid for an engagement ring!
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I can see how this conversation might happen between two young guys both in long term relationships
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Wow, 70 year anniversary! Usually women outlive men so that is also incredible.
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We don’t always start our dishwasher everyday, so we usually give everything a bit of a rinse. Our dishwasher does a great job, but it doesn’t always clean off stuff that has been really caked on for several days. We learned that the hard way when I baked a cake and didn’t rinse it off and we started the dishwasher a couple of days later and there was still batter on the inside of the bowl after we ran the dishwasher, but then again, I didn’t rinse it off at all and there was still a lot on the bowl…
As far as chores go for adult children: you live here, you help out. If something needs to be done, do it! If I ask you to do something or help me with something: do it.
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