In Japan 60% of married ‘adults’ are spongers
The Mainichi news paper in this article did not even think it was worth mentioned here is that in Japan 70% of single adult females live at home and sponge off their parents well into the 30s.
60 percent of married individuals ’sponge’ off parents
MDN-Mainichi, March 19, 2008– About 60 percent of married individuals received financial support from their parents or their spouse’s parents over the past year, a survey…conducted by Nihon University Population Research Institute...more...
One of the odd aspects of living in Japan is always having to explain the concept of “student loans” to Japanese folks—parents pay for everything.
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March 20th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Isn’t it just… the way it is ?
I mean, for once, isn’t the japanese way of life about preserving the family structure ?
In which manual of life is it written that kids should cut contact with their parents ?
And if I remember well, 19 th century bourgeoisie was also about keeping the family together, the son taking over the father’s factory/wealth when he retire after having worked along him before.
Breaking the family just serve to make individual weaker most of the time. Divide to conquer.