Lost A Home Gifts

'Well, our house was worth £350k when the bank repossessed it.'

"Hello? Guys? Okay, I've had a long day and I'm very tired, so no pranks this time. I'm serious... guys?!"

'I considered running away, but since I'll probably be living at home until I'm 38, it's a bad career move.'

"I'm taking 'moving back in with the parents' studies."

And when we came home, the entire anthill was gone... It was awful, Mom - but at least Harry and I still have each other...

Did you miss me?

'You lost your home and farm. Do you want to talk about it?

The journey's end

Home Sweet Second Home.

"Hold it, Lucy! Here I am!"

I'm here to update your census form. Since you mailed the form in, have any of your children moved back in with you?

Rising Housing Costs vs Wages.

'A great location and only one step from the beach.'

'I seem to be on the range but 'home' is proving illusive.'

"Junior's moved back home! It took him less than a week to work out that the grass is not always greener on the other side..."

'I don't care what he says, child labor laws were never intended to protect the rights of children in their mid-30s.'

"Your room is exactly how you left it before you went to college, except of course, for our boarder, Mr. Grunze."

Affordable housing - Mum and Dads.

"Yes, it's good to see you again too! But all I did was go to the mailbox!"

"I'm going to look for a mortgage...I may be some time!"

"Generation X, Y or Z? No idea. My brat is Generation SLSLWMAF - Stinkin' Lazy, Still Living with Mom at Forty."

Right Here

"The only thing we seem to have in your price range is a bird box in Billericay."

"You can't live in our basement. Your brother beat you to it."

"This article says that the number of elderly living with their children is rising..."

I tried insuring my house over the phone but they insisted on seeing it. It was on fire at the time...

"I lost everything-the business, the house, the landscape."

'Don't worry about me, mom, I'll be fine as long as you keep working!'

"It sure is great to have you back for a while at the mother ship."

'It's always so sad when they repossess.'

"I see Linda and Gay moved back from down South. I knew that wouldn't last."

"My little birdie flew the nest and then moved back home to live in the basement."

Americans More Optimistic

"Your room is exactly as you left it."

"It is a violation of air national guard policy for you to possess an AK-47 from Iraq, boy!! Do you want to suffer the consequences of bringing back a souvenir?!!"