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Hey everybody, it's Mariel.

I want you to meet freelance journalist Felice Leon and her mom.

So tell me mother, so why are you always all up in my business?

Because you are my business, really.

Felice lives with her parents in a situation that's sometimes referred to as a boomerang when a person leaves their parents house but then comes back to live there later.

Not necessarily because their parents need help, but because they, the parents' adult child, are up against the high cost of living or need time to recover after burning out at a job, for example.

And look, when you go home to your parents' house, whether it's for a few days or way longer, it is easy to regress to the teenage version of yourself.

Can we consider knocking before busting a door open.

Okay, that's very true, but what happened when it's the reverse?

You bust into my rooms.

What am I supposed to do?

Police is based in New York City where rent is not cheap.

So living with her parents is a financial choice,

and she admits it's a privilege to have parents who are alive and well

and can offer her a home.

But this living arrangement isn't always easy on either side.

How is it going for you and for you and dead, let's say?

Living with you?

Yes.

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