What To Do When Your Adult Son and His Girlfriend Are Shacking Up

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🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at
0:26.6	Dr. Laura.com.
0:28.2	I don't know that anybody is really going to believe what I'm going to say next, but I don't
0:33.2	lie.
0:35.1	I don't lie.
0:49.3	It's because it's not nice. No, that's not why I don't lie. I mean, it isn't nice. I don't lie because I suck at it. You can tell in my tone, my word choice, and my expression.
0:57.8	Tone and word choice, you can get expression.
1:00.0	You can't.
1:00.5	This is radio, but you heard that opening about shack up women being unpaid
1:06.5	whore and mistresses.
1:08.2	This morning I got an email and I pulled the one I want to use.
1:15.0	So you're not going to believe that it's the same subject. How is that even possible? Because he picks,
1:25.1	he picks a call from all the calls of last week.
1:30.6	Okay.
1:31.5	So, a dad, my adult son and his girlfriend contacted me to say they have bought a house together
1:41.1	and are shacking up.
1:43.3	She has been divorced twice and has three adopted minor children.
1:50.8	My son, who has never married, claims he and his girlfriend have no intention of marrying,
1:56.6	but are happy to share their assets, liabilities and the bed with one another.
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