My 29 year old daughter lives with us even though she could afford to live alone. So far it has been normal and also enjoyable, but now we think it should take off. Is there any little trick to nudge her, lovingly, to do it? – Signed letter
Let’s leave out for once the economic reasons that push millions of young Italians to live with their parents up to the age of thirty and let’s say that your daughter is what the French call a Tanguy, from the protagonist of the 2001 comedy of the same name.
In the film, a 29-year-old boy keeps putting off his doctorate and forces his parents to do a series of tricks to get him out. But it’s all in vain: in the end, the only solution will be offered by the family of Chinese in-laws, happy to all live under one roof with Tanguy and their daughter. If you don’t have a family ready to adopt your daughter, here are five ways to encourage her to change nests.
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