Originally Posted by velma929

Personally, I don't see how the kids bullying and providing ultimatums is any different than anyone else doing it, but anyway...

If they're grown up, or think they are, they can pull up big boy/big girl pants, go out and rent an apartment together. They don't *have to* stay where they're unhappy.

It's a fun idea to share the childhood home when you're young. Once one of them has a spouse and a child, or both do, sharing a house between two families isn't as much fun as it sounds like. And they're assuming that neither will need to leave town to date, marry, have a good job, etc. Even the Reagans on 'Blue Bloods' only eat together once a week.