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What price your independence?

Adult children don’t need a mortgage to leave home, argues Mick Hume in his column in The Times (London).

Mick Hume

Mick Hume
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Tuesday 10 June:

‘As the anxious father of young girls, I ask friends with adult daughters at home if they let boyfriends stay. Yes, says one, his 20-year-old daughter’s bloke often stays. But it is a bit annoying when noises from her bedroom drown out the TV… ‘

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