Mom Is Upset Her Son, 29, Moved Back Home After a Breakup — Disrupting Her Peace: ‘I Have Lived Alone for the Last Few Years’

A son’s return home wasn’t exactly what one mother had hoped for — or even wanted.

On the U.K.-based forum Mumsnet, a woman shared that her 29-year-old son moved back in with her after breaking up with his girlfriend.

She explained that her son and his ex share a 9-year-old daughter, who often spends weekends at the house as well, staying “Every Saturday overnight till Sunday.”

The woman said that her son and granddaughter “take over the living room and TV,” which disrupts her new routine. “I have lived alone for the last few years and enjoy my peace … [and] I had time for hobbies that have now been put aside [on] the weekends,” she wrote.

“I feel like saying this is my house, and I don’t want it every weekend,” she continued. “I feel every other weekend is reasonable.”

In response, many Mumsnet users expressed that the son should take more responsibility now that he is a parent.

“He’s an adult. Why has he moved back in with you? He needs his own place now that he is a father,” one commenter said. Another added, “Why don’t you encourage your son to be a big boy, pay his own way and parent his own child?”

One user summed it up: “He needs to get his own place, and he needs to be considerate that it’s your home.”

Others suggested finding a compromise by including the family in her hobbies.

“Can you involve your granddaughter in doing any with you? Its your house, so you can control the TV and change it so that they aren’t just slobbing about … and are engaging with you, perhaps playing board games, etc.,” one person wrote, also asking, “Do you all go out for walks?”