Dodging the Parental Boomeranger

March 25, 2009 by Mr. ToughMoneyLove  
Filed under Money and Behavior

boomeranger“What goes around, comes around.”

How many times have you heard that phrase used as a subtle threat or reminder of another’s misbehavior?

Boomeranger.

That’s a word that baby boomers invented to label – in a semi-demeaning sort of way – adult children who return to their parents’  home to escape the realities of their own financial problems. (I actually don’t think that all boomerangers should be demeaned, but that’s another topic for another day.) Read more