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I could move back with my parents without much of an issue but my ILs? Hell no. I’d have to be on the verge of homelessness and even then, I’d probably hit up a shelter before I took refuge under their roof.

My parents actually offered to have DH and I move in with them to save money for a house. It would be rent free so we would save an absolute fortune but I’d only take them up on it if we had no other option.

If we were financially desolate, yes. My folks are in a small, three bedroom townhouse (the third bedroom is a tiny office), and I can't imagine it being very comfortable for any of us.

My two sisters in law have all lived under their own parents' roof since having children, and it's definitely not something I have any interest in.

Only if we were in a DIRE situation and absolutely HAD to! Never just for the sake of saving some extra money. And in that case, more likely my parents than his parents. I just do not feel comfortable with his parents at all and would be miserable. I would dislike living with my parents too, but at least they have a big house which would allow us some space.

We did this last year. My husband was in the middle of a job change (I work from home, so I could be anywhere) and we decided to leave the US for France, where his family is. What was supposed to be a 2-3 months maximum stay turned into 9 months. The first few months were fine, but I started to go crazy, even get a little depressed the last few months. My in-laws are wonderful people, but not to live with over the long haul. I guess it really just depends on your relationship with your parents/in-laws. At any rate, I have said absolutely not for any future extended stays.

Nope, only as a total last resort. I'd have to be jobless and ready to live on the street!

Honestly, I feel like I have moved back in with my parents a few times. There was the time when I was pregnant with my first and they were renovating our bathroom in the old house - since there was only one bathroom and I was eight months pregnant, I had to stay with my parents for over a week. When my son was born, I stayed at their house for nearly three weeks because my husband had the master bedroom completely torn up (from the joists up). Then when DS hit about six months, I had to go stay with them for another few weeks while DH renovated the second bedroom so that we could turn it into a nursery and get DS out of our room and into a crib!

So can I see myself doing it? Yes. Does it actually make life any easier? No, not really. In some ways it made it harder. I still had to wash all the bottles and take care of the night feedings - at least with DH around, he would help with some of that!

Yes because we currently do, but we pay rent. My husband and I moved in with my parents when we were finishing grad school. Then my dad passed away and my mom asked us to stay. She ended up selling the house and we moved with her because she can't really afford the place without us and at the time didn't want to move into an apartment or anything. We're now currently TTC and we were hoping to be able to afford to buy a place this summer but then my husband lost his job/didn't get the job he thought so now we won't be able to afford it. So it's looking like if we get pregnant anytime soon we will probably still be living with my mom when our kid is born.

We would live with my mom if we had to. My IL's.....no way.

I moved back in with my mom during grad school and again after a failed relationship, and both times were fine. I think she would love to have the company, as she lives alone.

Yes, and we have. We didn't have our LO yet, but Dan and I lived with them for about 8 months. We wanted to move back to our hometown & start a family, but the cost of living here is A LOT more then where we were living (our previous rent was $575 for a 2 bedroom single family home!). My parents have a large house, are incredibly generous, and are very kind & easy going... it wasn't bad at all. If the need arose, I'd do it again.