why is it that whenever i till people that i live at home (with my mom) the automatic response is: oh, at least you don't have to do your own laundry? maybe this is just another example of me being in cultural outer space, but...aren't adults generally supposed to do their own laundry? and even if not, why is that the stereotypical advantage? i mean, just to name a few other things, there's

a) at least you can share the cost of the electric/water/phone/tv bill
b) at least you have company for dinner at night
c) at least you don't have to put up with crappy roommates

etc.