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Dating is hard in your 30s, especially when you're living at home with your parents.
- Dating in your 30s while living with your parents can be a challenge.
- The keys to dating in your 30s while living with your parents are communication, setting boundaries, and getting creative when it comes to bringing someone home.
- Here, eight people living under their parents' roofs in their thirties share hilarious stories about their dating lives.
Dating isn't easy, especially when you you're living at home with your parents, like 23% of millennials, as Zillow reported in May 2018.
"Living at home can create multiple issues related to dating," David Bennett, counselor and relationship expert at Double Trust Dating, told Business Insider. He said it may feel like high school dating all over again.
"The main challenge it causes is logistical - it's much easier to have a fun and romantic date if you have your own place, with multiple rooms at your disposal," he said. "Also, nothing can kill romance like knowing your parents are sleeping a few feet away."
Here, eight 30-somethings who live with their parents share hilarious stories about their dating lives (the responses have been edited for length and clarity):