[RStar]

I didn't move out of the house when I went to college. My parents moved out and left me behind.

They got divorced and moved out, I made the condo payments, and worked as I went to college. But then I dropped out of college. I even moved back in with my dad for a short while, and then got married, had two kids that are now 19 and 21 and still at home. The 19 year old may live here into his 30's- still hasn't gotten a driver's liscense or high school deploma yet. He moved out right after turning 18, and moved back 5 months later. The 21 year old is in college, and moved out for 8 months and then came back.

We also had a niece for a year and a half, a family friend and her boyfriend for a year and a half, and a stray girl from a motel for a year. It's a revolving door here. Good thing we have 5 bedrooms. Or is it?

Good luck to you. But I wouldn't count him gone completely. Things change, but at 26 I would think he'd be less likely to want to return home.