Life seems to have changed, Louisa. These days 34 is like 14, and a lot of it's because parents refuse to let the little darlings stand on their own two feet. When I first left home - and for a long time after - people didn't go straight from living with parents to renting a flat, or buying one. They rented a room, and often they shared one with someone else. Some of my friends' kids are horrified at they idea that they should even share a bathroom.