If they're professional adults, they'll understand.

Or do you think that after 20+ years of sacrifice to build wealth you will have any influence on the adult they became as they were influenced by societal norms?

A good lease usually says something like all adult occupants must be listed on the lease.

I also bought a bunch of adult DVD's and printed out some advertising on labels and put them on the jacket of the DVD's. 

She doesn't have documentation from a physician because the dog is still in training but she's sure she can get it.Between the two chihuahuas, a service dog that isn't (yet), a father who lives in her garage while waiting for senior housing to come available and is a smoker (there's no smoking anywhere on the premises), an adult son and his maybe-fiance ("who are trying to get their own place"), a 14-year old, and a long-haul trucker husband, I can only imagine what the home would look like with that crew in place. 

I grew up on the Bay Area (Hayward) and then as adult made my home in the Springs for almost 20 yrs so small world!

Something I've discovered is that as we gain success we begin to trivialize our initial struggles to the point where even the lessons WE'VE learned are all but lost on us.Very few of us remember what it was like listening to the adults around us in our infancy as we struggled to understand the sounds they were making in their throats and mouths.

Did they have  adult backing?

After I explained my other requirements for renting (600 credit score, no felonies, no evictions, $40 application fee per adult, 3 times rental income, full security deposit up front, etc.) some people seem to never get back to me for that showing time. 

If an adult child was living with them then consider not mailing them either as they have a free house unless there is a mortgage.