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Post by noleafclover1980 on Jul 23, 2011 20:01:29 GMT -5
I'm 31 and live at home, thanks to a crappy job market. I hate it, but it beats being homeless.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2011 20:19:46 GMT -5
I support people saying it depends on circumstances. I mean I lived around in London for about 3/4 of the year when I was 18, then lived in the other side of the UK with my other half for a year and a bit from the ages of 20 - 21. Given the state of the economy living back with my parents (not for the reason of lack of money but just helping to look after terminally ill father and ill mother) has been quite nice really. Honestly I'd say that when you start to think "this doesn't fit me at all, I need to move out," strongly then you need to move your butt, but if you feel fine as it is then don't worry about it. I do hate when people judge you for living at home though as clearly you're responsible enough to be paying you way and that says a lot about your character. I'm 31 and live at home, thanks to a crappy job market. I hate it, but it beats being homeless. And above all this.
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Jul 23, 2011 20:28:47 GMT -5
Pretty much what everyone above's saying. If you've graduated, you're paying part or all of the bills; pretty much if you're pulling your own weight and not being a freeloader, there's nothing wrong with living with your parents, especially in this economy.
Actually, history usually dictated that families would usually stay in the same house, generation after generation after generation: you'd have parents living with their children and grandchildren, and being taken care of by said children, along with the grandchildren. It was only recently that people decided to move away from home to start a separate family. Learned that in Anthropology 131.
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Post by who throws a shoe?! on Jul 23, 2011 20:42:45 GMT -5
It's different for everyone, I, for one, would feel extremely ashamed of myself if I was still living with my parents by the time I'm 25. I've just finished University and have already started looking into moving out. But to each their own, people live their lives in different ways. Pretty much this. I'm 28 and couldn't imagine living with my mum anymore. Having said that, if I were to lose my job and had no way of paying my rent I'd move back home.
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Post by erisi236 on Jul 23, 2011 21:05:49 GMT -5
Heh, people with parents, must be nice.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jul 23, 2011 21:08:57 GMT -5
I know a guy that's forty, never been married, has a good job making 23 dollars an hour and he lives with his parents.
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Post by texaswhopper on Jul 23, 2011 21:14:09 GMT -5
I live at home at 27. My job at UPMC is good but not enough to afford to move out. To describe my room and or living quarters...
I have this big Angus movie poster on the wall, wrestling tapes/dvds strewn about near my dresser, I say tapes first because I own more wrestling tapes then dvds. Porn is hidden in discreet places in my room and the socks used in conjuction are usually tossed under the bed. I have a wooden tray next to my bed used to eat on or place the remote(s) for the TV on. At any given time the wastebasket in the corner can have Sheetz wrappers of various sizes. I go in and out of Sheetz phases. The food is crud yet you keep going back. That's the power of Sheetz.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Jul 23, 2011 21:23:26 GMT -5
Oh of course, what you're doing is fine. I jiust mean don't just be a shut in doing nothing all day and getting pissed when your Mom forgets your pizza rolls, know what I mean? Mmm pizza rolls... I eat so poorly sometimes. Safe to say I eat rather poorly pretty much all the time. Which would explain why I've become this festering gastropod of a person. Anyways, carry on, FANs with your living at home talk. I don't mean to take things off topic.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 23, 2011 21:36:45 GMT -5
There's no specific age.
If you are happy and there's no need to move out then so be it.
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Post by Citizen Zero on Jul 23, 2011 22:15:22 GMT -5
Heh, people with parents, must be nice. ...Batman? Is that you?
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Post by Tarik Dee on Jul 23, 2011 22:17:25 GMT -5
I'm 21 and Im going to move until I get married, not my choice.
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Post by Squirrel Master on Jul 23, 2011 22:20:47 GMT -5
I'm 47 and I live with Grandma who's 83. My 8 year old daughter lives with us several days a week. Our apartment has been in the family since 1980 so we are rent-controlled. Our landlady just took her lumps in Civil Court trying to evict me on the grounds of being a nuisance, what with all the "prostitutes" who are my companions. She's a damn fool, and her lawyer knows it and got paid anyway. ...and I see more ass than a lot of guys who live solo. The bottom line is that the Court ruled that I can look forward to a reasonable rent for as long as I "behave" myself.
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Post by Big L on Jul 23, 2011 22:27:35 GMT -5
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Post by Paco on Jul 23, 2011 22:30:32 GMT -5
What do I mean by giving up? Unemployed, don't even try nor want to find work, yell at Mom all the time for meatloaf. MA! THE MEATLOAF! f***!
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Post by Starshine on Jul 23, 2011 22:37:16 GMT -5
I still live at home, but I'm also doing uni full time and don't really work enough to really support all my needs right now.
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Post by King Ghidorah on Jul 23, 2011 22:37:50 GMT -5
I'm 22, stay with my mom, but we work on opposite shifts, so I only see her maybe twice a week on the weekends, since half the time I sleep else where. *I'm quite the bum you see* I pay my share of the mortgage, and life goes by. I make a pretty decent living, but I see no reason to go through the hassle of moving out when I don't find it absolutely necessary. I say it may start feeling awkward for me around 25.
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Post by rchi84 on Jul 23, 2011 23:37:52 GMT -5
The only thing that really matters is how you feel about it. If living with your parents feels like you're being restricted in some way, then do yourself a favour and get a new home.
If living with your parents doesn't seem like a big deal, and you still are on good terms, stay on, save up money and decide when you feel like you really need your privacy and space.
One thing I've learned in the years post college, is that lifestyle which is dictated by outside opinion will soon wear out and you'll be miserable at the end of it. Do whatever you feel like, whenever you feel like, because while the whole world joins you when you party, when it's time to cleanup, you'll more often than not find yourself alone.
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Post by rchi84 on Jul 23, 2011 23:43:48 GMT -5
I live with my family because I can't imagine leaving my dad alone at his age (he's 60+). I get worried when he's on his own because he tends to fall into a depression that started when we lost our mom four years ago.
I don't mind the weird looks from friends when they find out I'm still living with my family. I would rather have that than have my dad neglect himself and fall into a depression all alone.
Plus, it's a weird world. I've also had some people envy the "bond" (their words, not mine) that we share and some even wish they were on talking terms with their parents. I know a millionaire guy here, who still aches over the gap he created with his family in the pursuit of business.
So that's that..
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Post by Rolent Tex on Jul 23, 2011 23:46:01 GMT -5
Pfft. I still live at home at 30. Not like I need to impress chicks or some crap, I'm married. I've lived elsewhere but mainly came home for a couple years to finish college. (Yeah, that never happened.) I'm mainly sticking around because my parents were recently divorced and my father can't really support himself on his own yet. I pay half the bills and I'm working to kill off my our debts before we find our own place soon. At least I cover half the bills. I have former coworkers who still lived at home and spent all of their money out getting wasted and partying seven nights a week.
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Jul 24, 2011 0:00:43 GMT -5
I agree with everyone saying it really depends on the situation. The stigma attached to it is completely unfair, though.
I, myself, moved in with my fiance about 3 years ago. That put me on my own at 20. While I have a friend that just turned 30 and still lives with his parents. He has an amazing job, makes a good amount of coin, but still relies on his parents to pay everything but his car, car insurance, and his cell phone. That....is really hard to justify.
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