Comments on: How old is too old to live at home?

By: rdawg

rdawg — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:33:47 +0000

thats a grave mistake my parents done that and i ended up pretty much an alcoholic got 4 warnings then kicked out of my hostel moved in to a backpackers which resulted in more drinking. only just passed my degree failed the attendence. i think because i didnt have a job but had income coming through. make sue they get a job and make sure they learn from my mistakes. its better to have a best time of your life for ever than a best time of your life for a year.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:56:56 +0000

I really appreciated reading this. My parents couldn’t provide anything for me except a roof over my head and I’ve always resented people who have had things handed to them. Never stopped to think about what a blessing this option is.

By: guest

guest — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:57:31 +0000

Well, if you have a stepparent in the house, your pretty screwed anyways chances are you’ll have to leave home at 17 to 21 even if your female.

As a mom someone once told me..no way i want my child to live at home, this is better for her in the long run, and she will be better prepared! I had no choice but to movie out on my own at 23, i had no father and my mother remarried and kicked me out i had to fight to go to college – listen up ladies with young daughters….Today im 34 and in bad shape.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:11:11 +0000

lol I moved out when I was 16, and I thought that was about time. Different cultures I guess.

By: anon2

anon2 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:39:08 +0000

Seriously Anon, I find it quite sad that people live with their parents yet have rental/investment properties. It’s kind of like they are not ready to grow up and face the real world like an adult. If you are mature enough to own property then you are mature enough to live in your own place and juggle working plus finances and/or studies. People juggle this stuff all the time. Living at home is like holding onto being a child, void of responsibilities and kind of makes the person doing so look like they don’t want to grow up.

By: Lol

Lol — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:05:34 +0000

Try having a nice big apartment in New York near the city or Long Island 1300+ a month plus expenses , rather live at home then be broke like a bum paying bills real talk

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:51:14 +0000

I second that. Moving out of home before marriage in my culture if anything is looked down upon, secondly I’d much rather give my parents money than pay off a stranger’s house.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:14:45 +0000

I am 23 and still live at home with both parents, my girlfiend, two younger sisters and my sisters boyfriend. One sister is still in school but all the rest of us pay $150 in rent a week and have done so since we turned 18. My parents rent rather than owning a house and (apart from the fact that as an adult I SHOULD pay my way) we all insist on chopping in financially so we can afford to live in nice areas and my sister can attend private school. I get along extremely well with my parents and sisters/significant others. Our house is large enough that we all have our own space an we all do our own washing, cooking and cleaning. It works well for our family and despite criticism from people sometimes, we are all very happy.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 02:55:37 +0000

The people that say it would just be “too hard” or “too expensive” to move out are full of excuses. Grow up!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:25:08 +0000

I moved out when I was 19. Just a month or so before I was 20. I didn’t plan on going to college (something I kind of regret now, though I managed to find a job where I make good money) so I didn’t see the point in staying when I was making enough money. Not only that, but I was tired of living under my moms rules and I didn’t like having a curfew. She also wanted to get rid of my cat which I’d had since I was a little girl. So I decided that it was time to find a place and be out on my own. I found a nice little one bedroom which was affordable and I moved out. I loved having the freedom right away.

As for what age? Well I can understand people going to college/university for staying at home until their mid-twenties. They have loans, and don’t really have time for a job that can help them afford a place and pay for school. I know some can live on residence or with room mates but there are people like me who would be uncomfortable with that.

However, people who don’t plan to go to college but are working, I don’t get why they are still at home in their 20′s. Maybe to save money up at first, but I work with this one guy who just turned 30 didn’t go to school but makes good money (we are in a factory, but we make a little over 60k a year) and just moved out. He has worked at our job years longer than I have. Why stay at home for so long? You aren’t saving for school. If you make over 60k a year, then it doesn’t take more than a year to save money for your own place.

There are people who stay at home to help their parents, and that’s understandable too.

However, if you can stand up on your own two feet, you make good money, you have no debt, you aren’t going to school or planning to, you aren’t helping parents… then it is time to leave the nest in your 20s.