Anyone here over 25 still livin with their parent/parents?

[mad1]

Its just that.....I do!

But Im not ashamed to say that outta many reasons why I still do, one big one is that I dont have the finance for rent (so much!) as I dont have the courage either...........Im not very streetwise and I know most rented accomodation are in areas you needn't leave a new car in! Plus home is a comfort for me.......and while Im almost hitting 27years old and still there, mum and I can keep each other company, even though sometimes it can get a bit much and theres no room to breathe for either of us, thru gettin on each others nerves.........most of the time it isnt like that.......

and its great that her partner doesnt come every night, so mum and I get at least 3 nights to ourselves to watch films or programmes............I like that, I enjoy that, that sharin thang......

anyway, I have no idea what future holds, though it can feel wrong or like theres something wrong with me if I say to other pple, but then I just tell them the truth with a shrug of the shoulders to shut them up!

I only know its seems fine a girl still livin with her mum, but a boy my age or older? Why the HECK do pple question that more? AND keep their distance? I mean, come on Im sure some girls out there met guys 24/25 or maybe older, still livin with their mum/dad and you've pulled back a bit! Or maybe is that for guys over 30?

Still, the guy who wanted me, well, kinda stalked me, still lives with his mum and he musta been like 35!!!!! The worst thing was passin his car one day and seeing a doll in the back!

I freaked out................but even more so that the sayin for lads like that is 'Mummys Boy!' Right, and though Pub Crawlers mum looks great for her age....and all.......and uhm............anyway...





well I dont care if any of u laff at me still living with my mum! I aint ever gonna be dating, engaged, married, social and blah really..........so its ok!

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anyone else here like ickle me?

 

[bammo2]

I'm 25 and I live with my mum, although I'm not sure I'd describe it as STILL living with my mum.......

I lived away from home at university in Lincoln for 3 years, and as soon as I graduated, I moved in with friends in Nottingham. That lasted 2 years, and then I decided I wanted to go travelling round the world. so I sold my car and moved out of my rented house and back with my mum about 6 weeks before I left. I got back from my trip in August, and still haven't found a job, so am having to live at home until I have a bit more financial security.

My mum is great, and I get on really well with her, and its great having the home comforts but I have to say, I do miss the freedom of living elsewhere, and the location (my mum lives in Mansfield, about 15 miles from Nottingham and most of my friends. Having no money means I very rarely see my friends any more)

but I'm not ashamed of living at home. Like I say, my mum's pretty cool so it's almost like sharing with friends (but not quite.....)

 

[ghetofabu]

What ever you are comfortable with. I am not going to judge anyone.

 

[pub crawler]

Why, yes..... I'm over 30 and I still live with me mum. It's quite nice, actually..............she takes me to big Rita's house every Sunday night for a snappy game of bingo. Then, we go home and watch "Night at the Opera" on the Public Broadcasting Station. She retires at 10:00, and I always feed the cat before I go to bed. I hope I never get married.......... women are impossible!!!!!

























Wait, do I live at home?

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

i am 27 and just moved out of my parents house a few months ago. i lived with them for about 3 years after moving back to Atlanta from school. i had no problem living with them. we got along well and they gave me my space.

 

[cell]

Weeell, thanks to my thoughtful exhusband who kicked me out of his family owned house so he could divorce me...myself and my daughter are now living at my mom's house, and I am 31 years old. My mom's a pain in the a** to live with too most of the time. I sometimes feel like shit because I feel like I should be able to support myself and my daughter in my own home. That time will come though. I WILL find a job, and I WILL find my own place to live, and my daughter WILL have her own room.

 

[Mrs. Vedder]

I think it's cool if you still live with your parents! Hey if your parents don't mind and don't kick you out then why not!

Sometimes I wish I lived at "home" but then again.... I am home. I live with my bro... but basically I feel like I live alone sometimes.. He's always gone! LOL Which half of the time is ok! But the other half I feel so lonely !

 

[Giant Lemon]

icelle.

I don't think there's anything wrong with living with your parents past 25. My dad lived with his parents until he got married at age 30, and he's not a freak or anything!

 

[daafish]

I moved out when I was 26. I think if my dad didn't insist on it I wouldn't have.

 

[Sicy]

I moved out when I was 26.

Same here.

Although my mother would love to have me back home.

 

[daafish]

Same here.

Although my mother would love to have me back home.

Same Here....although, i think it's because I dont go to see her enough she's always like, "wow Jim...you know it's been like three weeks to the day since you've been over"

 

[joyfulgirl]

Same here.

Although my mother would love to have me back home.

She can't help it--she's Italian! (I'm assuming...)

I have an Italian friend (as in Italy, not Italian-American) who moved out of his mother's house when he was 30 which created such a scandal in his town, bringing such shame on his mother, that 10 years later she STILL has not made the 3 minute trip across town to visit him in the apartment he bought. To add insult to injury, he won't let her do his laundry. Essentially, in that culture, he is denying her her rights as a mother. As a result, he's the town freak.

p.s. she did not like me when he took me to meet her because (1) I'm foreign (2) I didn't speak enough Italian at the time and (3) probably the worst offense: I'm a vegetarian. That was one chilly willy lunch with Mama Italiana.

 

[joyfulgirl]

You know, this is an interesting topic. I'm a different *cougholdercough* generation than most of you and for my generation, it was really almost unheard of to live with your parents past the age of 18 (in the U.S., that is). You left home at 18 to go to college and if you went back home after college you would definitely have been labeled something ... well, unkind. If you didn't go to college, you moved out anyway--often even before the age of 18--and got a job. I only know of one person from my high school class that continued living with his parents after high school. But it's a whole different thing today. I don't judge it, because it is totally the way it is today, but it's still hard for me to get used to sometimes.

 

[Sicy]

Thats a funny story.

Yes my mom was born and raised in Rome. She did not want me to move out.

 

[ghetofabu]

You know, this is an interesting topic. I'm a different *cougholdercough* generation than most of you and for my generation, it was really almost unheard of to live with your parents past the age of 18 (in the U.S., that is). You left home at 18 to go to college and if you went back home after college you would definitely have been labeled something ... well, unkind. If you didn't go to college, you moved out anyway--often even before the age of 18--and got a job. I only know of one person from my high school class that continued living with his parents after high school. But it's a whole different thing today. I don't judge it, because it is totally the way it is today, but it's still hard for me to get used to sometimes.

I really hate when people do that my generation your generation crap. I am 24 and my brother is 23 and we both left like a month after we turned 18. Sicy and fish are older than I and they stayed home longer.

 

[Cleasai]

I'll be 25 next month and I'm still at home. Mom was torn apart when my brother moved out so thats one guilt reason I'm still around.

Another reason is that rent in San Diego is astronomical (nothing like San Francisco mind you). Since when can a college student live in apartment thats $700 a month? Oi. I do need to move out soon though. I'm going crazy here!

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

that italian story is funny.

you know, i was born and raised in the US and i had plenty of friends who lived with their parents after graduating from high school for various reasons. and some moved back home after college to save their weddings and their first homes. i never thought that it was weird to be living with your parents after you turned 18.

 

[joyfulgirl]

I really hate when people do that my generation your generation crap. I am 24 and my brother is 23 and we both left like a month after we turned 18. Sicy and fish are older than I and they stayed home longer.

I don't really see why you're so offended. Differences by generations DO exist. Why is it bad to mention it? All I am saying is that living at home well beyond age 18--especially late 20's--is generally much more common today in America than it was when I was a teenager in the 70s. I made it clear that I have no judgments about it--it's neither better nor worse, in my opinion, it's just an interesting change that many people have observed. Unless Sicy and fish are old enough to be your parents, they are of the same generation as you (I don't know how old they are). I am old enough to be to your mother--i.e., a completely different generation.

 

[joyfulgirl]

that italian story is funny.

you know, i was born and raised in the US and i had plenty of friends who lived with their parents after graduating from high school for various reasons. and some moved back home after college to save their weddings and their first homes. i never thought that it was weird to be living with your parents after you turned 18.

I think maybe today it's an economical issue--people are getting married and starting families later, and it's more expensive to live on your own, so it makes sense to stay at home--especially in big cities. I don't know how an 18 year old (or even a 25 year old) in NYC or San Francisco could afford to move out of their parents home today and stay in the city!

 

[Sicy]

Another reason is that rent in San Diego is astronomical (nothing like San Francisco mind you). Since when can a college student live in apartment thats $700 a month? Oi. I do need to move out soon though. I'm going crazy here!

I would love to pay $700 a month.

I pay $950

 

[daafish]

I would love to pay $700 a month.

I pay $950

me too. I pay $850!

 

[Sicy]

Oh dont even start.. you live in a HOUSE.

 

[joyfulgirl]

I would love to pay $700 a month.

I pay $950

Yep, that's what I was paying in NYC 5 years ago... for a studio.

BUT, at least I didn't have car payments. Or clothes. Or food. Who needs all that crap.

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

I dunno.

I moved away to school last year, and moved back home this year when I transferred schools. I'm 20. I now live with my parents. And I think we get along better now thaan we EVER had. Partially b/c I left, partially b/c my mom got sick and now I was here to take care of her (she's good now).

Out of my entire high school, only like 5 people actually went away to school. Everyone else lives at home, with their parents still. I tdepends on where you grow up I guess.

But I wouldn't have it any other way. Trust me, living at home is much easier.

 

[Banshee Breeze]

I live with my mom. She's got three chronic illnesses. A lot of people just assume that when you live with a parent at my age that you spend all of your time socializing, shopping, and partying. with no responsibilities. I take care of her and live my life as I see fit. It's funny cuz I am more independent of my mom than a helluva lot of people who don't live with their parents. I have not asked for a single dime since I was 16 and I don't feel the need to inform her about everything I do. I also cover all of our living expenses, since medication wipes her out. Sorry to go on like this, but sometimes people just drive me insane when they don't understand that you gotta do what you gotta do, and excuse me if I can't live my life the way that you think I should. Sorry to go on like this. Oh, and these comments are certainly not directed at anyone here.

 

[Sicy]

Yep, that's what I was paying in NYC 5 years ago... for a studio.

Woah.. 5 years ago?? And for a studio! I have a one bedroom at least.. with a garage, and a pool. and its like 3 minutes from work

But my upstairs neighbors SUCK the big one.

 

[Ali Rose]

omg i SOOOO want to move out. But the thought of spending money on rent just kills me. I'm waiting to put a down payment on a nice townhouse and rent out rooms to help. Seeing as how i'll never ever get married i have to come up with a brilliant plan SOMEHOW.

I just cant throw money into oblivion like that until i have no other choice. I'd rather see hundreds of dollars everymonth going to something that will be mine someday.

I'll be at home till i'm 30

 

[Sicy]

I totally agree with you.

You're smart for not wanting to pay rent.

 

[Mrs. Vedder]

It is so hard to pay the rent. Me and my bro have to pay 700 $ a month... plus all the other damn bills It's so ARGH!! But he works like 2 jobs and gets to pay the major bills....It was so much better when my other bro lived with us I hardly paid anything! But he got married..... OMG I wonder what will I do if this brother gets married? I will be all alone! I can't move in wiht my mom she lives in Southern Cal!


I'm afraid to live alone!

 

[MrPryck2U]

I'm 30 years old
I still live with my parents
I smoke lots of weed.
I masterbate to porn twice daily.
Well, at least I got a jobby job.
If you think your life sucks, give me a fuckin' call.