For reference, moved out at 18/19 before COVID (don't recall exactly).
For reference, moved out at 18/19 before COVID (don't recall exactly).
17 years 154 days.
graduated college at 24, then lived home til 25 i think. came back for a few months around the age of 29 while i was waiting for closing on my house.
I just moved back home officially at 28.
Was in nyc, live on my own the past 5 years.
Decided I’m just gonna save a ton of money, get a car and travel to see friends and hopefully travel overseas while working remote.
I think given the circumstances it’s actually a smart thing to do. But I could see how before covid it would kind of suck. No way you’d get a girlfriend.
I lived at home continuously through my undergraduate degree. At age 22 I moved away for graduate school and came back only for visits.
18. Went to college, never looked back.
I'm 48 and I live with my parents who who are in their 70s and 80s. They are in good health but do need help with some things and will need more help as they get older. My girlfriend is a widow and single mother and lives a few miles away. I sleep over at her apartment a few times a week. I'm pretty happy with my arrangement. It's not perfect but at least I don't feel stuck anywhere and can do pretty much what I want as long as I'm respectful. I can always take a break and leave for a few days from either place. I get along great with my parents and there isn't any drama with them. I've lived with them since 2014. At first we had some conflicts but that's all been resolved now and we are all adults.
Swaglord_the_real_one_1 wrote:
I just moved back home officially at 28.
Was in nyc, live on my own the past 5 years.
Decided I’m just gonna save a ton of money, get a car and travel to see friends and hopefully travel overseas while working remote.
I think given the circumstances it’s actually a smart thing to do. But I could see how before covid it would kind of suck. No way you’d get a girlfriend.
Haha ha haha! Ok, rich boy.
Hahahaaa. Oh man what a loser! Save a ton of money?! Haha haha get a job first dork!
oh guaranteed you have a small pecker wrote:
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Haha ha haha! Ok, rich boy.
Hahahaaa. Oh man what a loser! Save a ton of money?! Haha haha get a job first dork!
I have a job, I’m a software engineer. Kinda boring but the remote work capability is pretty nice.
Anyway, I think it’s worth it to live at home now. 28 is a good age for that. Any older and I’d feel pretty weird.
Lot's of Vietnamese I know have multiple generations living in one house. My friend is an Electrical Engineer and his wife and children live with his parents. So does his older brother and his wife and kids. They are expected to take care of the parents, you will never see them shipped off to an old peoples home to be abused and waiting for death.
17. Parents were caring for my father’s parents, so left at home for senior year while they were 1K miles away. Great experience and taught me responsibility before heading off to college.
I don't live with my parents, my parents live with me. The house is under my name, I make the mortgage and utility payments, I do most of the chores, and my income is greater than theirs combined.
I help them out financially, they keep me company and do a bit of the housework. It's a win-win.
Recently moved back in with my parents at 26 because of COVID. My lease on my NYC apartment ran up in June, and because I’m WFH for the foreseeable future I see this as an excellent opportunity to:
-save a sh*t ton of money
-spend valuable time with my parents
-be with my beloved family pup
-good food
-save a sh*t ton of money
Frankly, if you have a problem with this you are one of those overly independent weirdos with no sense of reality. I’m probably only gonna be living with my parents for another couple months, but I KNOW that I will look back fondly on this quality time spent with them. Meanwhile, some of you weirdos are purposely dodging your parents because you think it is macho and tough to be needlessly independent. When they are gone, you will wish you handled your time better.
DISCLAIMER: these weirdos that I speak of are individuals who have the option to live with their parents during this pandemic, but choose not to because they think they are too school for cool. They have so much to prove to the other weirdos that they suck the toes of. If you are in a situation that does not give you this option, you are not a weirdo.
At 21 I had a summer internship 10 miles from my hometown so moved home for the summer. I had a job right after college and moved there and have never lived at home since. Longest I've been at the parents since has been about a week over the holidays and at the end of that we were all ready for me to go home. Love my parents and am very close to them but I want my own life and they want to enjoy their retirement and the proper doses of each other is important to those two goals.
loving this wrote:
Frankly, if you have a problem with this you are one of those overly independent weirdos with no sense of reality. I’m probably only gonna be living with my parents for another couple months, but I KNOW that I will look back fondly on this quality time spent with them. Meanwhile, some of you weirdos are purposely dodging your parents because you think it is macho and tough to be needlessly independent. When they are gone, you will wish you handled your time better.
Yeah lol my friends in NYC who aren’t doing this are so dumb. There’s no way the city is gonna be fun in about 6-8 weeks once it gets colder out. And paying like $2k for that? Hell no
I live with my parents at 28 ever since my expensive big city lease ran up during COVID. It can be tough at times (mentally) - but the savings are awesome. My parents are also divorced and my dad has a second home, so there is always an empty place for me somewhere.
Came home aged 18 and one month, gone for good at 19 and three months.
Moved out at 19. Never lived with them after that, so far. It's been 41 years but who knows? I might have to go hit up my Dad's house one day.
36 now, left at 18 and never went back
43 for 5 months after breaking up with my fiance. Took some time to find a place to rent in my town to be close to my kids.