What's the oldest age you ever lived at home with your parents?

When I was 18. My kids who are now 23 & 21 left when they were 18. I had a great relationship with my parents but I wanted to be free.

We have a great relationship with our own kids. We are thankful they are not leaching off of us. One is still in college but already has a job offer. I think this is unusual though. Most of their friends are living with their parents. It's not healthy in my opinion but if you are happy and your parents don't care so be it.

I could never do it and probably would have left at age 15 if I could have.

19. My parents pushed me out and it was a good thing they did. I was unemployed, not going to college and just hanging out with friends with no particular ambition. Once I realized they were serious, I got my rear in gear, got a job, apartment, etc.. A number of years later, after working different jobs at close to minimum wage, I went back to college and now I am making a great living. I often wonder what would have happened if my parents were content to let me languish at home perpetually.

22 for me, when I got married.

My oldest kid is 21. I can't see him moving out due any time soon due to crazy housing prices and the fact that he's still in school for at least a couple years. We all get along though so no rush.

I lived with them for two months when I was 33. That was because I was in between contracts where I work outside the US and my house was rented out. In addition to just me there was my wife and two kids. It was actually a planned two month vacation.

33. Parents are from New York and I didn't see the point, and they completely agreed with me, to spend significant $ on rent for an apartment I'd barely see (I was in banking, analyst to associate; no MBA or move to PE).

12

I moved out to go to college at 18, and then only lived with them for three summers (so a totoal of about 9 months) after that and then never again. Love them, but I'm an independent dude and needed to be out.

18

Good for you and your parents.

17, nearly 18.

Female.

Dad told me he was going to charge me rent if I went back during college vacations, so I never did. I did a heap of jobs through college, some with free accommodation.

I guess I did go back for 2 weeks to help my mom with his funeral arrangements a few years later.

27. Which is old compared to most in this thread, but then I'm not American so being a good little lifelong wage slave in order to service some landlord isn't considered a point of pride

One month at age 22 after college ended prior to starting my first "real" job. Prior to that was 3 months over summer break when I was 20 (when I was 21 had an internship and never went home for more than a night or two after classes ended).