How old is too old to live with your parents?

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  • 18-22

  • 22-30

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Mike Gayner

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I left at 17, could not be happier living on my own, i have a great friend/roommate living with me and i love the fact that's theirs no rules in my house.

Gtfo before you 20 IMO.

Because your life turned out to be a good model to work from, right :rolleyes:
 

Mike Gayner

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And what have you done in your life thats so special? You and your brother can fuck off.

Well I'm doing OK compared with you, considering I'm a 25yo accountant with a long term partner, with whom I just bought my first house. My brother is a recent graduate who immediately landed an excellent software engineering job, even in a bad employment market. You, on the other hand, are a teenager who is recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.
 

Locut0s

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Surprised no one has mentioned me yet. 28 and still live at home with mommy and daddy :)
 

Heller

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Well I'm doing OK compared with you, considering I'm a 25yo accountant with a long term partner, with whom I just bought my first house. My brother is a recent graduate who immediately landed an excellent software engineering job, even in a bad employment market. You, on the other hand, are a teenager who is recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.

Um, did you just make that up, go dig one post that shows me abusing alcohol.

And heres a common expression in AMERICA

What does not kill you, only makes you stronger.
 

Heller

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Well I'm doing OK compared with you, considering I'm a 25yo accountant with a long term partner, with whom I just bought my first house. My brother is a recent graduate who immediately landed an excellent software engineering job, even in a bad employment market. You, on the other hand, are a teenager who is recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.

Since when is 20 a teenager?


learn2readfool.
 

Mike Gayner

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Um, did you just make that up, go dig one post that shows me abusing alcohol.

And heres a common expression in AMERICA

What does not kill you, only makes you stronger.

Sorry, was it just drugs that you went to rehab for? I didn't mean to wrongly slander your name :rolleyes:

In NZ we have an expression too - stay the fuck away from compulsively lying drug addicts, because they have nothing positive to offer.
 

Heller

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Sorry, was it just drugs that you went to rehab from? I didn't mean to wrongly slander you name :rolleyes:

In NZ we have an expression too - stay the fuck away from compulsively lying drug addicts, because they have nothing positive to offer.

Have you hear the expression, Don't talk shit when you live in NZ?

You dont have to say a word, at the end of the day your still not an American. Which means your a i love you.
 

ahenkel

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Jan 11, 2009
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I think everyone knows its Nietzsche and everyone knows its quoted to death and probably has lost all of it original meaning.
 

zerocool84

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Here in LA area, unless you make pretty good money, you're going to need to have roommates to live with since it's still expensive to live anywhere. I definitely don't want to live with roommates again.
 

pcgeek11

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What you think is retarded is frankly none of your business. Just because you were prematurely tossed on your ear to fend for yourself doesnt mean everyone else had to endure it to satisfy your sense of equality in life. :'(

Now I guess I know who is retarded. :)

I left because I was ready at 18.

By the way this doesn't make any sense:

" What you think is retarded is frankly none of your business."

What?
 
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msw1382

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I voted never too old just because you can never know what will happen in life. However, if you do move in at the age of 30+ you better have a plan to get out in under 2 years.
 

ChAoTiCpInOy

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Depends on the culture, but most Asian cultures have no problem staying at home for as long as you need to. There's no kicking out and I know in Filipino culture, the youngest child gets the house.
 

bignateyk

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21-22 range when college is finished. I guess it is acceptable to live there a year or two after college while you build some savings to buy a house.

I moved out at 18 when I went to college. Lived in apartments through college and a few years after college. Bought a house at 26.
 

Beev

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I left for college right at 18 and never went back. One of my friends is 27 now and still lives with his parents. He lived in an apartment during his 4 years at college, but other than that he's been at home. He is totally fine with it and actually has a decent enough paying job. I sort of envy his bill-lessness.
 

Fausto

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What you think is retarded is frankly none of your business. Just because you were prematurely tossed on your ear to fend for yourself doesnt mean everyone else had to endure it to satisfy your sense of equality in life. :'(

Judgemental ATOTer Dislikes Being Judged; Film at Eleven.
 

SP33Demon

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I think it depends on the financial situation and culture. Many Indians I know still live with their rich parents through their 30's to save the cash (smart IMO). If a kid is still living with their parents in their late 20's but going to school and paying rent I see no problem with this either. If they're sitting around playing video games and not working, then that's a problem.
 

Cerb

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I moved out when I was 16...never went back. I forged some papers and two weeks after my 16th birthday, I enlisted in the USMC. I turned 17 in Vietnam.

IMO, once you finish high school...whether you graduate or drop out...either you go to college full time, or move out and get a job. (no, you don't get to lay around and half-ass look for a job first)
1. Who's paying for the job search? That's not free.
2. Who's paying for shelter while you're not working? That's not free.
3. Who's paying for food while you're not working? That's not free.
4. Who's paying for transportation? That's not free.
5. Where's the mystical money coming from, to send you to college? That's not only not free, but increasing in cost at rates far above all other non-medical expenses.
 

bas1c

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Rent $350 a week? Where the hell are you living? I don't see how that's really even a reasonable cost of living unless you're in NYC.

I live for $400/month (utilities included) in a very populated area in my own little studio. It's very adequate for what I need.

Problem is, the minimum wage is under $10 for all states but the cost of living is not the same. It's not only in NYC that the cost of living is high. Oh yeah, $1400/month for NYC...*laugh*. Not even close.