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God I hate these threads. 50 years ago people moved out of the house when they got their diploma (typically 18) because they could walk into any factory and get the equivalent of a $50k job today. Try that now. 20-30 years ago they left home at 22-23 because it was when they graduated from college that they were able to make a middle class wage. Today, of all my friends and family that recently graduated from college, I'm the only one that was able to find a job.

You can't pay rent with a $10/hr job at Target. Come on now.
 
Kinda wish I could still live at my parents house, unfortunately too far from work. Would mean an extra $1,500/month in my pocket, of which I'd gladly give them $500 or more if needed.

I'm 27 and moved out permanently a couple years ago after getting a decent stable job.

All of my friends are 27-28 and still live at home, go to community college part time, work pretty crappy part time jobs. Have been doing so since 18, don't seem to make any progress so probably would be better if their parents forced them to move out and change.
 
About my age. 😉 🙁
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Let's see.... during college, my legal residence continued to be with my parents, but I was only home a few months out of the year, since school was over 2 hours away. Lived on campus during the school year, during winter break and the summer months I went back home.

Now, I'm back home, and for two reasons:
1) haven't gotten a job that would make it possible to afford loans and rent.
2) I still have a 4 month block of training that starts at the end of May (OBC/BOLC-B). I graduated in June, and I was fairly pissed I had to wait nearly a year for my last phase of training, but it has had its benefits; I've had a great chance to get a head-start on getting things squared away, even with limited income. Also gives ample time (I hope) to get a job that would actually be good for my career goals.

Even having a job that would allow me to afford rent on my own, I didn't want to move into my own place and then have to move back out and do it all over again 4 months later. And I sure as hell didn't want to leave a place with all my stuff in it for 4 months and still pay rent for that place.

My folks were very understanding, and it's thoroughly understood it's no free ride here. I just hope before May rolls around I can secure a job to start in September, though that doesn't sound all that likely. I'll have to keep looking around during training. It doesn't help that I do also hope to move back down to Columbus but this time permanently, or possibly down to the Cinci or Dayton region. All three are much closer to drill.. I definitely am aiming to go to Columbus, since I am familiar with the city, but it'll be wherever the job is... I just have the goal of either State or Federal government, especially Federal, so I can move with the promotions in the Army Reserve and not have a problem having benefits and retirement packages follow me around the region and country. I do hope to get the hell out of Ohio, I hate snow. Driving 3 hours through the shit just to get to drill is also not an awesome idea.
 
Blackjack200 said:
God I hate these threads. 50 years ago people moved out of the house when they got their diploma (typically 18) because they could walk into any factory and get the equivalent of a $50k job today. Try that now. 20-30 years ago they left home at 22-23 because it was when they graduated from college that they were able to make a middle class wage. Today, of all my friends and family that recently graduated from college, I'm the only one that was able to find a job.

You can't pay rent with a $10/hr job at Target. Come on now.
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this is 100% true

hell even finding that $10/hour job at target is hard
 
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Psh! You can totally pay for rent and everything else with a $10/hour job at Target. I do it with $900/month. That's maybe 100 hours a month if you don't have income tax after factoring in possible stealyourmoney-charges on your paychecks (yay washington).
 
TridenT said:
Psh! You can totally pay for rent and everything else with a $10/hour job at Target. I do it with $900/month. That's maybe 100 hours a month if you don't have income tax after factoring in possible stealyourmoney-charges on your paychecks (yay washington).
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And how do you get your 900 a month? from mommy and daddy? keep trolling.
 
I left at 18 and was damn glad to do it.
Of course, because of the economy I had to go back at 30. And I fucking hate it! Like you would not believe. 99% of my anger over the past two years was due to that. The other 1% is based in being short and hairy and near-sighted and the child of a raging alcoholic and a shitty community college.

I dont know about folks who just never leave. I feel more sorry for them than I do for myself. And I feel damn sorry for myself.
 
Blackjack200 said:
God I hate these threads. 50 years ago people moved out of the house when they got their diploma (typically 18) because they could walk into any factory and get the equivalent of a $50k job today. Try that now. 20-30 years ago they left home at 22-23 because it was when they graduated from college that they were able to make a middle class wage. Today, of all my friends and family that recently graduated from college, I'm the only one that was able to find a job.

You can't pay rent with a $10/hr job at Target. Come on now.
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Exactly
 
There isn't any real age where that occurs. What really matters is that your role in the household evolves along with your age. If you are 35, you should be paying a good share of the bills and be on a footing where your parents see you as an equal. Far too often though, parents expect the relationship with their kids not to change as long as they are under the same roof.
 
Psh! You can totally pay for rent and everything else with a $10/hour job at Target. I do it with $900/month. That's maybe 100 hours a month if you don't have income tax after factoring in possible stealyourmoney-charges on your paychecks (yay washington).
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Not here you can't. Minimum wage is $12.75, 19.25% tax rate. That's about $400 a week. Rent is about $350 a week. That's about $50 for food, bills, clothes, etc...?
 
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i'd like to GTFO in less than 2 years.

Right now I'm a full time student (MS) so I do need their support. I have saved money, but they and I know that it's best to keep that money going towards a house sometime later, so I just live off of them for now.

I really dont think moving in after I get my PhD is acceptable though unless I'm job hunting and the economy stinks then as it did in 2008-2009.

If I get out with a PhD and I'm making 6 figures, I fully expect myself to move out. At least rent a place. If my parents want me back so I can jump straight to a $1 million+ house in the silicon valley, I'll consider it, but honestly, living at home = no freedoms. How the hell do I have a healthy sex life?

Then again it seems like I don't really get in trouble now if I'm gone for a night or two.
 
your so ignorant all you got is the drug addict schtick. I HAVE AN IDEA why dont you use some originality with your humor BRO
 
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Not here you can't. Minimum wage is $12.75, 19.25% tax rate. That's about $400 a week. Rent is about $350 a week. That's about $50 for food, bills, clothes, etc...?
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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.
 
I don't think mid, hell, even late 20s is all that bad.

getting into your thirties though is seriously pushing it.

and who knows what the future holds--one day you may find yourself penniless or in tough shit and need a place to reset for a spell. Wouldn't hold that against someone that has that resource (say a hurricane blew your house away, and your home neighborhood/city is burned to the ground in the aftermath.)
 
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