Where Should The Cut-Off Point Be For Staying At Home With Your Parents?

[ProDJ26]

I was curious to know if there's a cut off point for living home with your parents. I see it all the time and you do to. There's 17 yrs with there own place + car, etc.

And theres the select few who are 25+ still living at home with there parents.

So where do we draw the line? What are your guys thoughts?

 

[WhitePimp]

Not being able to afford to move is pretty much my deal. And there's a few other factors such as being a drummer/in a band and needing my parents house to practice, my dog would die if I left her to move somewhere else (and my parents love her so they wouldnt give her up), etc.

But the money thing is something I cant avoid and will most likely keep me living at home for the next few years (I'm 23). Doesnt really bother me though.

 

[Teflon_Mcgee]

I think as long as your working for something its okay.

I've been out since right after I turned 18 and bought my first home at 21.
But I think how much easier life would have been if I stayed at home until I finished school.

Of course, having your own place always has lots of advantages. And it's kind of hard to be smooth when your going back to your "room" every night.

 

[DJCT]

In my opinion it is important to move out as soon as you possibly can. It might be very difficult at first but the hardship will be good for you. It will give you more respect for yourself and what you can do.

 

[Credos]

Bah if you're in college you just stay in your college town for 5 days in the week and save money during the weekends... Once you finished studying, you stay home for about 1 year so you can buy a decent place, then start living on your own.

You have to know there is no shame tbh about living at home, you have all the benefits, free good meals, clean clothes, good shower/bath, etc... Don't be to eager to leave, make sure you're prepared (as in have enough money to get a decent place and you got a decent job)

 

[AmIAFC]

Depends on the situation, IMO.

If you have parents who're together and can sustain themselves without your help, then you need to move out as soon as you can afford to.

However, I know of a guy (he's 27) that lives with a single mother who'd be up ****'s creek without his financial assistance. He pays for the majority of the rent and the utilities. Should he abandon his mother and strike out on his own? That's a tough question, and one that he's asked me many times.

 

[DonGorgon]

Well capitalism would prefer you to leave home as soon as possible so you can start working and paying bills and increasing productivity and profits... but the reality is that its impractical in many cases fro 17 year olds or even older people to leave home due to no job or low paying job situations. especially in locations with a very high cost of living.

 

[WC2]

The cutoff should be right now. As soon as possible. There's nothing respectable about living with your parents at and old age. If money is an issue then you're just lazy. There are plenty of people working at target who have their own little apartment or place. You're telling me you can't get a job that will support an apartment that's $400 - 500 a month? If you are living with your parents and they are already supporting you with food, why not ask them to support you with food at your new place for a few months till you get on your feet?

Excuses are killers of male potential.

 

[LowPlainsDrifter]

In my opinion it is important to move out as soon as you possibly can. It might be very difficult at first but the hardship will be good for you. It will give you more respect for yourself and what you can do.

Or you could get caught in a "rent trap" as all of your living expenses total up and take so much of one's remaining take-home pay that there's little left over to buy a place.
I was lucky/fortunate in several ways... my parents successfully instilled in me a saver mentality, so I never took advantage of living with them, other than to pay for 1/3 of college tuition and put money away for a down payment and furniture.
The timing was excellent, in terms of how the real estate market was - apartments were laughably cheap at the time.
On the other hand, I suppose it could be argued that if I had moved out right after college and rented for a while, it would have forced me to work harder and be more aggressive about pay, raises and job hunting. It's a funny thing - when you work aggressively at a goal, you don't just stand a chance of meeting it, you stand a good chance of exceeding it by a wide margin.

 

[strey]

And theres the select few who are 25+ still living at home with there parents. :down

im almost 27 and i still live with my parents. i have gotten more vag in the past week than most guys on this forum have gotten in their whole lives. and i hear the same **** all the time. girls hear you live with your parents and your screwed. its true, but i dont care. its free rent, food, etc..

the only bad part is not being able to bring chicks back. but i don't really give a ****, coz im saving money and that is better than stressing over chicks

MONEY OVER B ITCHES!!!!

and what is with all these kooks on this forum stressing about stupid **** like whether or not girls like you. its ****ing pathetic. grow some sack. its your life. don't let anyone take that away from you.

 

[SmoothTalker]

The cutoff is the point at which you don't have any real reason to stay at home but chose to because you are lazy.

In my opinion moving out 'as soon as absolutely possible' just to live on your own is stupid, not impressive.

Now I'm talking about moving out to your own apartment/house just to not be living at home. Of course leaving home to go to college/etc is different.

Plenty of my friends moved out first chance they got when they turned 18, and frankly the results aren't impressive. Most either are not getting educated or getting **** grades because they have no time to study. They're working 2-3 crap jobs just to pay rent and possibly car, and they have nothing left to save up and no real opportunity to get better jobs, because again they don't have time/money for an education.

Yes, they get to make their own rules and have a place to bring back chicks.

But it seems to me that the people living at home, using the extra time/money to get an education and save up money, are making the better choice.

 

[Warrior74]

im almost 27 and i still live with my parents. i have gotten more vag in the past week than most guys on this forum have gotten in their whole lives. and i hear the same **** all the time. girls hear you live with your parents and your screwed. its true, but i dont care. its free rent, food, etc..

the only bad part is not being able to bring chicks back. but i don't really give a ****, coz im saving money and that is better than stressing over chicks

MONEY OVER B ITCHES!!!!

and what is with all these kooks on this forum stressing about stupid **** like whether or not girls like you. its ****ing pathetic. grow some sack. its your life. don't let anyone take that away from you.

You don't care...thats the difference. These guys care. If its a big deal to you...or you are ashamed of it..of course its gonna be a big deal. It depends on your game and your attitude. Lots of these guys need to get out on their own to establish their own identity, to have time to redefine themselves.

Personally, my Dad told me at 18, college or the army, pick one but your leaving home. So there was no choice for me. I've been on my own paying rent since I was 19 and making my own way.