Any "adult" (over 18) still live with parents???

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I'm 19 and as much as I want to have an apartment of my own, I can't because I have to help my family with bills and I have no job and still looking, so yeah I live with my parents. Everyday I just want to be alone with no one around. I'm not even sure if I can adjust to college life or begin a family of my own.

I've lived with my mother until the age of 37 and will live with her the rest of her life. I have no reason to want to move out. I'm never getting married or having kids and I don't party or drink or have sex so living at home isn't restrictive on my doing those things. I think she is glad I'm here because if I wasn't she would be alone.

I am 35 and have been living with my parents for the past two years because I split up with my husband. I really do wish for a place of my own and have been on the Department of Housing list since early 2005.

I'm 22 and I live at home, but where I live it is harder for youngsters to move out anyway because of the expenses. I have 11 cousins that are over 18 and 9 of them all still live at home with their parents and some of them are older than me. To be honest I don't mind living at home. It's in a quiet area with a big garden and nice neighbours, and so if I moved out I know I can't pick and choose and I'll probably wind up somewhere in a big block of flats with noisy neighbours in a built-up area. I don't really want that, I'd rather stay where I am.

I moved out when I was 16. It's easy here with the social security, if you don't have any possessions then the social service finds you an apartment and pays your rent. You will have to go to the employment agency too but even if you refuse to do anything to find a job or go to the agency's classes, they will still pay your rent and give you €200 for expenses like food (normally it's rent + €450).

I think it's a better alternative than having tons of homeless people, a middle class struggling to pay for education or healthcare, and a proportionally large upper class hoarding millions that could instead be used for common good. Not sure how well it would work in a larger country though.

Anyway I'm thinking of getting a job, I'm not so depressed anymore and I'm feeling like affording something else than just the necessities.

I'm 42, nearly 42 and I currently live with my parents, as does my 38 year old sister, her husband, and three of her four children (with two of those three being adults and one staying here for the summer but will return to university in autumn).

I wouldn't say I still live with my parents, as I spent some of my adult life living with my grandmother (eight years) and a portion of my adult life living with other people - five years with my abusive ex, two years in a household with seven other people, one year in a tiny house with 1-3 other people (the other room had a sort of revolving door), and one year with a roommate when I was 19. I've been living here for seven years as of the end of May.

Moving in here was literally a matter of last resort. The last place I lived was getting sold to a family who wanted to live in it themselves, which meant that everyone living in it had to vacate. I didn't have the money to pay first and last month's rent at another place, but I did have the money to rent a moving truck, and my sister's family had moved out of my parents' house the same month I had to move. So there was room for me, but it was never intended to be permanent, but I haven't had any other options.

I do because i cant afford to move out

I lived with my mother until 27, when my job moved to another city and having a very hard time finding new work compelled me to move with the job. Then a few years after that, she became ill and then she moved in with me for that last few years of her life. Not that i could take the best care of her as she kept reminding me, but no one else was willing to take her in.

I lived on my own in my first year of college and I've been living completely independently (apart from help with finances) in Germany as a part of an exchange this year, but next year I'm moving back in with my parents because I don't feel the need to be independent anymore and it would be cheaper for them. They've helped me a lot and I don't feel like burdening them anymore than I have to just because of some sort of childish need to feel independent. The only thing that would be inconvenient would be if I found a girlfriend and we wanted to have sex, but there's a good chance that this isn't going to happen for a while, so I'm not concerned.

You shouldn't give a damn what other people think. You decide what you want and you do it. Ignore other people's expectations.

Same here. I wanted to move out but then I saw the prices of the rents on the very cheapest possible units and realised that a full time low wage job will not even cover the rent. Most people I know either live with their parents or they live with other people. When I was living in a dorm I absolutely hated it. The people of authority kept interfering with my life and invading my privacy because I wasn't acting like everyone else, making me thoroughly miserable.

I live with my mum and her boyfriend, with whom I share a deep mutual hatred... but I would still rather live with him and have free time to recharge shut in my room than study and work like s**t and live on my own. Alas I will probably still be living here until I'm married (which I hope to be one day) unless that doesn't happen by the time I graduate and get a decent, steady job.

I don't mind living with my parents. I don't really like the idea of living on my own, and I wouldn't want to share with roommates. I know I get annoyed easily when living with other people, but when I think about it, I still rather live with someone than on my own. I think it does me good to live with people because the more I'm alone, the more I'm likely to go into myself and not want to speak to anybody, which then makes me depressed and even develop a fear of myself, if that makes sense.

Plus I can't afford to move out anyway, and nobody will employ me (been to 7 interviews in 2 months).

I got married and moved out.
Got divorced and moved back in.

My parents are in a situation where they cannot afford to live without me and I cannot afford to live without them, it's a win-win for all of us.

I'm 21 and still living at home.

I'm scared to move out into the big wide world, but it's sometimes mental torture living in this house, that I'm gonna have to find a way of moving out, at least after university if I get that far. Need to go back to college first.

I moved back home in 1995 at 33 or 34. But I was asked back, because my mother was having health issues. Or so I was told. It was actually about money. But just as I had had enough, my Step-father deserted her, leaving me as the sole source of income. She went back to work, but her health actually declined severely, including a few surgeries.
Now its become a co-dependence, almost. She is retired, but I help out monetarily & physically arround here.
I still wish I had remained in Florida. Honestly, my Family drives me crazy!

Sincerely,
Matthew

I cant afford to do anything else. I'm barely alive the way that it is. I have numerous medical conditions. Ive applied for SSDI and Ive yet to be approved. I graduated from HS and studied engineering at college until my depression and anxiety( It took until a few years ago that I learned that it was Aspergers) prohibited me from graduating. I tried to go back recently but my mental health didnt allow me to succeed.

I was physcially assaulted by my mother as a child.

Go ahead and make fun of me.

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My sister is 21 and she still lives at home. She's a neurotypical, though. It's just because our family is not really wealthy...

As for me, I'm not sure if I'll turn out the same way. I am planning on moving to Detroit when I go to my art college (CCS) because I should be living on campus. But whether my Aspergers gets in the way or money situation, I may have the same fate...