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Was curious. At what age in your own opinion does it look weird to still live at home? When should you move from your parents household?

Edit: also add what age you moved out
 
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It depends. My sons are both full-time college students. They are welcome
to live at home until they finish their degrees & start work. I really don't think
there is any "set age" that adult children should move out - it depends on what
is going on.

Having said that, my sons also work part-time jobs and are starting to pay for more
things for themselves, taking more & more responsibility.

I indeed don't want them to end up having a life like mine. The age I moved out from home?
16.
 
I ended up staying at home a little longer because my parents went through a divorce when I was 24, as I was in the process of looking for a place. My dad asked me to stay and help him with the house. He also has a house up north where he spends a majority of the time. So I stayed at the house downstate and took care of the yard & stuff and he was only down here maybe 10 days out of the month. (If he was there full time I would not have stayed). Then when I started dating my now husband when I was 27, I knew he'd be moving to AZ for a year and had a feeling I'd go with him, so I just stayed at my dad's house until we moved to AZ to avoid moving an extra time. I also paid my dad rent because I basically had the house to myself 80% of the time
 
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i'd say no later than 25 these days. i stayed until just after 25 as i was still in school full time and working full time. allowed me to spend more money on toys and save up more. rented for a year and a half then bought my first house
 
I moved out as soon as I could at 18 but moved back in at 22 when I went back to college. I also stayed on my moms insurance from 22 until I was 26. I would say just don't let your kids turn into freeloaders. As long as they are going to school it is the right thing to do to support them. If they start working full time and partying every weekend, then maybe it is time for them to go. I would say that it isn't really age related either, more of what they are doing living at home.

-Geoff
 
I put the deposit on the lot to start my home build when I was 25 and moved out of my parents house at 26.

Not sure there should be a set age. Kida seems to stay at home longer these days and I'm good with it as long as they are going to school and saving for their future.

A kid in high school said his parents told him he was done living at home the day he turned 18.. I didn't think it would happen especially because he got cancer in 11th grade and was still in recovery. They day he turned 18 they kicked him out :(
 
99SaleenSpeedster said:
I put the deposit on the lot to start my home build when I was 25 and moved out of my parents house at 26.

Not sure there should be a set age. Kida seems to stay at home longer these days and I'm good with it as long as they are going to school and saving for their future.

A kid in high school said his parents told him he was done living at home the day he turned 18.. I didn't think it would happen especially because he got cancer in 11th grade and was still in recovery. They day he turned 18 they kicked him out :(
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Perhaps there is more to this story, however according
to the stated facts, I wouldn’t call them “parents”,
I’d call them the “sperm donor & the incubator”.
 
4Gas$ said:
Perhaps there is more to this story, however according
to the stated facts, I wouldn’t call them “parents”,
I’d call them the “sperm donor & the incubator”.
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I don't think so... Same deal for his sister who was a few years younger. 18 and out.. Seems crazy to me
 
At 25 I bought my first house from an estate, oddly enough the family I bought it from was neighbors of my future wife.
 
25 for me. I knew a guy who's mom moved him out at 30 by buying him a house. If not for that, he'd still be living with mommy.
 
I moved out at 19...never looked back.
my kids are welcomed at home until their stable enough to make it on their own, hopefully by 21 or 22 though...its our responsibility as parents to make sure they are ready to fly when we push them away.
 
27 for me. But really don't call it living there. Was gone by 7am and home around 6-10pm everyday. More of a place to keep my toys and lay my head at night when I wasn't somewhere else. At 23 I almost got kicked out when I had a new vette, harley and a couple of other toys. Mom wasn't all that happy but they did let me have the garage.
 
I think it depends on the situation. If you are, say 25, and just living at home for the free room and meals then you should GTFO, but if you are 25 and have a plan then that is fine.

I graduated from MSU and moved back home when I was 23. Stayed there until I was 27 to go balls to the wall paying off my student loans. About 3 months after my loans were paid off I moved out. My parents had no issues with it because I wasn't playing video games all day in the basement and telling my mom do my laundry. I had a career and took care of all my own responsibilities just as if I were living on my own.

--Joe
 
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