At What Age Did You Move Out Of Mummy And Daddys?

neverdespairgirl

18-25

Cleaver wrote: »

Did you not live with your partner first? Each to their own and all that, but I find it really odd to think that I could marry someone without living with them first. A bit like buying a car without having a test drive.

It used to be pretty normal, I think?

My parents met in 1973, and married in 1974. My mother had lived at home with her parents (shocking! Setting herself up for a lifetime of failure....) until she and Dad married and then moved into their first place together. She was then 27, just.

neverdespairgirl

18-25

Cleaver wrote: »

Not that I'm comparing my wife to a 06 plate Volvo.

I hope she's slightly older than that, or you're really in trouble.......

lemonjelly

Funniest thread we've had on here for a while...:D

ska_lover

<18

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

The day you throw your first 16 year old child out onto the street because they are not earning enough to pay you the going rate of a rental is the day i believe you know what you are talking about.

Letting a child of your own stay in the family home till they have saved enough money for a house deposit is seen as perfectly normal to most people in this day and age.

When you do throw your first kid out make sure you wrap them up in a lot of cotton wool because it aint easy on the streets.

Good luck in turning your child into an independant adult, may as well throw em out at ten years old and make a proper man out of em:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Wow, has this thread struck a nerve with you? You say it aint easy on the streets, are you talking from experience?

I suggest you read the rest of the thread, as we are talking about grown adults - in their late twenties and thirties, still living at home with their parents, not a sixteen year old child. There is a big difference between a man in his late 20's and a sixteen year old boy.

In post 1 the op states it is about people 'pushing their thirties' and no one has mentioned throwing teenagers out, so before you pipe up in future, I suggest you know what you are taking about - otherwise you just look foolish, and the people who 'thank' you for your ignorance even more so. I often wonder what planet some of the posters on MSE are from!

Percy1983

ska_lover wrote: »

I suggest you read the rest of the thread, as we are talking about grown adults - in their late twenties and thirties, still living at home with their parents, not a sixteen year old child.

This isn't a go at you but many in this post have stated that I can't be a grown adult as a still live at home, so I am a 28 year old child, to which to throw a child out is wrong.

ska_lover

<18

Percy1983 wrote: »

This isn't a go at you but many in this post have stated that I can't be a grown adult as a still live at home, so I am a 28 year old child, to which to throw a child out is wrong.

Yeah well dont listen to them Percy, you are a grown up.Your parents aren't legally bound to care for you now.

Say if the worst came to the worst and your parents DID throw you out, you would at least have some idea of how to get housing and the means to support yourselves, albeit not at the standard you would like.

Throw a 16 year old out, and god knows what could happen.They are still children at that age. You cant compare a man of your age to a 16 year old, Im sure you are a lot more clued up than you were 12 years ago

Jimmy_31

ska_lover wrote: »

Wow, has this thread struck a nerve with you? You say it aint easy on the streets, are you talking from experience?

I suggest you read the rest of the thread, as we are talking about grown adults - in their late twenties and thirties, still living at home with their parents, not a sixteen year old child. There is a big difference between a man in his late 20's and a sixteen year old boy.

In post 1 the op states it is about people 'pushing their thirties' and no one has mentioned throwing teenagers out, so before you pipe up in future, I suggest you know what you are taking about - otherwise you just look foolish, and the people who 'thank' you for your ignorance even more so. I often wonder what planet some of the posters on MSE are from!

FIRST YOU SAID THIS.........................By having parents in the same house, forces a child to retain their child status within the house. They are never going to learn to be independant in such a situation.They are not going to have to deal with problems and will have to follow the parents rules. What happens when our parents (god forbid) are not around to support us? It will be an almighty shock for people who have constanty had a crutch all their life.

My honest belief is the most beneficial thing a parent can do for you is to get their child to stand on their own two feet and let them fly independantly, and not all this clinging on and wrapping up in cotton wool in to the childs own middle age... It inhibits the natural progression into adulthood. Some parents honestly do not want to let go, as somehow by holding onto their kids they are holding onto youth.


Then percy mentioned people had referred to him as a child in this thread and THEN YOU SAID.............................Yeah well dont listen to them Percy, you are a grown up.Your parents aren't legally bound to care for you now.


So from what i can gather, you think that percy has retained his child status and he shouldnt listen to people who called him a child becasue you think he is a grown up.

As far as im concerned you are an adult at 16, thats the age you have to start making your own way in life, and whats the difference between a 16 year old lad who cannot afford to rent a flat and a 30 year old man who cannot afford to rent a flat, i cant see any.

Every single person i know who still lives with their parents are doing this for one reason, they are saving up to put a roof over their head.
They cant go out and rent a property because their wages have been cut to the point were they will not cover the rent plus the basic bills that are coming in.

To cut a long story short, people dont still live with their mummy at 30 years old just because she washes their undies and does tea just how they like it, Its because the country is completely fcuked.:)

geneer

<18

geneer wrote: »

According to CML it seems like 80% of current FTBs have to take a chunk of Mummy and Daddys houses with them.

Incidentally I left home at 17.

ess0two

18-25

geneer wrote: »

Incidentally I left home at 17.

???????????

Why quote on something random

ukcarper

18-25

Jimmy_31 wrote: »

FIRST YOU SAID THIS.........................By having parents in the same house, forces a child to retain their child status within the house. They are never going to learn to be independant in such a situation.They are not going to have to deal with problems and will have to follow the parents rules. What happens when our parents (god forbid) are not around to support us? It will be an almighty shock for people who have constanty had a crutch all their life.

My honest belief is the most beneficial thing a parent can do for you is to get their child to stand on their own two feet and let them fly independantly, and not all this clinging on and wrapping up in cotton wool in to the childs own middle age... It inhibits the natural progression into adulthood. Some parents honestly do not want to let go, as somehow by holding onto their kids they are holding onto youth.


Then percy mentioned people had referred to him as a child in this thread and THEN YOU SAID.............................Yeah well dont listen to them Percy, you are a grown up.Your parents aren't legally bound to care for you now.


So from what i can gather, you think that percy has retained his child status and he shouldnt listen to people who called him a child becasue you think he is a grown up.

As far as im concerned you are an adult at 16, thats the age you have to start making your own way in life, and whats the difference between a 16 year old lad who cannot afford to rent a flat and a 30 year old man who cannot afford to rent a flat, i cant see any.

Every single person i know who still lives with their parents are doing this for one reason, they are saving up to put a roof over their head.
They cant go out and rent a property because their wages have been cut to the point were they will not cover the rent plus the basic bills that are coming in.

To cut a long story short, people dont still live with their mummy at 30 years old just because she washes their undies and does tea just how they like it, Its because the country is completely fcuked.:)

I live in the Southeast and my stepson did not want to return home after Uni. although he did for a few months. Like a lot of young people in the Home Counties he couldn’t afford to buy or rent so did what a lot of people do and house shared.