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

geoffky

16....some of you are cuckoos.

My best m8 is 47 and back home after living with a lunatic for the last four years...he calls his room his cell and i really feel for him as i could not go back to my parents.He has no chance of ever owning his own house and his parents do not own their home....No leg up the ladder for him...

My mum and dad have a neighbour who has their son living in one of them pine log cabins in the back garden. he is 50

bramble1

I moved out at the age of 20, the majority of my friends still live at home and are in their mid twenties. I like my own space and independance too much. I'd rather be have my own house and not be able to afford to go to the pub on the weekends than have loads of disposable income and still live at my mums.

StevieJ

bramble1 wrote: »

I moved out at the age of 20, the majority of my friends still live at home and are in their mid twenties. I like my own space and independance too much. I'd rather be have my own house and not be able to afford to go to the pub on the weekends than have loads of disposable income and still live at my mums.

You must be Joe King?

Jimmy_31

bramble1 wrote: »

I moved out at the age of 20, the majority of my friends still live at home and are in their mid twenties. I like my own space and independance too much. I'd rather be have my own house and not be able to afford to go to the pub on the weekends than have loads of disposable income and still live at my mums.

This is the choice some people have had to make, a roof over their head or stay with parents and still have a bit of a social life whilst they save up for a place of their own.

Things have got worse since people had to make that choice though as some people now cannot earn enough money to rent a 1 bed flat and pay the normal bills so have no choice but to stay with their parents.

dasherman

25-30

I moved out when I was 27 back in 1995, possibly a bit old at the time, but perhaps not so much now?

But I do know a few people in their 40's who still live with their folks! :eek:

Cleaver

geoffky wrote: »

My best m8 is 47 and back home after living with a lunatic for the last four years...he calls his room his cell and i really feel for him as i could not go back to my parents.He has no chance of ever owning his own house and his parents do not own their home....No leg up the ladder for him...

My mum and dad have a neighbour who has their son living in one of them pine log cabins in the back garden. he is 50

But this isn't normal, is it? The average wage is about £24k right? A single person earning this amount can live like a normal person. You would assume that people aged 47 or 50 have had plenty of time to begin to earn this type of wage, or preferably a lot more due to their age. Therefore surely a 47 and 50 year old guy can afford to rent themselves a flat? Or rent a flat / house with someone else? Obviously if they are unemployed or bankrupt then I understand why they have moved back in.

But you say that one of them has 'no chance'. Why? Why can't he start again and build his life back up?

Everyone on this forum knows some strange people. I don't know anyone in their forties and fifties living with their parents in a log cabin.

tescobabe69

18-25

bramble1 wrote: »

I moved out at the age of 20, the majority of my friends still live at home and are in their mid twenties. I like my own space and independance too much. I'd rather be have my own house and not be able to afford to go to the pub on the weekends than have loads of disposable income and still live at my mums.

Thats because youre an adult.
People that still live at their parents home, in general, are children, as soon as they mature and become responsible adults they move out.
Priorities for grown ups are shelter, food, warmth, these are then followed by the nicer things in life.
Priorities for the immature are fancy phones, getting drunk, wasting money on clothes, exactly the opposite of responsible adults.
Responsible adults have a home and usually a stable relationship before starting a family, unfortunately for some reason it appears that these ideas are somewhat out of fashion.
For the record I moved out at 19, as did my wife.

aardvaak

>40

I did'nt - I am now 56 both Parents passed away - I am still living at home

reweird

18-25

tescobabe69 wrote: »

Thats because youre an adult.
People that still live at their parents home, in general, are children, as soon as they mature and become responsible adults they move out.
Priorities for grown ups are shelter, food, warmth, these are then followed by the nicer things in life.
Priorities for the immature are fancy phones, getting drunk, wasting money on clothes, exactly the opposite of responsible adults.
Responsible adults have a home and usually a stable relationship before starting a family, unfortunately for some reason it appears that these ideas are somewhat out of fashion.
For the record I moved out at 19, as did my wife.

Well said. What I find particularly galling is the fact that these children fast approaching 30 years old are still living at home out of mummy and daddys pocket. Apparently it's okay for their parents to subsidize their living yet not themselves. As stated before, do the parents not deserve the enjoyment of their own time, space, and money, without some selfish self-entitled wet baby still pulling at the apron strings after near 30 years?

Jimmy_31

Cleaver wrote: »

But this isn't normal, is it? The average wage is about £24k right? A single person earning this amount can live like a normal person. You would assume that people aged 47 or 50 have had plenty of time to begin to earn this type of wage, or preferably a lot more due to their age. Therefore surely a 47 and 50 year old guy can afford to rent themselves a flat? Or rent a flat / house with someone else? Obviously if they are unemployed or bankrupt then I understand why they have moved back in.

But you say that one of them has 'no chance'. Why? Why can't he start again and build his life back up?

Everyone on this forum knows some strange people. I don't know anyone in their forties and fifties living with their parents in a log cabin.

Strange people ?

I know a fella whos in his early 50s and is living in his sons garage, got divorced and came away with nothing, doesnt earn enough to rent a 1 bed flat so he lives in the garage.