Anyone in their 20s still live with their folks?

If so why? Are you waiting to find a good job, going through law or medical school and need the extra support? Has it affected your dating life?

Living on your own is very tough nowadays, the typical minimum wage job is not enough to keep you living in a studio apartment. Those who are on their own are really really struggling, and it doesn't make me want to be in their position not one bit.

The only ones I do know who are  doing okay on their own are the ones have children (women) and they are living on Section 8. Or they have a live in boyfriend who works to help pay the rent.

I was living on my own when I was 16. My wife's brother was living in his parents place until he was 30 or something.

I totally get why people would want to live at home as long as possible though. Free or low-cost rent, food you're familiar with, laundry service... it's a pretty sweet deal. Like a rent controlled apartment with utilities included.

It's gotta put a crimp in the sex life though. How many guys would bring a girl home and say "Hi mom, hi pop" while hustling her through the house to the bedroom?

My brother brings them right on in to his bedroom, lol.

I started college living on my own. And yes, the $700 a month rent for a studio was killer. I was working fulltime and attending georgia tech full time, and I don't know how I survived. When my dad asked me to move back home and help care for my little brother (he and mom had divorced and she had moved away), I was more than willing. I've lived with him, finished college, and help out. I pay him rent, he pays me for being his nanny, it's quite business like : )

Currently I'm packing to move. I've finished school and am currently in training at my job, and am looking for my own place. I'm 24.

I'm 20 yo n I live in Israel so we get drafted when we are 18, right after high school n we get out in our twenties n only then begin university. If not for the crisis (as there are no work opportunities right now) maybe I could have gotten a job an a network administator and moved out, but it doesn't seem to happen. I do not feel comfortable living at home since it's like I'm mooching stuff out of my parents so I don't understand people who live with their parents from their free will.

I'm 21 and still at home. It's a money issue...I work while going to uni, but I can't pay for my tuition and rent/food. I'm trying to stay debt-free, and this is the easiest way.

My mom doesn't mind as long as I help out around the house.

I moved out of my parents place when I was 15 but lived with various other relatives with in about 2 miles of their house until I was 25. No rent until after high-school and very low rent through college (2 years) and three, no, that was four, very crappy jobs. I moved into my own place (rental) when I finely got a decent full time job and bought a place a year later.

I did not bring a date back to my place even once while I was living with the relatives and very seldom even had friends over. The price was right but my social life was crap.

I not only left my mom's house at 15, I left the state. Not because I had to, but because it's what I wanted badly enough that no one was going to stand in my way. By the time I was 16, I was an emancipated minor, living with a roommate in NY, attending high scool full time and working after. It was definitely a bit of a struggle for a while. It may not make sense to everyone, but it worked for me. I was always fiercely independent (ridiculously so, actually). I also had (still do, actually) a pressing need for solitude and living with the very large family I have just wasn't working for me. After moving out, I was struggling financially, but I was also a lot more content with life in general. My relationship with my family was never awful, but it did get a lot better. It was the best decision... for me.

That being said, I completely understand why someone would stay. It's a matter of weighing out the pros and cons and figuring out what works better for them.

I moved out into my own place when I was 17.  My parents helped pay for the place, but I took care of everything else like gas, groceries, etc., which is pretty expensive for a 17 year old.  But it was worth it to get out of there.

My husband lived with his mommy and daddy until he was 25 and one of his sisters who is completely mentally healthy lives with them at 23 and the other who is mentally disabled moved into a group home at 21 or 22, however old she is.

Their parents set them up for failure, in my opinion.  They don't do anything at home.  No chores or anything are assigned and nobody paid rent.  They delivered me a reject husband and it shines on me every day.

You also weren't forced to marry him.

I moved out at 17. Worked 50-60 hours a week on top of 21 credit hours and being in the honors program at uni. It sucked but I did it and managed to buy a brand new car in the middle of all that. Now I'm living overseas and still taking care of myself. I lived at home for a year after uni thinking I'd save money but I all I managed to do was pay off debt. 

I moved out at 16.  Got married to my DH and finished high school and then eventually got a degree. 

My DS is 25 and currently living at home.  He was gone from 18-24 but losing his job last Jan. meant he ended up moving home and his current job just isn't enough for him to go it alone.  

Original Post by dreamofbeingthin:

The only ones I do know who are  doing okay on their own are the ones have children (women) and they are living on Section 8. Or they have a live in boyfriend who works to help pay the rent.

really? well now you know one who is doing just fine on her own without children, government assistance or a boyfriend to help pay the rent. i've been doing it for several years.  

i DID have the luck to have help from my parents with my rent while i was in college, but the second i graduated, the rent and my loan payments became mine. five years later and i'm living alone with no help. i started in my job as a temp, and have worked my way up to a comfortable position. i'm planning to stay here until i can make my dream of having my own business come true.

while i was lucky enough to have some help from my family with rent during college, i've done all the rest on my own,

i do know lots of people in their 20s who still live at home, and i can understand the draw of not having to pay rent or bills. but i don't live home for the same reason i don't have roommates, spending the extra cash is worth it to me to have my OWN space.

Original Post by katesorad:

I moved out into my own place when I was 17.  My parents helped pay for the place, but I took care of everything else like gas, groceries, etc., which is pretty expensive for a 17 year old.  But it was worth it to get out of there.

My husband lived with his mommy and daddy until he was 25 and one of his sisters who is completely mentally healthy lives with them at 23 and the other who is mentally disabled moved into a group home at 21 or 22, however old she is.

Their parents set them up for failure, in my opinion.  They don't do anything at home.  No chores or anything are assigned and nobody paid rent.  They delivered me a reject husband and it shines on me every day.

Well then you set yourself up for failure by staying with your reject husband, heh.

I'm 26 and I live with my folks. I haven't always lived with them. I lived overseas for two years... They're awesome people, they don't trouble me or expect anything of me, and I'm allowed to do what I want / bring whomever I want home. They just love me, tons.

I live with my boyfriend and our dog, and I'm currently supporting us all, as my boyfriend has been laid off due to the crappy economy. And we're doing just fine :]  I make enough to cover all of our bills and have something left over. No government or parental assistance needed.

No.

My boyfriend is 21 and still lives with his mom. He pays like 400 dollar rent a month... he has financial/job issues. I wish he would go back to school. Better yet, I wish his mom would help him.