I’m 29 and live have been living with my parents for almost a year now. It’s entirely because of some of the decisions I’ve made in life. Without boring you guys with my life story, I’ll give you the tl;dr version:
-had a high paying but miserable job for several years
-lost my shit and quit
-got on unemployment
-figured that I could still afford to make car payments or rent payments, but not both
-moved back home
Now I play video games all day and procrastinate going back to school. I’m still on unemployment so I don’t give a fuck. I feel like I’ve earned it.
Like, I have a plan to get my life back on track, but I’m just too lazy to put it into action. I’m under no pressure to do anything as long as my unemployment checks keep coming in.
This I cannot agree with though. You have an opportunity to go back to school find a job you might LIKE and get your own place again and you choose not too because you’re lazy? That’s not cool at all in my opinion there are people it their 40’s and 50’s still working and trying to make ends meet. If you want to be lazy and collect checks wait till you can retire.
I am 30 and live at home with my parents, well now I pay for the morgage as I have an decent job as the morage is partly in my name but my money is needed to keep the house
If/when I get married I might move out or since we have permisson to build an 2nd floor extension on top of our house, I might do that and take half or most of the 1st floor. If my woman has cash then we could just move out completely
Also I dont have a problem with my parents and visa versa, they dont interfer with me and as I said visa versa, we also talk if we all have to
I’m 20 and I live with my parents. Right now I have a part time job and I pay for my share of the cell phone bill and other small stuff. But I hope I can move out by the time I hit 24/25. My parents say they dont mind taking care of me financially but I want them to enjoy their retirement soon since they plan on retiring in about 5/6 years.
Depends on the job. I lost my benefits, and I got 3 months of pay. Then I was broke for two months, and I moved with my mom so I didn’t end up in my car.
well my unemployment doesn’t last forever, so I eventually have to get off my ass and do it. I just don’t have to yet. I’d rather just get full value out of my funemployment for now.
It’s amazing how similar your situation is to mine.
Hated my job. Hated my g/f . Said ‘fuck it’ and quit them both.
Stupidly moved back in with my parents who live in Scotland ignoring the the fact that Scotland has the highest unemployment rate in the UK.
I am happier now tbh but I’m trying my best to find to find any sort of employment so I can save up and move back to London. I need my independence.
It’s funny trying to explain why I did what I did when people ask. They usually pull this :wtf: face, like ‘you do realise there’s a recession on don’t you?’
after i graduated college, i moved back in with parents until i was about 25.
with the money i saved i bought a condo. in the seattle area, houses are half a million, so i found a shittier neighborhood but bought a nicer place than i could have in seattle.
I’m 24 and just moved back up North into my parents house. I was on my own in So Cal for almost 4 years. I got tired of living pay check to pay check to pay for insurance, rent, cable/internet, utilities, etc. while I looked for work after graduating. That was just bills, lets not forget about necessities like food. Then on top of that you throw in an occasional event with the GF or an unaccounted for event i.e. car breaks down. That stuff adds up. Not to mention I spent so much time budgeting that if something came along and threw a wrench in my plan that it would throw everything into a panic. It was almost impossible to save money. I was just paying to live in So Cal while I job hunted…which I could have been doing all along up here in Nor cal and saving money.
There was an article recently posted in a Bay Area paper about how hard it is for graduates to get jobs. My buddy from highschool was actually the focus of the article. He got his bachelors and masters degree in Engineering from Cal Poly and also moved back home. His reason? No experience. Graduates are competing for a smaller number of openings against people with years of actual on the job experience.
So I’ve just been saving money and my girl started up her own business, which is actually making some money right now. We plan to move out in a year. Hopefully my shot will come along.
haha thats pretty much the same situation i was/am in right now. I actually just moved out for the first time 6 months ago…sure its nice BUT living pay check to pay check sucks, and having a roommate that doesnt clean and is filthy sucks as well…but i think the only problem most people see with living at home is when it comes down to females. It was nice bringing girls home to my pad and not having to worry about making too much noise and what not but at the end of the day i rather have money in my bank account and not have to worry about making rent at the end of the day. I’m actually moving back home at the end of the month…kinda embarrassing but i rather not have the stress of rent every month on my shoulders
That’s the situation I fear I’ll be in. When I graduate, I’ll be up against dozens of other grads who have years of actual experience in my field, and all I have is one little spot of volunteer work that pertains to my field. Plus, with student loans I’m not sure I’ll even be out of this house by the age of 30.
While you’re a full time student, you should be working part time as well. If you don’t take any classes during summer/winter/etc breaks, rush down those internships and other job offerings. While it’s true that the current rate of change of the economy is causing a larger competition between different generations, the younger generation is still in the game. Hiring someone who has some years of full time experience at a job, a sign of stability, relative to the field is less risky than hiring someone who jumps between part times jobs, but employers aren’t ignorant either. Employers understand the situation that graduating students are in and still seek out highly motivated graduates that show potential and distinguish themselves from others.
Yeah, for real. Bust your ass for internships. Its always great to network with people and to stay in contact with them. You never know what will help you down the line. I’ve gotten a few good leads on jobs that I’m currently pursuing off of people who I thought I would never talk to again. You just never know.
Truth be told, we have to be smart in these economic times. I know everybody has their own agenda of when they think they should graduate and when they should be living on their own, but its not the same for everybody. In today’s economy I think its especially important to be smart with your money. Swallow your pride. Don’t put yourself in a tough situation that won’t benefit you and your career just because you think that you should be at said point in your life (IE swamping yourself with rent, bills, etc just because you’re 22 years old and think you should be living on your own).
I kinda wish that I did go home after graduating. The years I spent living in So Cal paying bills basically broke me. When I graduated I had like $5,000 in my bank account. By years end I was down to a couple hundred. All because I thought that the next step in my life HAD to be me living on my own. Fuck what you see on TV and in the movies. Look out for you. I’m not saying to never take risks, but be smart. Don’t be hard-headed. If you can move home, have the part time job, and still keep the job hunt going then I say that’s a very smart choice. Living on your own and working part time while job hunting in this shitty economy may not be the smartest thing.
I don’t find anything wrong with it personally. I’m going to move out when I can, probably mid-late twenties.
Vinny (and i’m sure other cast members) from the MTV Jersey shore show are in their mid and late twenties and they still live with their parents. There’s an episode where they show his mom doing everything for him to this very day (laundry, clothes, food, bed, etc). What an awesome mom. Most moms tell their kids in their teen years they gotta learn shit cuz they’re not a kid anymore :lol:
Consolodate your loans with your bank to a time period that you can afford. Eg. 30 year loans, you’re going to pay like $120 a month, which is less than most car payments - It’s like a TV bill)
When you get a good job, you can just start dumping $400-500… etc… to pay it off sooner.
Cultural differences are funny. In my country (Finland), if 20 year old stills live with parents he/she is considered weird. I moved out right after turning 19 and i thought it was little late…
damn man, i lived on myself since 17 or 18. i moved back home since almost a year ago to save some money. problem is, im leeching the fuck out of it. its been soo long ago since i tatsted this free lifestyle, im getting addicted to it. i got no more renting & living costs like food and rent and wat not. sold my car (another extra cost cut) and using my fams shit. no more laundry, no more making food, everything is done for me. shit is godlike, i need to gtfo before im really addicted to this shit. problem is all the extra money i have now i didnt save but partied extra hard when i was supposed to ease up on the partying. i spend way too much money on shit non materialistic shit that i cant enjoy a day later, when i should have been saving all that extra cash. i have basically no costs cept for simple shit like insurance, but i didnt save up shit.
its time to let the free lifestyle go. im getting tired of hotels and other friends cribs to fuck around. i need my own place again. what good is living at home when im spending even more money than i used to. besides my fams is starting to get fed up with the shit, i only help around with the costs when they ask me. im pretty much a shitty older brother right now. i always used to help out when i didnt even live at home, now im using all theyve got and spending all the money i make.