Any "adult" (over 18) still live with parents???

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30 Jul 2012, 5:45 am

Still with parents, I don't think I could cope on my own as I have independence inexperience (no one taught me how to be independent).

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30 Jul 2012, 6:27 am

I lived on my own for just shy of a year. I can say that independence can be overrated.

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30 Jul 2012, 6:44 am

I lived with them until I turned 29. I probably should have moved out at 27 but I probably wouldn't have been able to handle anything earlier. Like many Aspies, I would never be able to live with a roommate or someone I didn't have a close relationship with due to my obsessive need for order and routine. On the plus side, where I live it's usually not unheard of for someone 25 to still live at home since I live in an area that apparently refuses to provide young adults with decent employment.

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30 Jul 2012, 6:59 am

23 and still live with parents. Tried moving out for uni a few years ago. That went badly.

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30 Jul 2012, 7:27 am

43% of young adults in my country live with their parents. Maybe even 45%
Maybe you don't believe, but it's true

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30 Jul 2012, 8:39 am

lowfreq50 wrote:

Living with your parents has advantages . . . no rent, free food. I lived at home for my first 2 years of college. Went to community college. I moved out at 21.

I moved out of my parents house when I was 19 and I couldn't hardly wait to get out on my own so I can be by myself and enjoy some of my Aspie traits more. However, when I lived at home during that short time, I not only paid rent but help with buying food. This was the right thing to do because I never believed in a free ride on the backs of my parents. True I was in the workforce, but a lot of college students have part time jobs as well.

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30 Jul 2012, 8:45 am

CSBurks wrote:

I lived on my own for just shy of a year. I can say that independence can be overrated.

Being independent was very rough for me, even to this day since I'm so antisocial with social awkwardness and other Aspie related issues. But, since I've been independent, I can really enjoy some of my Aspie traits to the fullest now without someone sneaking around and looking over my shoulder. These are traits that I remember since I was about 5. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

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30 Jul 2012, 8:49 am

rpm2004 wrote:

I will be 18 in 1 month,5 days,9 hours,31 mins and 30 seconds

I'll let you know then

Wow, was all of that necessary? :lol:

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30 Jul 2012, 8:50 am

GreenShadow wrote:

43% of young adults in my country live with their parents. Maybe even 45%
Maybe you don't believe, but it's true

I believe that. Which country is it?
Almost all my relative live or lived with their parents as young adults until they had a stable job and/or were married.
I do the same,...that's normal in some parts of the world.

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30 Jul 2012, 8:53 am

newchum wrote:

I'm 22 year and still live with my father, although I have to support him finanically because he can't work (he has look after by himself a moderately ret*d 7 year old child and a totally normal 9 year old child).

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30 Jul 2012, 10:08 am

Mayel wrote:

GreenShadow wrote:

43% of young adults in my country live with their parents. Maybe even 45%
Maybe you don't believe, but it's true

Poland

but as far as I know the same situation is in a lot of European countries

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30 Jul 2012, 10:49 am

I'm 18, I live with my parents, and I intend to STAY with my parents. I don't care how much of a "loser" that makes me; I feel SAFE.

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30 Jul 2012, 11:03 pm

Earlier this month, I moved out of my parents' house and started living on my own for the first time, at age 25. I had to live with my parents during my college years because the on-campus housing at my college was so expensive that my parents couldn't afford to pay for it.

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30 Jul 2012, 11:08 pm

I'm pretty most adults have lived with their parents as adults at some point in their life. Also, in Itallian culture people live with their parents for longer.

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30 Jul 2012, 11:12 pm

I lived with my mom until I was 22.

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30 Jul 2012, 11:50 pm

Endersdragon wrote:

Okay last year I lived in the dorms at school for my freshman year and I pretty much totally hated it I couldnt get used to anything about it and while hopefully (and if I do get dxed diffently) I can get a single next year or even later this year I am still beginning to wonder if I tried to move out too early. Is it too weird to live with your parents when your going to college, and will it stiffle my move towards independance to much if I decide I cant handle it and go back next year??
Bryan

PS It would have to be next year because I would have to transfer to a school thats in the suburb of the city (well I suppose I could drop and take community college classes next term but I dont really want to do that.)

18 isn't too old to live with parents. You're attending college, not bumming around all day living in mom's basement doing nothing.

If you don't like dorms, live with your parents while in school. It'll save you money. You may miss some parts of college life (dorm parties, staying up all night with dorm mates), but gain other perks (closer to family as an adult, quieter and cleaner place to live than a dorm, savingt money). Living off campus isn't all that big of a deal. There are also online accredited state colleges that you could take classes at elsewhere.

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