How old is to old to live with your parents?

Question

without seeming like a freak

Answer 1

25, after that, you need to be on your own..unless you are helping your parents...then its ok I guess.

Answer 2

30 is too old.

Anything in your 20's is still OK, IF you work and have goals to eventually leave.  My 24 and still living at home. I just finished college, I don't have much money, the economy is bad and I have tens of thousands in student loans.  Right now, I can't move out.  It's financially impossible, I'd be in poor house or living on the street if I did.  

But, I work and I'm trying to improve my life everyday.  So, I know I'll get there.  My parents know the same, so they don't have issues with me staying.   They'd rather see me stay a few more years and save up for my own house someday, instead of moving out now and never getting my head above water.  

I'll be 25 in 6 months. So, I guess I'm a freak, since most people said no later than 25.     But, it's better to stay here, than to be living in a cardboard box on the street.

Answer 3

i think that if a child is not working or going to school then they should not be with their parents living in their house.  Literally the day after i graduated high school i moved out of my parents house.  I would neve let my daughter sponge off of me if she wasnt responible enough to have a job or go to school.  If they live there too long then you will never be able to get them out of your house! Seriously my brother in law just sits in his parents house and drinks and smokes weed and does coke all day and his parents let him live there.  He is 23 and i dont ever see him leaving

Answer 4

Don't worry Johnny's mom, I am a freak too!  I am 27 and me my husband and 2 kids + 1 on the way live with my mom. However we don't call it living with her, we are roommates!  We pay over 1250 for rent so its not like we are living with her. Plus she is sick, still works, but we help her out there too. We have the upstairs she has the down. So I guess I am a freak too ...

Oh and we plan on being "roommates" until I get out of school, or whenever.

We are happy!

Answer 5

I think the oldest is 25, but you should move out when you're comfortable living by yourself and when you have enough money.  

Answer 6

Its all up to you. If you are comfortable with your living arrangement and your parents are good with it and it doesn't impede your social life, then no worries.

Answer 7

Oh man... This question hit me like a ton of bricks.

Well... I'll be 30 in two weeks.  I'm a single mom to a 9 month old and his father is a deadbeat and isn't paying his support as the court has ordered.

Soooo... I'm moving back in with my mom and stepdad because I can't afford to keep my apartment.  I'm renting their upstairs (basically the same as an apartment without a kitchen).

I guess I'm a freak.  Blah.

Answer 8

I would say once you are out of college or out of high school, unless you NEED to live there for medical reasons or something.  Otherwise get out and get a job!

Answer 9

I would stay until you have enough money to move out and feel comfortable with it.

Answer 10

it depends on if you want to have a girlfriend/boyfriend or if you wanna be lonely and just hang out with your parents.  

Answer 11

I would say 25. Depending on if you are in university or not. If you are not in university or schooling of some kind, then I would say 21. At some point, it is just weird to say "Oh hey, wanna come over? My parent's are out for supper tonight, so we have the house to ourselves until they come back"....not a huge turn on. Plus, you need to experience independance sometime.

Answer 12

25 as long as your working and or going to school.

Don't stay at home with a part time job at starbucks

and spend all your money on weed and c**p.

Move from your parents house into a home you buy.

Answer 13

If its not costing you anything and ur saving money it does ot matter

Answer 14

It really depends.... if you like my friend living with her alcoholic mother, trying to help after her father died.... that's different situation then being 25-40 and your mom still doing your laundry and not paying rent.  I know people who have to live with their parents because their parents can't afford their homes... or their ill or need special help.  So to each it's own but if you 23- not paying rent, momma cooking and cleaning for you and you have a good job- it's time to fly the nest.

Answer 15

not over the age of 25.

Unless like, you moved out and had to move back in.

Answer 16

My brother was 28 when he moved out of our parents house and into his own. And even then, he hesitated. My father lost his job due to the plant closing and because of his age, had a very hard time finding another one. My brother stayed there to help with finances. If he hadn't, they would've lost everything. He wasn't staying there to mooch off of them. He had a full time job of his own and never did drugs in his life. For a long time, most of his money went to help our parents and the rest went into savings. Once my dad found a good job, they told him he doesn't need to help them anymore. Like I said, he hesitated, but eventually bought his own house. I admire him for helping them because I couldn't. I already had a house of my own (and married) and unfortunately didn't have any money left over to help them. Thankfully he was there and could help.

So, anyway my opinion on this is, as long as you're there and helping financially (or they are helping you financially because there's no other option), then what does it matter how old you are?

Answer 17

40, espiecally if you play runescape or WoW in the basement all day

Answer 18

who cares what other people think. if its a happy arrangement by all then so be it. The cost of living is going up and up, if it aint broke dont fix it!

Answer 19

It depends on the situation.  If you are in college I think it is okay.  Also, if your parents don't have a lot of money and you are living there to help with bills.  

Answer 20

If you are in college fresh out of high school I think it's acceptable, but if you're in your late 20s and 30s and older that is freaky.