Are you over 21? Do you live with your parents?

Question

Do you take responsibility for yourself and share the work?
Do you help buy food?
Do you avoid using their things?
Do you naively think your parents don't care about privacy or sex?
Do you realize they really would like it if you would move out and have your own home?
If you were their age, would you want to have a bunch of people living with you?

Answer 1

lets see let me answer your questions one at a time

first off yes I do live at home with my parents and im 36 years old.....lets face it in today's society having enough money to afford rent is hard to do and YES I do hold down a job and pay my own bills and help put food on the table and even pay my mother back for any phone use such as long distance calls.

As for them wanting me to move out........how on earth can you judge anyone else's parents and know what they are or are not thinking......you arent in their minds and therefore really have no clue as to what they are thinking..... my parents have told me that this is my home and I am welcome to stay and live here as long as I want and no they dont want me to move out and live on my own until I am ready.....They love me and support me .....that is what parents do. One day I hope to have a place of my own until then God has given me a wonderful family to be with and Im very blessed and thankful for that. As far as the whole sex thing.....we have our own rooms.....my parents in one and me in mine so yes there is privacey and we dont go barging into each other's room without first knocking.

There is nothing wrong with living at home as long as you do have a job and pay your way and that includes your own bills, helping with groceries, helping out with gas for the cars you share and abiding by your parents rules. If you get married I also think you and your spouse need to move out and get a place of your own......I know I wouldnt want to be married and still living at home......and one day I do plan on getting married to the man God provides for me...until then I am happy and so are my parents with my choice of living at home.

Answer 2

I'm a 40 year-old single mother. My son and I moved in with my mother when he was entering 1st grade because my mother was recently widowed and alone in the house, and I was recently divorced and couldn't afford to live in a decent neighborhood.

I have paid rent every month, and even extra at times -- even when I was on unemployment. My son and I keep to our area and we respect her space. We usually buy our own groceries, except for basic, common items are shared. As far as sex is concerned, my mother hasn't met anyone new; and she didn't seem to mind when my boyfriend stayed here with us.

I believe my mother has mixed feelings about us leaving, because then she will be alone. For the most part, she likes having us here, but I do realize that she'd like to really be on her own (as much as I would!!). I am finally in a position where I am earning a decent salary, so I am saving up for my own place.

I have 2 older brothers, and when we turned 18, she made it VERY clear that if we lived in the house we had to pay rent, unless we were full-time students. So prior to my marriage, I was in college for most of the time, but I did have a couple years that I took off from school and worked, during which I paid rent and bought a new car for myself and made those payments as well.

When my son turns 18, the rules will be the same for him. I have raised him to be smart with money (how many 15 year old boys do you know that carry coupons and "frequent shopper" cards in their wallets). He's been doing his own laundry since he was 10, and learned to wash dishes by hand around that same time. The only area that's lacking are his cooking and automotive skills.

From about 8 years of age he's done odd-jobs around the neighborhood for cash, and he got his working papers as soon as he turned 14. He had a job last summer, paid taxes, and filed for his refund. He got a break this year because he's going to sports camps -- one of which gives us a discount because he works as an assistant to the director.

It's ALL in how you raise them!

Answer 3

over 21 yes,
No, I have not lived with my parents for several years,
i have to do all the work i live on my own.
I have to buy all my own food, I'm single living on my own.
my parents when i visit give me the run of the place, but i still have my manners and ask for things and don't just take.
as for privacy and sex, my parents are divorced so sex does not come into it.
yes i know they wanted me in my own place they helped by buying 90% of the furnishings in my home. (I'm unemployed, and would not have been able to afford the stuff on my own).
actually yes i would prefer to have people living with me, but not all the time. I spend far too much time on my own.

Answer 4

I have been living on my own for three years now. I am only 19. When you hit the age of 21, you need to take care of yourself!

Answer 5

Too many questions to answer. By the way I'm a divorced 45 year old woman and a parent raising a 17 year old son by myself.

Answer 6

1. yes
2. not in years
3. I take all responsibility and do all the work
4. I buy it all
5. Everything here is mine, all mine! ( Bonus of being on your own)
6. I could care less
7. ugh, yeah.....your point?
8. I am their age and no way, unless my kids were UNDER 18....otherwise, it's time for them to get a life like I have.

Answer 7

Over 21 and on my own, my parents live very close

Answer 8

I'll turn 21 in 3.5 weeks and I currently do not live at home. I'm graduating from college in December and will do everything in my power possible to not move back home...

Get out.

Answer 9

I'm 36 and no I don't live with my parents.
I'm married, that requires a lot of responsibility.
My wife and I go shopping.
What things?
I don't care about what my parents think. Next
I already told you I don't live with them.
hmmm......My mother-in-law lives in my house. She aint a bunch of people.

Peace.

Answer 10

No 21...but im almost 17...and i do live with my parents...
1. yes
2. yes-when I have the money from work
3. yes...sometimes...unless i ask if i can
4. they do care about my privacy as much as I respect theirs.
5. well they would miss me and my brother
6. well yeah if it were my own kids...till they found their place...anyone else such as friends..no...im not taking care of them b/c im not their parent.