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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/3/2006 5:49:58 AM | | All I know is that it makes it difficult at times when you still live with your parents. It causes so many problems in many areas. From privacy, to dating, to aggrevation..lol Some people get names put on them too if they live at home for too long. I find men get labeled more so than women but I'm sure they get it too. I'd date someone in this situation but it would be more complicated. It is much better to have our own place, naturally. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/3/2006 8:20:14 AM | | I'm 47 and live with my parents. I make a good living, give them about $1000 a month for room and board, and could afford my own place, but I haven't really had a reason to move out. I don't smoke or drink or use drugs or like parties, and I'm only interested in platonic dating, so there's no big cause for conflict, no rules I chafe under. I have privacy, they don't aggravate me, etc. I wouldn't do anything different if my bedroom was in my own apartment instead of my parents' house, I'd just be giving rent money to a stranger instead of them. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/3/2006 11:11:33 AM | Hey Hunter..
Absolutely.. there are exceptions! It is totally understandable!
However for the other kids, living at home, and they know who they are....
Cutting to the chase.. what I'm trying to say is that kids that continue to live at home and feel "entitled" to Mom&Dads affluent lifestyle....from what I've have been told from my clients & what I've personally observed is that these same kids, when they eventually move on to marriage, have no real life experience & have nothing to draw from. They've been given everthing! Money management problems start to develop, because the kid that lived at home resents that he now has to contribute fairly to the household with his paycheque rather that what he is use to....spending it entirely on himself! Look at the statistics! High divorce rates are caused by fighting over how the money is spent!
The kid that lived at home doesn't know how to share. I'm sure there are exceptions!
My married friends in Toronto, both working with their two grown up sons living at home, drive an older model car and relates to me that it's tough making ends meet. I ask, do your sons pay rent?
Of course the anwer is "no!" However her two sons each have a nice new sports car!
What's wrong with this picture?? | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/3/2006 2:55:57 PM | | See now my situation is that I had been living on my own since I was 18 and recently my mother had a severe heart attack and other medical problems which have left her in a wheel chair and on kidnety dialasys. (I know I spelled that wrong.) But that makes me no Momma's Boy by any stretch of the imagination. People seem to think that the majority of people that live with thier parents are doing so because they are lazy or unable to face the real world on thier own what they dont take the time to realize is that not everyone that lives with thier parents fall under those descriptions. I think that anyone that would not date a person because they are with thier parents for whatever the reason is extremely closed minded and the relationship would probably never work anyway.. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/3/2006 3:01:03 PM | no i would not because men that do depend alot on there family and that mean they are not ready to grow up. and they are still kids in there mind and witch mean i would wait till they are ready to be out in the real world instead of mommy and daddy's house but if they are going there because they need to look for a place or to help take care of them well thats different. but not to live off of them. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/3/2006 5:25:48 PM | Well, ask a hundred different ppl, and u will get 100 different answers.
My opinion: Once a guy has made the decision to move into the working world (is finished with his education), he should be getting out on his own. Meaning: if my son graduated or quit college and decided to go to work, I'd basically give him 6 months to get some $ together and get an apartment. But there are so many variables. One guy that I worked with was told by his father that as soon as he graduated high school, he was out, no ifs, ands, or buts... I think that is too extreme.
I left home at 19, went into the military for 4 years, came home afterward and lived with my folks while I was going to college. When I graduated, they said I could live at home providing I paid them rent (which I thought was reasonable). I got my own apartment not long after that. So each situation is going to be unique...
If you're a normal guy, you're going to WANT to be living on your own by the time you hit 20 anyway... | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/4/2006 7:48:47 PM |
See now my situation is that I had been living on my own since I was 18 and recently my mother had a severe heart attack and other medical problems which have left her in a wheel chair and on kidnety dialasys. (I know I spelled that wrong.) But that makes me no Momma's Boy by any stretch of the imagination. People seem to think that the majority of people that live with thier parents are doing so because they are lazy or unable to face the real world on thier own what they dont take the time to realize is that not everyone that lives with thier parents fall under those descriptions. I think that anyone that would not date a person because they are with thier parents for whatever the reason is extremely closed minded and the relationship would probably never work anyway..
Come on now Ralphie, the higher percentage of people have stated that there are always different circumstances. If you are living at home to take care of you're ailing mother, I'd date you in a New York minute. However, if you're there because you just want the easy way out, that's another story entirely.
It's a wonderful thing to take care of your mother and you are correct, by no means are you a mama's boy, but you are....... a very good son. If some woman would hold that against you, than that is not the woman you need. There are exceptions to the rules Ralphie and it's the exceptions that make the rules. Blessings, to you and your mom.
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/27/2006 2:58:01 PM | I'm an almost 23 single mother who just finished part one of my course and am head back to school again soon. I am currently living back with my parents but at the same time am still looking for a place of my own. I miss my own space.
It all depends on your situation. I still pay rent and such but I'ed rather be living with my parents then raising my 2 year old in some dump because it's the only thing I can afford at present with student loans to pay back and a child to rais on my own. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/27/2006 3:17:11 PM |
Depends on circumstances, can't be answered without knowing details.
It is all about the details!!!!
 and the circumstances with them.. One can not be judged by that alone.. and I feel its unfair that anyone is ever judged by that. I live with my mom, I did it to help her out raising my nephew, and because on widows pension and disability.. she can't afford to live in a place by herself.
Alot are now 'caring' for and helping out their parents.. Some have found themselves in such a situation that they had to, to get back on their feet, and yes there are the odd ones out there that haven't experienced 'living on their own' for those Yes I would say they need to experience it.. and get away from the parents..
But for most who I have spoken to. If we live with, or share a place with our parents, its to help parents out financially, or its just till they get their feet firmly planted again.. and neither of those 2 reasons means the person is undateable.. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/27/2006 6:58:33 PM | | i sense alot of generalization. like alot of people say, it a ll depends on the situation. you have to take things into consideration also. i mean,its one thing to be studying or getting training for a career change so you can get back on your feet, and another thing to be waiting for a handout each and everyday. i wouldnt have a problem with dating someone like that as long as they were trying to better their life. I dont generally run across that very often ,unfortunately.( the people that are trying to better their lives instead of mooching) | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/27/2006 7:05:32 PM | Some people still live on their own and are totally supported by their parents. So what really is the difference? Should you then just pack it up and move back in with them, or have them move in with you?
My brother will be 31 right away and has no job, and just bounces from woman to woman. It is kinda funny in the fact that there are women dumb enough to be fooled by this. but really.. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/27/2006 7:53:39 PM | I still live at home and can't ****ing stand it. My parents don't understand that I want to join the military and have talked me into going to school for the last time. I'm about to get my associates and I am leaving and never plan on living with them again.
I think that, yeah, if your going to school its nice to live at home. When they pay for a lot. You get a free room and free food its great. But I am tired of living a life that I don't want. I say go with your gut. For you people that judge others by where they are still living. Grow up, stop being****. Everyperson has different circumstances. | |
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| How old is too old to still be living with your parents? Would you date someone that still did?
Posted: 2/28/2006 9:07:13 PM | I agree with others who have stated 'no' to those who are living at home just because it is easy..
For me I had no choice but to move back home.. I was living on my own for about four years going to school and working.. then my job fell through and the bills started to pile up so I moved back home.. I amstill going to school and trying to pay the bills with the shitty job I have.. but if I had a choice I would prefer to live on my own again.. I love my mother and sister but I became accustomed to my space and pace in which I did things and am craving that freedom again.
I know many people who state that they are only living at home to save money for their own place but in reallity they are spending what they are making on frivolus things and have nothing saved up.. so in actuallity they are only living at home because of the convienence and ease.. they think mammy and daddy will take care of them forever and for some I think this is true.. they will never really know what it is like living in the real world and will crash when they have no choice to in the future. | |
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