Living with my parents
By rappeter13
@rappeter13 (8608)
Romania
March 24, 2020 4:39pm CST
I will turn 31 this September, but I still live with my parents. I know that this is strange for many members here, but it is not that strange in the part of the world I live in.
I do this mostly for economical reasons. I have a decent salary, but if I would have to pay rent, utilities and for food, I couldn't save money and I could travel or so. I have no family, so it is easier for me to live with my parents. And I think my parents don't mind it, neither. I have a separate room, and we try not to "bother" each other too much during the day. We meet mostly during meals.
I have a brother, who is doing financially a lot better than me. He moved out three years ago, when he bought a house. But he lives in the same town with us, and he frequently comes to eat with us.
Do you still live with your parents? If not, when did you move out?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
24 Mar 20
Our culture is almost the same that some adult children still stay with the parents especially if the house is big to accommodate them. But not only single children, some parents have married children in their homes. It is not only to save on rent but also to provide company to the parents particularly the aged parents.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
24 Mar 20
Earlier, the different generations lived together in the same household. Now, it has changed, you can rarely see young couples live in the same house with the parents. Then, when the parents get very old and are incapable of taking care of themselves, they would move in, like my grandfather did the last 15 years of his life. But this also started to become rare, as elderly people are sent to elderly people's home.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
24 Mar 20
@Alexandoy It is hard for young people to take care of their parents, because they are away a lot, with work and stuff. And if they also have children, they would need a big house to be able to live together with their own children and the parents of both spouses. At a nursing home, there are always caretakers and they have always company, so they will not feel alone.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
24 Mar 20
@rappeter13 oh, I don't like the sound of the nursing home. I am glad that my wife and I have our own home where we can stay until our twilight years. My wife's sister has 3 children aged 23 to 30, I think. They are all living with the parents although no one is married yet. They are also working, the 3 children.
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@marguicha (216897)
• Chile
24 Mar 20
My daughters moved out when they got married and so did I. In my country some people move out when they marry, but it is fairly common to live with our parents when single.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
24 Mar 20
It is the same here, too. My brother is single, but he had financial means in order to buy a house, start his own accounting company and to be able to live by himself. I am not like that, I just have a decent salary.
@dodo19 (47189)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
25 Mar 20
@rappeter13 My parents did help me out a bit, at least with tuition, and I did manage with some loans, summer jobs and such.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
25 Mar 20
@dodo19 Oh, the loans. I try to avoid them as much as possible.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
24 Mar 20
How did you manage to live by yourself and go to university?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Mar 20
I moved out when I was in my early 20s. When my ex-boyfriend and I broke up I moved back to my parents' house for a couple of months. When I found an apartment I moved again. Now I live with my husband.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Mar 20
@rappeter13 We have cheap apartments (one room) for young people. Only students are allowed to live there and many students work part time.Students also receive money every month. It is a relatively small amount of money, and most students have to work part time in order to have enough money for rent, food and everything else.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
24 Mar 20
Do youngsters earn enough to afford to live by themselves, when they are single?
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
24 Mar 20
@Porcospino It is a bit different from here. Renting a room in the cities where there are universities are around 200-400 euros per month. The minimum wage, so with full time work, is around 350 euros. Part time is the half of it. It is impossible for somebody to survive as a student by himself.
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@DianneN (247205)
• United States
25 Mar 20
I have never had the need to live with my parents.
Our younger lived with us to save up to buy a brand new house of his own.
We loved having him, and didn’t charge him a penny as other parents seem to do.
Many kids do the same thing these days.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
25 Mar 20
I don't pay a rent neither and I my parents don't ask for money. I pay for my own expenses, which I make independently from them.
How nice that your son was able to buy a house of his own!
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
25 Mar 20
@DianneN I really hope so. I always try to find multiple streams of income.
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@DianneN (247205)
• United States
25 Mar 20
@rappeter13 You will do well, too.
My son had a good job that paid very well, so he saved as much as possible.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
25 Mar 20
@Nevena83 I see. I am sorry every time I learn about a divorce.
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@snowy22315 (171915)
• United States
25 Mar 20
Oh heck no, my parent's are in their 80's. I guess I moved out more or less permanently in my early 20's.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
25 Mar 20
Did you make enough earning to sustain yourself?
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
25 Mar 20
And for me, it is more convenient, too. My mother cooks and does the laundry for me.
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@JudyEv (328018)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Mar 20
@rappeter13 There are a lot of benefits to being able to stay at home.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
24 Mar 20
I only pay my own bills, such as my phone and so. But the electricity, heating, water are paid by my parents.
