Friends, how many of you still have kids over 20 living at home?

Your conversation makes me feel like a looser. I'm 31 and living at home. I have a good job at the Postal service for now. I was in the process of looking for a condo or a home this year. But with the economy the way it is, and the postal service loosing money every year, I'm probably gonna get an appartment when my parents sell the house and move. I don't know what my job situaion is going to be in the next few years. So putting a down payment on a home is too risky right now. I spent alot of money on stupid useless crap. I've been at my job for 10yrs. When I 2st started, I never thought about saving money to by my own home. I was young and stupid. My way of thinking was, I'm living at home, I my car is paid for, and I don't pay rent. I lost about 70 pounds working the night shift and had to buy some smaller clothes. But I got carried away, and soon my days off would become a shopping spree. Every week it was sneakers and clothes. Before I knew it, I had all this crap laying around my parents house that was worthless. It's a learning process when you're that young and living at home with no real responsibilites. A few people at my job told me they went through the same thing when they 1st started. Maxing out their credit cards and working 2 jobs just to pay off their bills. I wish I could take it all back and start over. I have money saved up, but it's no where near the amount I should have. I never took advantage of living at home al these years. I never knew up until 4 years ago the difference beetween owning a home and renting. But with the way the economy is turning out, renting is the smart choice right now. My friend in the army told me he lost some money on a real estate investment recently. Buying a home is a huge risk right now. I don't know how long it's gonna take for my parents to sell their house. With the way the economy is right now, no one is buying homes. I've been seeing houses up for sale in my neighborhood for over a year now. I might have more time than I think before I actually move out. If they start laying off in the postal service, I might have to move back in with my parents. A friend of mine at my job is 40 with 3 kids and he lives at home. He's not a bad guy or anything. And his kids don't stay with him. It's just a case of him financially not being able to afford living on his own most likely.

in our country's culture, it is very acceptable that an 18 year old or even older still lives in their parent's house. we watch out each other's backs, this is how we have survived our growing financial instability since 1986.

Don't worry Sir, even I'm just like your son. I'm 20+ and still living with my parents but I at least earn a bit (enough to meet my expenses) through online projects.

I left home for very complicated reasons (it was the best thing I ever did) when I was seventeen and never looked back. It's always weird to me when I hear how long others have lived with thier parents. My future in-laws have their twenty-eight year old son living with them and they think nothing of this. My sister lived with my parents until she was 30 and this was also normal. It's weird to me. My kids are all still young, but I don't think they'll be doing this here.

Hehe...I have over 20 and still live at home.In fact,I like live at school's dorm alone,but my parents feel lonely if I don't live at home.So I have to go home on holiday. Happy mylotting!~