Do you still live at home?

Dave! · 13-05-2008 12:36PM

I'd say most people still live with the folks at 25+ because (a) they can't afford a house/don't have anyone to buy with/don't want to get tied down with a mortgage/are saving for a deposit (although 100% mortgages has removed this obstacle). And (b) they see renting as paying someone else's mortgage/a waste of money.

I'm still at home and I'm 20. After college I'll hopefully move out and rent. I don't plan on buying a house for a long time.

mental07 · 13-05-2008 12:41PM

Moved out at 18 for college - and yes, my parents paid my rent. Everything else came out of my own pocket though (had a weekend/holiday job) and I started paying my own rent the minute I finished college.

13-05-2008 12:50PM

Moved out during college - although it was into accommodation paid for by the college for a year. When I finished college and got a job I moved out sharply enough.

prendy · 13-05-2008 12:56PM

Cactus Col wrote: »

It's no worse a generalisation as many of the posts that have come before. Seems from some of these posts that some people resent the fact the there are others out there who can live at home perfectly happily.

It does seem a bit sad thought that so many people want to run away from the family home as quick as possible.

I'm 30 and currently live at home. The why's and wherefores for this are nobody's business.

didnt say anything about whether living home was good or bad but such a generalisation is not right.
and yes i know there are other generalisations here. people saying that 30 year olds living at home isnt right etc.

i dont live at home but i have friends who do and they pay their own way.

godtabh · 13-05-2008 01:01PM

I moved out this time last year (nearly to the day) at 26. Best thing I've ever done.

The freedom is unreal. Could never do the ironing drunk in my boxers at 2 in the morning watching mtv dance before

Dudess · 13-05-2008 01:02PM

My brother is 35 and some of his mates have never moved out. I just wonder how people could actually want to do that...

BobTheBeat · 13-05-2008 01:07PM

Cactus Col wrote: »

It's no worse a generalisation as many of the posts that have come before. Seems from some of these posts that some people resent the fact the there are others out there who can live at home perfectly happily.

It does seem a bit sad thought that so many people want to run away from the family home as quick as possible.

I'm 30 and currently live at home. The why's and wherefores for this are nobody's business.

+1, no one should ever be ashamed of wanting to live at home. If youre not contributing and being a lazy bast*rd then thats acting the maggot. For me, Im 26, and still live at home with the parents. I've worked and paid rent since I was 16 years old. Always contributed, always did my fair share in maintenance and housework. Its my parents house number one, so I respect their rules. If theres ever a problem, we talk about it straight away. They're on at me to buy a house with the GF, but Im not currently in a position as regards career/upcoming opportunities to follow that up and they accept that. I find the setup very favourable because of the fact that I have a place for my piano and drum gear, and there are not many houses/areas where they would be welcome.

The plan is eventually to move out, but need to be sure about a couple of career related things first.

13-05-2008 01:09PM

I've just turned 23 and living out of home now 2 years

JC 2K3 · 13-05-2008 01:14PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Nope. Everyone paid their own way in my day.

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Not true for me, or my college friends either.

prendy wrote: »

what a generalisation. stoooopid post.

Clink wrote: »

Not always true. I've always paid my own rent, I worked evenings and weekends to do so when I was in college.

Dragan wrote: »

And this is not always true either. I never had to ask my parents for a penny for college.

It's called a mother****ing J-O-B!

Lol, should probably take that comment back.

However, I thinkin the context of modern Ireland, it's reasonable to asume that many parents would pay for their child's accommodation in college if they had to move away.

As a matter of interest, those of you who went to college before free fees, did you have to pay the college fees on your own too?

Epic Tissue · 13-05-2008 01:28PM

18 and living at home (in Dublin). Would like to move out I guess, just for the sake of it, but don't plan to until I finish college and get some money. Finish college at 22/23 so that means I don't decide to do a different course / fail my course and then work a year or two to get money. Probably be 25 or 26 before I move out actually.

Some people act like they are prisoners in their own house, weird.

FX Meister · 13-05-2008 01:46PM

Dragan wrote: »

You posting from your phone dude?

Yeah, bored in class. How can you tell it was my phone? The typo? Text box cuts off after a certain length on the phone.

Rb · 13-05-2008 02:03PM

Dudess wrote: »

My brother is 35 and some of his mates have never moved out. I just wonder how people could actually want to do that...

Yeah, I really don't get how people can do this to themselves tbh. There's a guy who lived down the road from me who lived with his parents until they died (he was mid 40s at the time), then inherited the house and went out and bought a flashy car. Success? I think not.

I moved out of home last August. I moved in with the girlfriend and we now rent a house in Ballinteer. I love it, there's so much freedom and noone (other than herself) to give out to me. I'd love to say that I don't have to deal with the family problems anymore, but somehow they always manage to drag me into it.

I'll be going back to college in September (hopefully) and will continue to rent this place, really like the house, we're it's first tenants so it's in great shape and we've kept it so.

I can't imagine moving home now The next big jump will be moving country, which is still a few years away, I've mixed feelings on it though, unlike the move out of home.

Quality · 13-05-2008 02:16PM

I moved out when I was 16. Have never gone back, It was the makings of my relationship with my parents.

When we moved house last year, I refused to move back to my parents..... No way.

SEPT 23 1989 · 13-05-2008 02:17PM

Cactus Col wrote: »

It's no worse a generalisation as many of the posts that have come before. Seems from some of these posts that some people resent the fact the there are others out there who can live at home perfectly happily.

It does seem a bit sad thought that so many people want to run away from the family home as quick as possible.

I'm 30 and currently live at home. The why's and wherefores for this are nobody's business.

totally agree i moved out at 20 moved back at 29 not going to buy yet
and im not paying someone elses mortgage(wasted tens of thousands doing that) and the way things are going to go with the economy im better off here.

Ron DMC · 13-05-2008 02:21PM

agent smith wrote: »

i'm 22 and Living at home, Currently Saving to get onto the propperty ladder so Renting now is kinda Dead money.

I do chip in for the bills at home tho.

+1

Ross_Mahon · 13-05-2008 02:23PM

I am 19, i pay Mrs Mahon €100 a month...i hear people pay €600 a month to rent ? So if i was out renting with other students i would be -€6,000 a year. Maybe not for a while.:(

Huge Golf Balls · 13-05-2008 02:26PM

I know a guy who pays €100 a week.. i was paying €50 a week when i moved out.

Ross_Mahon · 13-05-2008 02:30PM

Huge Golf Balls wrote: »

I know a guy who pays €100 a week.. i was paying €50 a week when i moved out.

Cost for food,electricity and heating on top of that? I'm just curious

13-05-2008 02:37PM

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Cost for food,electricity and heating on top of that? I'm just curious

Show your Mamie this page.
I dare ya.

Ross_Mahon · 13-05-2008 02:41PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Show your Mamie this page.
I dare ya.

She wants to get rid of me anyways!

Captain Darling · 13-05-2008 02:42PM

I live at home, but my parents have moved out. I sh1t you not.

Red Hand · 13-05-2008 02:46PM

Nope.

Susannahmia · 13-05-2008 02:48PM

I'm 20. I moved out at 17 for college and went home every weekend for most of first year. I moved back home for the summer and hated it, just felt like a step backwards and my hometown is horrible. For the last two years I don't go home much weekends and stay up around Maynooth for the summer. I get along fine with my mother and haven't had rules per say since age 16 but I would go crazy at home. My degree is finishing up now and I plan to stay up in maynooth, can never see myself moving back.

tribulus · 13-05-2008 02:52PM

22, finishing college, hopefully move in with herself by January.

phantom_lord · 13-05-2008 02:53PM

Z wrote: »

I live at home with my mother & father and my 7 kids. Myself & Kids live in the basement section of the house so its cool, we have our own space.
Its a little crowded though, and we don't really leave much but hey at least we have free rent, free food and no Bills!

:pac:

13-05-2008 02:55PM

Susannahmia wrote: »

I'm 20. I moved out at 17 for college and went home every weekend for most of first year. I moved back home for the summer and hated it, just felt like a step backwards and my hometown is horrible. For the last two years I don't go home much weekends and stay up around Maynooth for the summer. I get along fine with my mother and haven't had rules per say since age 16 but I would go crazy at home. My degree is finishing up now and I plan to stay up in maynooth, can never see myself moving back.

Your hometown must be a complete cestpit if it makes Maynooth look that good!

Says former Leixlipian.

Susannahmia · 13-05-2008 02:57PM

Moonbaby wrote: »

Your hometown must be a complete cestpit if it makes Maynooth look that good!

Says former Leixlipian.

Portlaoise would make anywhere look good.

skywalker · 13-05-2008 03:21PM

Clink wrote: »

I'd be one of these judgemental people! It's plain wrong to be living at home after a certain age, to me it's a sign of a complete lack of gumption. I moved out of home at 17 and have been standing on my own too feet financially since then so I can't undersatnd how some people can leech off their parents in their 30's :eek:

Well at least you realise your being judgemental. Thats something I guess.

Dragan wrote: »

People are judgemental about a lot of things.

If you have the money, no overt and pressing reason to live at home ( loans to pay back, illness in the family, emotional issues, stress etc ) then i can think of no reason why someone would live at home other than it gives them what they consider to be an easier life.

Thats just my honest opinion.

Everyones free to have an opinion. Im just curious why this issue in particular folks seem to really get fired up & have a go at people over it. There really seems to be a resentment towards people living at home in their twenties. Why does it bother you so much?

Rb · 13-05-2008 03:25PM

Susannahmia wrote: »

Portlaoise would make anywhere look good.

QFT

TerrorFirmer · 13-05-2008 03:31PM

I live at home; I'm 20 and college is a 15 bus journey away, so I wouldn't see the point of having it any other way while I'm at college.

I chip in for the bills.

Do you still live at home?

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