Living at home with parents: how is it viewed?

I'm personally embarrassed to admit that at the age of 29, I still strictly speaking live at home (currently going through a career change and attending college, so during term time I live in a rented flat) However, I'm due to qualify around this time next year, and should shortly thereafter be able to get my hands on a deposit for a flat.

As others have said, you can't put a price on your own space, and although I live away from home most of the year, my flat mate's a complete sloth, and I'm sick of carrying him. I literally can't wait to have my own place.
 
It depends on how close you live to uni, but you'll potentially miss out on some of the student nights which is key to making friends outside of your uni lectures / study subject area.
 
I think you need a particularly good reason to still be living at home past 25, beyond 'it helps me save money', to justify it.

One reason might be it'll allow me to have a mortgage in 2 years, or you need to care for someone.

Otherwise I think I'd find it a bit odd. I couldn't be a price on my freedom.
 
Personally I think its pretty acceptable these days for 20's/early 30's to be living with parents with the state of the market and prices etc
i wouldnt think less of someone for it.

Moved out at 24, i'd be reluctant to move back in for an extended period of time, i still have a room back in my mothers house, and know she'd be more than happy to have me back if my situation changed, however if i was to move back it would be strictly short term until i sorted my situation out.
dont get me wrong, i still go back for the odd few days/week, especially christmas, see all my family, enjoy the wonders of mothers cooking etc but thats not really the same though.

but i like my personal space, being used to it now i dont think i'd like to give that up.
 
currently living at my folks', and have been for approx a year now (due to lack of people willing to employ me). moving to Holland soon after i can try and land myself any kind of job there, definitely need a change of scenery
 
You cannot grow up properly while still living with your parents. I personally think people who return from university, get a good job etc but still move back in to their parents house are nuts.

I have been living away from parents permanently for 3 years now and there is no way I would move back in - the rent is worth it.
 
My experience so far, age 27: Moved out for a year, moved back in, moving out next year one way or another. The decision was (and still is) purely financial.

Buffetslayer said:
Often it translates to they cant afford to move out and maintain their current lifestyle.
I guess it really all boils down to how badly someone wants it.
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I can't comment on other people's situation, but moving out and renting was less important to me than being able to do what I need to do (work and study-wise).

I'm in a much better position now to buy a house in the next year or two than I would be had I been renting.

With the way things are working out, I'm completely happy with the choices I've made so far. I'm able to do all the things I want to within my budget while also saving the money I would otherwise be wasting on rent.

I do also think it depends on your relationship with your parents, plus being able to bring wimmin home...
 
There's no right or wrong answer as everyone is different. Who gives a **** what other people think?

If you're happy to live at home then do so, if not, move out.
 
I'm 28 and live at home. The reason for it is racking up too much debt when I was younger and I'm only just at the end of paying it off. I am aiming to move out with a friend at some point next year, and am completely intent on not living under my parents' roof by the time I hit 30.

It's not that I don't like living here, or I don't like my parents, because they're awesome and I have as much freedom as I could ask for, plus my relationship with them is very strong and very easygoing.

It's just that I'm 28 years old and I don't want to live at home anymore! A lot of my friends do, loads of people do these days because the market stinks and people of my generation are rubbish with money, but it's long past time to go for me and it's purely financial that I'm still here.
 
Don't make my mistake. I was living with my parents up until last month. You may be thinking so what? but my mum died 21 years ago and my dad 11 years ago. They had started stinking the place out a bit but that's old people for you.
 
If it wasn't for living back with my family, I wouldn't have been able to follow my ambition and become self employed. This was after 6 years of living in my own place, so it was a bit odd being back there to start with. I'm yet to meet anyone who couldn't appreciate the reason for me living there, or have issue with it.

After a year of hard work I am now in to profit, so hopefully I'll be moving to my own place in the new year. That said, I don't feel I need to rush, and won't do so unless I feel completely financially stable. Thankfully, the family don't mind me being there and the house is big enough to have my own space!
 
Moved out for my undergrad, parents twisted my arm into moving back home for my masters.

I'll be moving out again as soon as I can.
 
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