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Originally Posted by fleury

This is a really interesting thread topic. I'm 30, doing alright career-wise in the banking industry (though considering a change), but still live at home. At work there's always that zinger on me that I still live at home (generally from the 45+ co-workers). I don't pay a dime in rent, but I do a ton around the house over the weekends, and help my parents out whenever I can around here. They're always offering to help me out even if I buy some groceries, it's just the way they are. Even growing up, they paid for my first year of university, then I refused to take money from them as they really didn't have much (their retirement fund has always been the appreciation of our home), but they still try to give the shirt off their backs. Even if I'm going out for the night, they're always asking if I need money, which I don't. I know there are a lot of people out there, my coworkers included, who think it's pathetic to be living at home at this age, but it's a different mentality. My parents have saved up quite a bit of money for a decent downpayment which is why I reside at my parents, and having my parents welcome me to stay as long as I want really has helped for years to come through those savings my parents accumulated. I also have friends who moved out at 15, and for the most part they wish they had what I have. Now, the annoying part of staying at home will always be the smaller questions that sometimes come from parents, but that can easily be ignored. When I hear some others talk about how their parents view staying at home after the age of 18, I can't help but think how selfish some of them can be.

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