At what age did you move out of your mother's house?

[Vexen]

I'm 25 and still living at home.

[iNow]

Who cares?

[Ten oz]

The answer to the question will vary greatly based on geographic location, culture, and age. I moved out at 18yrs of age. However that was the late 90's and it was common in my community for kids to move out soon as High School ended. Had I attempted to stay I would have been forced out within month anyways. Culturally at the time 18yrs of age was viewed as adulthood and one was expected to have a job and pay their own way. Times have changed though.  I have nephews in their early 20's who were raise in basically the same community who still live at home. Today the expectation is that they remain at home until they finish college and get a professional career. 

[Endy0816]

  On 3/3/2019 at 12:09 PM, Vexen said:

I'm 25 and still living at home.

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That's okay man. Culture says one thing but you are free to ignore it. Culture changes.

May want to see what work you might do to help out. There's are things like survey work online or craigslist job boards.

Edited March 3, 2019 by Endy0816

[Ten oz]

  On 3/3/2019 at 2:18 PM, Endy0816 said:

That's okay man. Culture says one thing but you are free to ignore it. Culture changes.

May want to see what work you might do to help out. There's are things like survey work online or craigslist job boards.

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What does culture currently say where Vexen lives? 

[Itoero]

  On 3/3/2019 at 12:09 PM, Vexen said:

I'm 25 and still living at home.

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I think it's better to move out and work for your own needs. It's good for your mental health/development to live more independent.

[dimreepr]

  On 3/3/2019 at 3:35 PM, Itoero said:

I think it's better to move out and work for your own needs. It's good for your mental health/development to live more independent.

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Is that how it works on Pluto?

[Itoero]

  On 3/3/2019 at 3:42 PM, dimreepr said:

Is that how it works on Pluto?

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You don't have much life experience have you?

There are many articles papers about this….have a look on google.

[dimreepr]

  On 3/3/2019 at 4:03 PM, Itoero said:

You don't have much life experience have you?

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I'm 52

[Itoero]

  On 3/3/2019 at 4:07 PM, dimreepr said:

I'm 52

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Age is not necessary related to life experience.

It depends what you consider to be life experience.

But have a look on google...

[dimreepr]

  On 3/3/2019 at 4:24 PM, Itoero said:

Age is not necessary related to life experience.

It depends what you consider to be life experience.

But have a look on google...

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you can't find that on Google...

Edited March 3, 2019 by dimreepr

[Endy0816]

  On 3/3/2019 at 3:33 PM, Ten oz said:

What does culture currently say where Vexen lives? 

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About 27 is the new norm for his peers.

[Itoero]

Living more independent, getting a job and doing another activity will increase your social circle, it can deliver some friends to spend holidays with or you might even find a girlfriend.

This is an article concerning the effects of unemployment .https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646287/pdf/amjph00281-0056.pdf

[dimreepr]

  On 3/5/2019 at 3:14 PM, Itoero said:

Living more independent, getting a job and doing another activity will increase your social circle, it can deliver some friends to spend holidays with or you might even find a girlfriend.

This is an article concerning the effects of unemployment .https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646287/pdf/amjph00281-0056.pdf

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most people don't choose unemployment

Edited March 5, 2019 by dimreepr

[iNow]

  On 3/5/2019 at 3:33 PM, dimreepr said:

most people don't choose unemployment

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Indeed. Most people aren't wealthy enough to be able to.

[CharonY]

  On 3/5/2019 at 4:22 PM, iNow said:

Indeed. Most people aren't wealthy enough to be able to. 

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Also not everyone's mother has a house.

[iNow]

Quite right. I had that same thought

[QuantumT]

Since I hit puberty, I had only one goal. Get the hell away from those fucked up adults.
Went to boarding school when I was 14. After that I bounced around living several places until I got my own room in a basement at 17.
Got my first real apartment the year after, which was 1992.

Edited March 5, 2019 by QuantumT

[Itoero]

  On 3/5/2019 at 3:33 PM, dimreepr said:

most people don't choose unemployment

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It depends where you live.(culture)

Edited March 6, 2019 by Itoero

[Airbrush]

It depends on how many siblings you have.  My eldest brother moved away to live on college campus.  My second eldest brother joined the Navy.  There was space for me in the basement until age 27, when I found a job with 1.5 hours commute by bus each way.  I moved because I found a room closer to my job.  It was in a big house with members of a Hindu cult called Ananda Marga, which was an adventure.  There was a resident yogi.  After a few months I married one of the cult members so she could get a green card, and we are still together 37 years later.

Edited March 6, 2019 by Airbrush

[Janus]

It also depends on the circumstances.  At 19, I had a job that would have allowed me to move out on my own.  However, my dad was having health problems and was in and out of the VA hospital. We had a small farm, and with dad being away so much, I hung around to pick up the slack. (Even with my helping out, since I was pulling in money from a job, I paid my parents a small amount for room and board.)  After dad passed, mom put the place up for sale and moved into an apartment in town. The place still needed to be looked after, so I stayed to care take it until it sold.  I was about 23 by the time I moved out into my own apartment.