I currently live at home because it just makes sense financially for all of us. I help with bills and other expenses which allows my parents to not have to spend every dime my mom makes or my dad gets from SSA. and in turn I'm not paying 2k a year for a 1 bed apartment and eating ramen every night.
But when I mention it to people, they ask what went wrong for me or why I'm afraid to live alone. I'm not, I'd LOVE to. I just cannot afford to do that.
Just to play devil's advocate a bit. The main reason most people, including me, left home at 18 and never returned is for the benefit of total freedom.
I think it's fairly common to 'mask' your true personality a bit when you're with family. It's especially real when you're something your conservative family doesn't fully support like being gay for myself.
Even if I wasn't gay though I would never want to live with my family again lol. I love having my own apartment with my partner and have loved it when I was single too. It's just such a freeing feeling to do and act like however you want in your own home. I come home, immediately take off my pants, and dance around in my underwear to music, get high and eat yummy food, watch "embarrassing" shows.
Having the freedom to do whatever I want is something I'd have to give up living under someone else's roof.
There isn't a need to play devil's advocate for what I said??
Your experience is totally a valid path for what you felt you needed but I'm talking about the general stigma I get when I talk about choosing to stay home to help in various ways. To which you're kinda playing into with your need to play a devil's advocate lol. I'm not saying people shouldn't move out based on my experience, I'm simply sharing mine and why I feel it needs to be more normalize so it's just not looked down upon.
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u/SmokePenisEveryday Feb 27 '25
I currently live at home because it just makes sense financially for all of us. I help with bills and other expenses which allows my parents to not have to spend every dime my mom makes or my dad gets from SSA. and in turn I'm not paying 2k a year for a 1 bed apartment and eating ramen every night.
But when I mention it to people, they ask what went wrong for me or why I'm afraid to live alone. I'm not, I'd LOVE to. I just cannot afford to do that.