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[NHSparky]

Your sister is 26 and still living at home?  My parents kicked us all out when I was 23 and I thought I was a late bloomer.

I think I was 17 when I started living on my own with the exception of a two-month period when I was 20.  Funny how that self-reliance thing works.

My sister, OTOH--I don't think she ever truly lived on her own for more than a few months at a time.

[Gina]

Hell, when I ETS'd I moved to Atlanta. When my roommate was laid off, I moved back to Augusta. I commuted from Augusta to Atlanta every single day, for 6 months. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but I HATED Atlanta.

Oh God, I loathe that place just because of the driving.  Up to speed on highway, slow down to crawl at ramp, speed back up after ramp, slow to crawl at ramp.....I MEAN REALLY YOU IDIOTS, JUST MERGE!  IT'S 3 ****ING LANES!

[tanstaafl]

THIS is the exact stupid thing my 26 year old sister and her best friend do at my parent's place.  They both live there.  My sister is usually spending more time at her boyfriend's house, but still.  It pisses me off.  My mom is too stubborn to admit that the both of them are mooching off of her.  She swears up & down they help out all the time.  Whenever I go back to visit, I seem them helping eat the food and drink the soda.  Not once have I ever seen them clean something up.  Must be nice to have no rent, water, electricity, etc to pay.

If my husband & I lived with family (free of charge), we would easily have $30,000 in the bank.  Enough to buy a house.

When I graduated from High School, my dad took me aside one day and explained the facts of life to me. It was the same send off all of my older brothers and my sister got. Time was up, I was released from the old man's prison, man up, get a job and call before you come back to visit.

[Celtic Rose]

THIS is the exact stupid thing my 26 year old sister and her best friend do at my parent's place.  They both live there.  My sister is usually spending more time at her boyfriend's house, but still.  It pisses me off.  My mom is too stubborn to admit that the both of them are mooching off of her.  She swears up & down they help out all the time.  Whenever I go back to visit, I seem them helping eat the food and drink the soda.  Not once have I ever seen them clean something up.  Must be nice to have no rent, water, electricity, etc to pay.

If my husband & I lived with family (free of charge), we would easily have $30,000 in the bank.  Enough to buy a house.

I'll be honest, I lived with my parents until I moved to Nebraska a couple weeks ago, and I'm 26.  I get along really well with my parents, and my mom has been spending a lot of time helping with my grandfather who has Alzheimer's, so she would be gone for weeks at a time sometimes.  I basically picked up the housekeeping slack while she was gone.  I was able to save up quite a bit living there while I was working, and it allowed me to quit my job and finish 10 pre-requisite classes over a summer and fall semester.  I had enough in savings to pay tuition and to pay for an apartment in Berkeley for a summer.  I bought groceries fairly regularly, and my mom and I mostly split the cooking when she was home, and I did it when she wasn't.  It worked for us.  My mom said that as long as we weren't fighting, she would rather see me put money in the bank than putting it on an apartment. 

My brother, on the other hand, is 22 and living at home and he sits on his rear playing video games most of the time.  He doesn't have a job, and we don't know when he'll graduate from college.  My parents are at the point where they are considering kicking him out. 

I know that I had it pretty good, and that really did make life a lot easier for me in a lot of ways. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

I'll be honest, I lived with my parents until I moved to Nebraska a couple weeks ago, and I'm 26.  I get along really well with my parents, and my mom has been spending a lot of time helping with my grandfather who has Alzheimer's, so she would be gone for weeks at a time sometimes.  I basically picked up the housekeeping slack while she was gone.  I was able to save up quite a bit living there while I was working, and it allowed me to quit my job and finish 10 pre-requisite classes over a summer and fall semester.  I had enough in savings to pay tuition and to pay for an apartment in Berkeley for a summer.  I bought groceries fairly regularly, and my mom and I mostly split the cooking when she was home, and I did it when she wasn't.  It worked for us.  My mom said that as long as we weren't fighting, she would rather see me put money in the bank than putting it on an apartment. 

My brother, on the other hand, is 22 and living at home and he sits on his rear playing video games most of the time.  He doesn't have a job, and we don't know when he'll graduate from college.  My parents are at the point where they are considering kicking him out. 

I know that I had it pretty good, and that really did make life a lot easier for me in a lot of ways. 

There's nothing wrong with a kid staying around, as long as the parents are fine with it and grant them the privilege.  What's wrong is for the kid to EXPECT it or DEMAND it as a right.

[Evil_Conservative]

I'll be honest, I lived with my parents until I moved to Nebraska a couple weeks ago, and I'm 26.  I get along really well with my parents, and my mom has been spending a lot of time helping with my grandfather who has Alzheimer's, so she would be gone for weeks at a time sometimes.  I basically picked up the housekeeping slack while she was gone.  I was able to save up quite a bit living there while I was working, and it allowed me to quit my job and finish 10 pre-requisite classes over a summer and fall semester.  I had enough in savings to pay tuition and to pay for an apartment in Berkeley for a summer.  I bought groceries fairly regularly, and my mom and I mostly split the cooking when she was home, and I did it when she wasn't.  It worked for us.  My mom said that as long as we weren't fighting, she would rather see me put money in the bank than putting it on an apartment. 

My brother, on the other hand, is 22 and living at home and he sits on his rear playing video games most of the time.  He doesn't have a job, and we don't know when he'll graduate from college.  My parents are at the point where they are considering kicking him out. 

I know that I had it pretty good, and that really did make life a lot easier for me in a lot of ways. 

Your situation is different.  My sister isn't in school, neither is her friend.  They just sit around all the time playing Wii or Xbox.  I wouldn't be annoyed if my sister was trying to better herself.  She's turning into a professional mooch.

[Chris_]

My parents made the same offer to me... go to college and you can stay here as long as you need to.  My problem was I was tired of school and didn't want to deal with another four years of it at the time.  It took ten years to convince me to go back.

[Celtic Rose]

Your situation is different.  My sister isn't in school, neither is her friend.  They just sit around all the time playing Wii or Xbox.  I wouldn't be annoyed if my sister was trying to better herself.  She's turning into a professional mooch.

Yeah, the rule was that I either had to be full time student or employed full time to live at home. Sounds like your sister and my brother have quite a bit in common.

[I_B_Perky]

Food Manufacturing Industrial Engineer = Burger Flipper.

I give this 2 bongs because it doesn't want to go all legal to get free money, made me chuckle.

That is the first thing I thought. At the restaurant chain I worked at we called the cooks "Production Specialists" and the cashiers/waitresses "Service Specialists".

[dixierose]

My 21 year old son lives at home; but he works (and he never calls in sick). Honestly, if it wasn't for him; I would not have electricity or a phone. He's really stepped up and helped me pay the bills now that I'm not working.