I had it cushy at home but I still loved having my own gaff and doing what I wanted.
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I didn't have it too cushy, after my mum left, everything was left to me. I'm not complaining as I learned how to cook, clean and look after myself.
We're all hopefully gonna move out at some point, enjoy it and then move back and enjoy that too.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ October 11 2009, 4:36 PM BSTTotally agree, especially if the male half is taking care of all the bills, the admin (council tax, parking permits) and household chores such as plumbing, decorating, electrics, etc.
Yeah, that's terrible... 
Quote: Lee Henman @ October 11 2009, 1:40 PM BSTI got my GF pregnant when we were both 18. I moved in with her and thus started a life of Hell until I was 24 when we eventually split. We didn't get on at all and only stayed together for our son, which in hindsight was a mistake.
Snap, only we parted when I was 22 and my son is now 34.
My father said to me you can leave home and then come back if you need to, everyone is entitled to a mistake, but the next time you leave, you don't come back!
When I was 17 I was left to look after my family home whilst my mum and step-dad moved up North until they could sell the house.
I then went to Uni not long after my 18th Birthday and didn't go home to my parents after that. I either stayed at Uni or went to stay with various friends/family to gain work experience in different jobs (mainly volunteer work).
After I finished Uni I moved in with my Dad's parents for 4 months as I saved up for a round the world ticket. I then went travelling for a year.
When I returned I moved in with my Dad in London (first time I've lived with him since I was 7) and stayed there for 1 month and broke my leg... my step mum hated me being there and dropped hints for me to leave so with one leg in a cast I searched for somewhere to live and 2 days after having my cast off I moved into the flat I rent now.
Been extremely independent since I was about 11 (like Dolly I was made to cook/wash/clean since I was young) and have managed my own money since 12 years of age.
I would HATE to move back home but I know my Mum would have me should I need to.
I had a pretty cushy home too in Sudbury (Northern Ontario). My friends always said my parents were like TV parents.
I lived on my own out in the woods for a summer when I was 20 working for a prospecting company. Then when I was done College I moved to Ottawa at age 22 for a year, failed and moved back to Sudbury.
Then I met my now wife who was moving to Ottawa for University so I followed and never went back.
Ottawa is a 6 hour drive from Sudbury so I don't get to go back very often although I do wish I could. I have a good relationship with them and a lot of friends back there.
Quote: Aaron @ October 11 2009, 11:25 AM BSTIt's the more typical "manly" things that I have no clue about, despite often having an interest in them. I just can't rememebr any of the detail or anything. I have such an awful memory.
What are these 'manly' things of which you speak?
I moved out at 18 to go to uni, lived in a succession of dilapidated residences, made a lot of noise and continued. It all just sort-of happened, and even though I was as clueless as anyone else, it never seemed like a problem, because everyone else is going through the same stuff.
I didn't leave home till I got married. I was desperate to go into a flat when I was at uni, but in those days, if you left home, everybody thought you'd had a major dust-up with your folk, so I didn't want to embarrass them (plus I'd no money).
Here's the other side of the coin - my older son left at 21 because he'd to go abroad (England!)to do a PhD. I just wanted to weep for weeks because I missed him. However younger son is still here at 28, and while I don't want rid of him, it would be nice to see him set up on his own.
No offence Keewik but at 28 he is too old to be living at home. I think anyone I know who's over 25 and at home just has too much done for them at home and knows they're spoilt. Kick him out, else he's never going to leave! 
I believe the average is around 34-35 now.
You're kidding!?
F**king parents spoiling their kids.
I was an independent person from 18 and it's done me no harm and I shall endevour to push my kids out as early as possible. GET A JOB YA BUM!
My younger brother only left home when he was around 25 or 26. He was pretty spoiled his whole life though and got away with a lot (I think) simply because he was tall, handsome very smart (was in gifted and advanced programs his whole life) and charming to everyone...but his family.
I love my brother and all but he really did just coast through life because he knew he could.
He left home for London Ontario to go to University when he was 19 but was kicked out for hot boxing his dorm bathroom (hotboxing is sealing a room so that when smoking marijuana it all stays in the room so you can just get more high). My parents had to go rescue him and set him up in a apartment. Eventually he just came back to Sudbury and stayed at my folks until he was around 25 or 26 when he finished his University.
They even bought him a Corolla to go to Uni in.
P.S. The only job he ever worked while in school was at a gas station job I got him until he tried hot boxing their bathroom and got caught. Seriously embarrassing.
No, I believe it's somewhere around there.
It's not a issue of not having a job, just not being able to afford to live elsewhere.
Quote: EllieJP @ October 16 2009, 3:11 PM BSTGET A JOB YA BUM!
I moved out at eighteen.
To be fair once I'd gone I didnt want to go back.
The long holidays were a nightmare and then when I got my first job I lived therefore for about five months. Got another job at the end of the country - so I had to go!
Never been back for more than two nights in row since then.
It's not that I don't love my parents but they are a little different to me!!!!
Also I'm 33 now and married with kids! So am a bit old to go back.
Quote: Nil Putters @ October 16 2009, 3:19 PM BSTIt's not a issue of not having a job, just not being able to afford to live elsewhere.
Okay I appreciate that but still... STOP COASTING YA BUMS!