Is it normal to be 18 and still living at home?

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so im 18 and i need to know if this is normal. im not going to college, although i do plan on taking classes for something next year. my parents have been going on, since i was 16, about how they want me to move out and shit. well now i think itd be best for everyone if i really did move out. problem is i have no idea how to fucking live. i know nothing of paying for apartments, how credit cards work, etc. i need to know how to get started and learn about all this shit because i dont want to live with them for much longer. mostly i think theyre just sick of me. idk. are 18 year olds even capable of living on their own? none of my friends, even the ones in their 20s, have moved out yet so idk what the fuck my parents want from me! i mean no disrespect by them but i think things would just be better if i moved out and made things easier on thenm.

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    I would begin by getting just a room, in a rooming house. It's much cheaper than an apartment and easier to care for. Some will allow you a small fridge and a hot plate so you can learn to cook easy stuff like mac&cheese, burgers and pasta, etc.
    I've been on my own since 15 and it's really easy, once you actually step out the door of your parents' house.

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    • hauntedbysandwiches
      9 years ago

      Why were you on your own since 15? That's a minor and you should have been in school until 18 unless you dropped out. Were you homeless (sorry if so)?

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    • -_-
      9 years ago

      Wow, that's hard to do. How did you get your parents/the court to agree for you to move out underage? I can't imagine how you could go to high school full time and work full time..

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      • thegypsysailor
        9 years ago

        My parents were just fine with it. I had a room above a bar, but I was rarely there, as I spent most of my time commercial fishing (Deadliest Catch). I went to high school when I was back in town and they were very accommodating, helping me to graduate any way they could. It was a far different world in the late 50's/early 60's. No OSHA or DCS and nobody cared if your parents didn't.

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        • -_-
          9 years ago

          I bet that was also the time when you could let your 7 year olds roam freely on the streets without fear of kidnapping.

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          • thegypsysailor
            9 years ago

            Too true, but one place I lived in California, the mountain lions were a serious danger to children alone in the suburbs. I remember trick or treating at about 6 with an armed adult in the group.

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  • Legion
    9 years ago

    its more common than ever, especially here in the Midwest. things have been especially tough around where i live since the local Chrysler and Ford plants shuttered their doors.

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  • AngelDaKat
    9 years ago

    I say getting either go and get a roommate that is your type of a friend or live alone in that expensive apartment.

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  • -_-
    9 years ago

    It's not a smart idea to move out before age 21. Finish your education, get a full time job with decent pay and then move out. No one should move out before 21 unless they can afford to. I don't even think an 18 year old would survive on their own. My sisters are both in their mid twenties and they both still live with me. One of them is still in college almost done with her master's while she works a part time job and the other tried to move out when she was 22 because she had a full time job but it was a struggle because they weren't paying her enough/cut her hours so she moved back home. All her friends seem to be at home still too.

    I'd say wait, what is the rush? That's the youngest you could move out anyway and most don't move out as a teenager lately. I think it was normal way back in the 70s but it started to become less and less possible as prices increased and more.

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  • hauntedbysandwiches
    9 years ago

    The average age to move out is 26-27. I think it used to be 21 10 years ago but because of the economy, etc, it moved up. I don't know anyone who moved out under 21 at all. So you're way young and actually, don't hold me to this but I remember seeing something on the news that only 10% of individuals move out before age 21.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I'm 30 and while I have moved out many times, I always end up in a fucked situation and back in my moms basement, where I am at the moment. I want to get my own place and live alone because I hate living with others and cannot tolerate other people for more than a few days but I need to find better income.

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  • thr
    9 years ago

    Just do some learning by doing or learning by trying. And if your parents want you to move out, they should be happy to answer your how-to questions.

    18 year olds can live on their own and they can figure out how, even if a lot of 18 year olds stay at home a couple more years.

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