Young, single guys who live alone or with friends

[Warik]

I'm moving out soon because my 1 hour commute each way to work in bumper to bumper traffic is killing me, and because most people would look at me funny if they knew how old I was and still living at home.

My mom says I'm wrong and wants me to stay home until I get married (though I'm not sure quite how high quality of a wife I'd find under those conditions). I love my family - but I don't look forward to that destinty. Freedom would be cool for a few years before the proverbial ball & chain.

Is she wrong, or am I insane?

[AZK]

Right now I'm living at home before I start school again in August. WHen I was in college I missed home cooked meals, my own room/bed, free everything, a stocked fridge, no responsibility, mom doing laundry, all that [censored]. It was [censored] sweet. After living at home for a year, as cool as all these things are, I am ready to move out. I definitely think if you are out of college and not in a transitioning period between undergrad and grad or undergrad and job (where it would be ok to stay at home for up to a year or something) you should definitely move out. My social life has suffered severely this year because i am living and commuting from home and when I am out in the city I can't just hang out with my boys late night cause the last train leaves at 1AM and I am too drunk to drive, or take girls back to an apartment x blocks a way, etc, etc... how cool do you sound being like "let's go back to my place.... it's 25 minutes away and in the suburbs. Don't worry my parents are asleep".

[Badger]

The last time I lived at home was the summer after my fresman year of college. I imagine this is pretty typical.

[mason55]

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The last time I lived at home was the summer after my fresman year of college. I imagine this is pretty typical.

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Agreed. After my sophomore year I stayed in my college town in the house I got for my third year. After my third year I had an internship. Then I graduated one quarter into my fourth year and moved to a new city with a job.

[Hack]

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The last time I lived at home was the summer after my fresman year of college. I imagine this is pretty typical.

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I live at home every summer during college and graduate school. During the school year I was at school and after I finished my master's degree I moved all my crap out for good. That was around age 24. Eight years later- best decision I ever made.

[Isura]

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The last time I lived at home was the summer after my fresman year of college. I imagine this is pretty typical.

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[traz]

Not many responses, so I'll give you mine. I'm 18, and moved to another city for university, and I live in my own apartment (not residence).

I love it, and hopefully I"ll never move back home with my parents...knock on wood

[Boris]

[Peace]

If not becoming an adult and wandering into your twenties as a pathetic man-boy parasite appeals to you - by all means stay at home and let Mommy take care of you.

[edtost]

20, junior in college. moved out to live in dorms freshman year. lived at home the last two summers. not living at home this summer. not moving back home after graduation.