Who here still lives at home?
 

Alright, time to fess up. Are you still living at home?
Added bonus question: Do you have a car? :thumbsup:

Here's my answer: Yes, I still live with my dad. :(
Bonus answer: No, I don't have a car. :( :(

I'm 26 and still live with my parents, but my dad has MS and I help take care of him as my mom can't handle it herself.

And yes, I have a car...

Yeah, I'm still living at home but I'm hoping to go flatting next year.
No I don't have a car (yet, I'm starting my job next week so I'll be able to get my own in a few months) but I'm borrowing one of my parent's cars.

Yeah, I do. 23 yrs old, been out of college for less than a year though and still job hunting.

Just bought a new car yesterday!

I'm 25 and still living at home. I have car.

Moved back home after being an RA for two years, decided to get a truck about two months ago so staying home for the time being.

Yes, I live with my parents still.
No, I don't have my own car- I borrow my dad's.

25 and still at home.

Helped the family out for a time while Dad was unemployed, took a bit of a toll on the ol' pocketbook, but recovering nicely.

Looking to get out pretty soon, maybe after the 1st of the year.

Yep got a car... 2 of them actually...

ive at college. I live at home when school is out, but i also work for my dad when school is out.

Just got back from China, so I'm at home till I get a good job.
Or I might go back to school next fall, so I might stay till I can't stand it anymore, been on my own for the 5 years previous to this....

I'm 25 and live in a duplex with my mother. She's on disability and sometimes needs help getting round the house, so I moved in about 3 years ago to help her out.

It's a full sized house with a fully furnished basement. I have like my quasi-kitchen and everything....:)

Being a college kid for the last 3 years hasn't been very good on the wallet, so no, I don't own a car.

yes live at home, currently 21, owned my car since was i 17 its a 90 cavalier nothing fancy but it ges the job done.

Exact same thing here.

Congrats on the new car! Wish I could say the same. ;)

To everyone: THANK YOU! I'm 20 years old, and still living at home with no car has taken a huge toll on the self-esteem factor. It's great to see I'm not the only one living in misery. :thumbsup:

I live with my parents, but I pay them rent. I also have my own car. But, I think the only reason they want me to still live here is to take care of my doggie. Otherwise he'd be home alone all day and depressed.

How pathetic is that? ahaha.

I'm in residence this year, but next year I'll most likely be back at home (this be expensive, yarr). ;)

I'm 25 and I'm living in a 1400 square foot house with my girlfriend and my dog.

We each have our own car.

im 21, and live in a dorm 9 months out of the year, and live with my parents the remaining 3 months. I have a car.

Live at home, use Mom's car when she has two working ones, otherwise take the train.

exact same reason....but haven't recovered since I gamble, and i only have 1 car :|

22, live at home, in college, have a car.

20, apartment with a roommate, yay city buses!

Yup I'm still at home...Over 25, have a car(i guess you can call it that)....*sigh*.

I have always wondered this, and I'm not trying to be a smartass, but....

If your parents' house is "home," what do you call the place where you live if it's not your parents' house? As in "going home for the holidays." Where were you before you went home? Are you never home except when at your parents' house?

Really, I live in a college town and I spend way too much time wondering about this. My experience has been that where I live is my home, wherever it is.

I live at home with my mom.

No car, just stoopid buses until I graduate in March.

I always assumed that it's simply a figure of speech. Indeed when I move out, I will call my new home, "home."

i live @ home w/ my family. i dont have a car. i push my metrocard

I go to college and live with my folks. Fortunately I do have my own room and a car.

I go to university and am currently at home, but with truck

I'm renting a house from my aunt (250 a month, with fireplace - wood floors, big bathroom) and have a car, good job, and I'm in graduate school for my Masters. I'm lucky though to have good family - I'm in social work :confused:

20 at home w/car
but i go to university.

Graduated from college in May, I have my own appartment and my own car. Parents live 3 hours away.

I still live at home cuz i go to a junior college in my area, and yes do have to car, thats how i get to school.

I haven't "lived at home" (as in parent's house) since I was 13. Even then, I would not say, "Living."

I do, however, live at home now, my home. :)

Wow so many people live with their parents!

I'm renting the basement of my sister's home while going to college. The difference between parent's home and sibling's home may seem small, but I think I almost have the same amount of freedom as having my own house.

Oh, and I have a truck.

I doth live at home, during the summers and breaks, whatnot.
I do have a car, but no license. I rock :) And I'm almost 20. :thumbsup:

Live at home.
Don't have/need/want a car.

I'm sorta ...both. I have a house in town that I share with friends which I use during the week when I'm at uni, then come home on the weekends as my parents house is closer to where I still work...

/edit: oh, nearly forgot, dont have a car, cant drive... oh well...

I still consider my parents' house to be "home" because I'm in definitively temporary living conditions. In a few months, I'm back there, so I haven't bothered to consider this to be my "home". It's more like camping... for a REALLY long time.

Still live at home
have a car but it's not insured yet (prices are a bitch) so I drive my parents cars.

I'm still here. I have a car but no insurance/tags - it's up for sale. Once that sells I'm buying a sportbike.

I'll be gone for sure when I'm off to college but I may end up getting an apartment till then.

28, live at home to help dad who is ill. Have my own car. Will be looking for an apartment nearby though.

Still in high school (but I am 18) so I live with my parents.

Can't wait until college to get out. Not that I dislike my family or any matter like that (although a three old brother and one year old sister tend to cry too often), but I just much rather get out and be on my own.

Oh, and no car. I'd have to buy the car, pay the insurance, and then top it off with the gas. I don't want to work a full time job while in high school.

I now live across the pond in England with my Aunt and Uncle
Yes I have car, bought it last year

bought my parents home, and I bought my own car 4 years ago, and I'm the only owner of it. I'm 23 years old so I have a little pride in that.

It sucks to live with your parents at 22, but it's inevitable when you don't earn enough money... :hmm:

27 and I don't live with my parents. Every month when I pay the mortgage, I wish I did. I live in a house with my wife (pregnant w/ twin boys), 2 boys and 4 cats. Some how I don't think my parents would want us to move back in. I have 2 cars and am getting ready to trade one for the dreaded minivan.

I'm livin' with my dad at the moment. Was out of home for 4 years before that, just here temporarily since I'm going to be sharing with friends, but they're not ready to move for a couple months and I don't want to pass up the opportunity to live with sane people who don't shit me.
I have my own car, but not for too long. I'm moving from the suburbs, back near the centre of Sydney, where I belong, so I won't need it, and can finally sell the damn thing.
To me, a car is just a huge waste of time, money, and natural resources (unless it's for rallying :D ).
Plus Sydney drivers are shithouse.

20...still here :| Sux.

Asta!!

I'm twenty and I still live with my parents. I got a brand new car, they pay for my gas normally. I'm saving money for rent. My grandpa lives close and he just built a theater room for his home and is putting up 2 bowling lanes. As shallow as it sounds, I couldn't imagine giving up such a nice life at the moment. Plus, I love the relationship I have with my parents and close family members. Also, I did the party scene a semester in high school and it got old. Now, I go to bed early and my idea of entertainment is playing video games and watching movies. So, I think I have a good place to fit my needs.

i'm 18 and still living at home...

i do own my own car.

but it's "yellow stickered" (means the cops have deemed it un-roadworthy) so its in my brothers workshop ATM.

also im about to loose my licence for "wreckless driving" (appatently taken ur hands off the steering wheel, even just for a moment is wreckless)

so soon i'll own a car but be riding a push bike around.

I'm 19 and I live in an apartment with two of my buddies from college. I haven't lived with my parents since I was 17, and I don't plan on ever moving back home.

And I own my own car, but my parents pay for insurance since I'm in school.

Anyone else feel old reading this thread?

23 Living with mom still for a few more months until the house is done.

Still live at home, but im going to college (im 19, almost 20).

Don't own a car, all money goes toward college right now.

26, got a big old house on top of a hill where my wife and dog reside with me also.

got 2 cars, well, 2 SUVs

Still living at home. Just graduated from college, so its only a matter of time until I find a place. I really don't mind it though. I do have a car now which means I'm basically independent.

My friends just about all live at home, I don't know how they do it. I would go nuts. I live in a house with my wife, and we're 24.

Left when I was 16. That was a lonnng time ago. Haven't been back.

Bought myself a car with a programming job when I was 17 (oh yeah :thumbsup: )
Currently 19, going to college and still living at "home" with parent and siblings.

Yes I live at home. No I don't have a car... yet.

Alright I feel old. I've got a 26, 22, 19 y/o still living at home. They do have cars.

19, on my own, i own a car flat out, no payments, i suport my self except health insurance. i am paying for college out of my own pocket. overall im in the black more then in the red.

Still livin' at home and I have a car. By next fall I should be moving out though. Part of me can't wait. I also have a job now, so I don't feel so bad about it. :p

A lot of people live at home apparently. Glad I don't with the exception of having free room and board. If I lived at home, I could have a sweet ride and lots of women!!..........But wait a minute, I am married and have a 2 year old..... Oh well, I guess it was just my fantasizing again.

i still do tho but im18. i should move out second year of college already.

I just turned 19. I will move out in Spring next year. I own a classic Porsche I bought and rebuit but will sell it to give me a surpluss and save money on gas / insurance out of the house.

Yep - the only one in my house living with his parents is my son (but he is a little young to go out on his own, because he can't walk yet).

Haven't lived with my parents for almost half of my life, and after spending more than about 1 week with them, I am glad. Love 'em, but can't live with 'em.

21 and moved out since I was 18, my mom loves it when I come over but doesnt' like me living at home cause me and my dad argue and it makes me have mental breakdowns. Also I have my own car, kinda have to have one to get to school, work, etc.

yep, still live at home. am 21 and staying there until i finish univeristy (one year to go) and if i manage to find a job.

and yes, i have a car. had it since i turned 18. its front is held on by gaffer tape :)

Yes and Yes but I am moving out and getting married next year some time. YIKES!! :crazy:

I haven't lived with my parents since I spent 2 months there during my first summer back from college. They told me to get the f**k out so I took their none too subtle hint and dipped. 6 years later (last week) I bought a house. I just like to brag about my new house, err, home. Whoopie!

And it's bigger than the house I was told to get out of :p

Bought a car this year too. Before that, I rode a bike to work. Bah.

I still live at home (though not w/ my father he lives a few miles away)
I have a "car"

My answer to this ends up being a riddle.

I do not live at home. My wife lives at home. We live together in the same house. We live alone in the house.

19, still at home, just can't afford to move out.

My dad bought me a car last year, but his broke down recently so he's been using my car for work more than me. Not like I have anywhere to go or anything....

23 (almost 24), and I live at home... MY home. :-D

I moved out from my parents' house the day I turned 18.

I'm still at home but I'm young enough so that everyone my age still is. And yes I have a car but it's actually in my mom's name.

the rest of my siblings packed it up and moved out ASAP, and my younger brother is off to join the Military in a few months when he graduates. Im still trying to move back home. Im still homesick.

Im 20, live in an apartment by myself. Im drowning in debt and I dont have credit cards lol. I own my car and for now because of my finances my parents pay the insurance.

i'm 21 and still living at home. i was living with a friend at school for awhile then i messed up my back and had to come back for therapy. i've been back for a year and absolutly cannot wait to move out again. life is so much better out on your own.

I'm in a dorm room most of the year, although like most other college students on here I go back to the parents' for the long breaks. Thankfully my dorm room is too ridiculously small for even the most tight-fisted of housing directors to think of putting two people in, so I pretty much have the freedom that goes with living on your own. I'm financially dependant on the parents for the room and for the education itself, but as long as I keep bringing down A's and keep the scholarship money flowing they're happy to put aside what would have been half of their discretionary income to support me.

I don't have a car. The parents aren't giving me one and there isn't much outside of walking distance that I need to get to when I'm at school. I've got enough friends who like my company enough to go 10 minutes out of their way to pick me up to make most of the off-campus events that I want to go to. The mass-transit system here in St. Louis is both pitiful and crime-ridden, so I go to an event or party on-campus whenever I can't find a ride.

24 and I live in my own apartment with Loverboy.
I moved out from my mother's shortly after turning 19.

I don't owe a car because they're terribly expensive in Denmark (the prizes are 3 times as high compared to yours in America)

21 and live at home and have owned my car for over a year.

was an apprentice until mid way through november when where i was working shut before i got my trade. now just working full time and saving money. going to move out after i go to the big day out next year.

cant wait for the freedom.

27 and I live in my own house with my wife and our 2 kids. Left home when I was 19.
I do have a car - but they are expensive in Norway too.
(Just paid 260 600 NOK, $ 43 136, for my shiny new Toyota Corola 1.4 D-4d SOL)

Whoa freeload, what extra cost does Norway add on over Freight and Transit to raise the price so high?

I'm sorry if I come off as a ignorant american in the matter, but Toyota Corrola's here (which is also high respected so the price doesn't reflect the quality) would start I think about 16k and go up to 22k for a fully load S type.

Is there really high enviromental laws there? Also I'm asking because I'm curious. I've always liked the scandinavian countries, but their "High" taxes have always detterred me.

I live with my wife and kids. I have a mortgage, car payment, credit card bills, dentist bills, insurance premiums, taxes, grocery expenses, two dogs and a cat. Kids, stay home with mom and dad as long as you can.

19 and at home, first year of university.
I don't pay rent but I clean the house. I have a room which is a converted garage, seperate from the house itself and has an ensuite with shower and toilet.
I also have some really cool ramshackle old appliances like a rickety fridge and a microwave with the numbers worn off. Its a pretty sweet setup.
Within walking distance of uni, town, and 24hr service station. Don't own a car, don't want one.
I do have this "learners license", I guess that means I'm supposed to be learning something huh... the only thing its good for is to prove I'm over 18.

Yeah scandinavian enviromental taxes are that high. In Denmark the price gets that high because of the environment taxes and registration taxes. The registration taxes alone adds 200% to the normal price of the car, so when you buy a car here you actually buy three in a sense.

I for one am thrilled about the taxes. Don't you see that this is the most effective way to preserve the enviroment? If cars were as cheap here as they are in America then we'd all owe one and polute like hell.

I agree Nancy, but I'm also thinking about the amount of people in the US who pays Taxes compared to the Scandinavian side. If we pay lower taxes, but because of the amount of people have a higher amount of money paid, then maybe just maybe it's not so bad ^^

Saying that though Nancy, that's for the Political forum which I would like to see you post more in. Others request pictures of you lady, so I guess I'll just have to pick at the leftovers and ask for your thoughts :)





My closing arguement. Living at home is not bad. Not respecting your home is a huge crime you can do to yourself, or have done to you.

I live at home when I'm not at school, but i also work for my dad.

I no longer live at home, though I do visit for extended periods of time (like now...I'm home for 2.5 weeks) around holidays and such. I spent a week and numerous weekends at home this last summer, but otherwise stayed in my college town, which I love.

That wouldn't have been possible without my trusty Volvo 240, Zippy. She may be 15 years old, but she still gives me all she's got.

I no longer consider my parents house "home"...I consider the apartment I share with hubby, my son, and two cockatiels "home". I had to live with my dad for two weeks last August when we moved here from North Carolina, and boy was I glad to get out of there!!!

We own one car, fully paid for, whoohoo!

I'm 20, I live at home, my parents are paying for my car
 

I'm 20 I live at home. I have car. I don't fully understand americans even though I'm an american. Whats wrong with parents not buying their kids cars assuming their parents have enough to pay for it?? Or anything for that matter.

"Oh son, ur gonna pay for this and that even if I have enough to pay for it... You'll be in debt, but so what... u'll eventually pay it off ... go get a job...move out... don't ask me for money... "

-i mean what the heck is this? ha, i'll be surprised if their kids gonna be finacially stable soon....

My parents are so cool. I'm not spoiled but they pay for everything so long as I get a good grades and even if I don't, they are still cool .

Yet, I'm not a bad kid, nope... I'm good.. not goodie goodie. you know what I mean. I don't do none of that stuff. What's wrong with some American families where everything is totally non-communal????

My family is so Communal. You can become very rich this way u know... (I'm not rich, not poor either, I'm middle class) but anyways

I like to hear feed back on this ...

i'm 20 still living at home with my parents and yes i do have my own car that i bought with my money.... :p

22, live at school during the school year and live at home when school is out. I do not have a car.

I don't really think living at home is all that bad actually. In fact, I hope to live at home for at least another 3 or 4 years. It's cheaper and will hopefully help me in saving up money to pay back student loans.

Cosmic.

Having your parents provide for you is a great luxury but it comes with the consequence of not learning alot of valuable lessons.

I am 19, I live at home and my parents provide for me a room and food. They allow me this luxury so that I can have the financial security of a nest egg when I leave home shortly.

I am proud that I can provide for myself, I think a child is still learning to.

Being in managable debt is acceptable, it is a way of having now what you need any paying a penalty of intrest to have that luxury. Someone who goes into debt paying for rent or groceries needs to find out what is wrong and take responsbility to address that issue and work past these problem. They will not learn those lessons if a parental figure helps by simply giving them money.

A good parent raises a self-suficiant person. If your possesions are not shared freely with everyone then you are not living communaly, you are living dependantly.

25 Okay, this hot gal asks for my number at work. And when she calls, it happens to be my mother who picks up the phone. The gal asks if I'm home, then hangs up, and hasn't called since. Rats. Well, she was five years older than me anyway.

But I do have a car. A friend of my mother's gave it to me, for free :)

i moved back in with my parents after getting divorced. at first, i thought it would be temporary--just till i could find another place. i hated living with my parents while growing up and couldn't wait to move out. now though, i actually enjoy it. they don't ask for rent (actually turned it down), though i do help out a lot around the house.

i don't want to move in with my bf, don't want to live with any of my siblings, and all my friends are either married, don't live around here or i wouldn't want to live with anyway. i don't have kids and i really don't want to live alone, i hated being by myself all the time when i was going through my divorce and i can't imagine it would be better now for some reason. cooking for one is a pain in the ass.

i figure i'll eventually bite the bullet and marry my bf, or at least move in with him. they're thinking of moving in the next year or two and i don't want to go, so i'll be moving out eventually but for now, i enjoy living with my parents. our relationship has improved a lot these last couple of years i've been here. plus the money i save on rent and utilities is awesome!

i do have my own car, but it pretty much just sits in the driveway. i don't remember the last time i drove anywhere. i should sell it, but then i think, what if i need to drive somewhere? so it just sits there :)

Graduated College in May 2004, and living back at home until I can find a job somewhere (anywhere).
Don't even own a car, drive my mom's.

24 years old, moved out of my parents house when I was 19, I even amazingly managed to stay out of my parents house for the three years that I was unemployed (I did manage to find bits and pieces of work). So, now I live with my girlfriend and her two cats.

I own my own car outright, and I have now for about five years, looking to buy a new one because I don't think this Explorer is gonna make it much past the 200,000 miles it is at right now.

I am 20 and live at home, I own my own car and work right now and need to save money for my brothers wedding etc. It's not bad here. It's a rough over my head. Food when I am home for supper. Come home/Go Out when I want.
I lived on my own for a little bit and miss it.