30+ and still living at home with the folks?

Cheers mate.
I could have it a lot worse no doubt, so as you say I should count myself lucky. Will just make the most of it by saving and then get me a step up onto the property ladder. Dont think id rent, buying is what id do.

Times are a changing and in the UK its currently extremely difficult to buy as a single person, if you get on with your parents then why pay some one elses mortgage. Have a good time whilst saving for a decent deposit which will secure you a much better mortgage deal when you are ready to take the plunge.
 
And as an employer I couldn't care less if you can do the job and your a decent person/"fits in" then it shouldn't matter what a silly comment.
 
Its nice that you get on with your parents as many don't, and ultimately as long as you are happy why ask for others opinions, if it doesn't feel right for you then deciding to make the move on the back of what people are saying on a forum could back fire, as advice/opinions will be coming from people who are different to you and have different circumstances.

im 24 and living at home and dont really think much of it. amongst my friends there are those who went to uni and got grad jobs and stayed in there uni cities or moved to other big uk cities - most of these have partners which makes it more financially viable
 
then there are those of us who got degrees, didnt get grad jobs so moved back home. even a lot of my friends my age who are in full time professions at home still live with the parents. it doesnt feel weird to me. obviously i preferred the freedom of living with my mates and it was a lot more fun, but i do have it good here so im not going to complain.
 
if i had a job now and saved up and did move out i dont think id achieve much bar the extra freedom and id say in the long term its not worth it. it may sound like a lack of ambition but its the opposite, its making short term sacrifices for long term gain. hopefully within the next couple of years i can go back to uni, secure a good grad job and then be set up more securely for the longer term for the life i want to live. id have said its quite immature to give up a better life situation for an inferior one temporarily just because certain people of society want to judge you on it.
 
i know my parents like having me about and know next time i move out ill probably not be back and theres no friction. im perfectly happy with the freedom i have, dont get complaints about my lifestyle and dont get too much hassle about where im going in life....i think my parents trust my abilities to sort myself out.

Agree with Robw

Soz Dazzz, put your name in by mistake . You obviously saw before I edited

I moved out at 20, then moved back in with my dad at 22, moved out again at 23, moved back in again at 25, moved out again at 26, now 28 and living alone..been back and forth like a yo-yo, and if things keep going the way they are I could be moving back with him again before I hit 30.
No problem living at my dads,
I come and go as I please, more or less have an entire floor lounge/bedroom/bog/bathroom to myself (which is actually bigger than this ****hole I currently live at lol) so space, and indipendance are not an issue, but every time I move back in I feel life I'v failed and taken a big step backwards in life- just like having to take a wage cut or downgrade your car etc.
it really grinds my gears when I realise there are doleys living in same or better accomodation than me for free, but Iv been busting my balls for the privlidge of living alone, and then being forced to admit defeat on several occasions, yet they get their rent paid by the state and all they do is play call of duty and masturbate all day, but have "advanced" further in life by having their own place, really ****s me off

If any stigma still exists then then it probably doesn't apply to the OP at 32. With house prices as they are, especially in the South East, still being at home in your late twenties or early thirties is not unusual. If you still find yourself there at, say, 45 then people will be thinking that perhaps you're a little "special".
 
Isn't there someone on here (Johhny Bravo?) with a middle-aged neighbour still at home and calling his mum "Mummy"?

ha yes mate thats right.
lol
 
he's special alright.
 
well remembered.

I could just about cope with still living at home in my 30's. It's the getting tucked each night that would eventually get me down!

RobW

I would think someone living at home at your age lacked ambition and motivation to better themself, and would never employ such a person... You obviously have it too easy at home and for whatever reason do not want to try to make it on your own...

 
Disagree. Each case has to be taken on it's merits, It's usually based around needing a reason to go, which is usually a woman, maybe a job, disliking your parents whatever, and the affordability of doing so. I stayed home and ended up being a carer for ten years to ageing parents. Believe me  - that was no easy option