Alright, hands up. Let's be honest here.

[Abomination]

My mother has unfortunately reached her twilight years and lives in a house far too large for her to maintain on her own. She has several animals and is incapable of tending to them but loves them very much. For this reason I have moved into the upstairs of the house, my girlfriend works part time and tends to cooking and cleaning while I work full time and cover all expenses.

It is a fairly morbid subject as I am an only child and therefore the sole inheritor of the house. This was a practical solution to what would be a potential logistical nightmare. It beats me paying rent to someone else and paying someone else to look after my mother.

 

[Harlemura]

Another "don't have a basement so am exempt from full stereotype" here. Even if we had one though, I doubt I'd be living down there because my parents don't even let me move my computer and stuff upstairs into my room because they think I'd never come downstairs unless foraging for food. And they're right, so I'm cool in with my spot tucked away in the corner of the living room.

19, finished college a few months ago, didn't bother with university so will move out when I get a job and have money and stuff. Just in case anyone wanted the details of my habitual situation.
I will be very surprised if I used the phrase "habitual situation" correctly.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Not the basement but I am living at home with my parents and siblings...it's a full house but I'm content and nobody is forcing me out the door, thank goodness. On that note though, I'm close to transitioning and moving in with my girlfriend...at her parents house. I'm guessing my charisma is close to a 10 though since they (her parents) have told me they don't mind me living there indefinitely. Not indefinitely obviously but for as long as it takes for my girlfriend and I to get established enough to get a place of our own. I'm 25 by the way...yeah...I only just turned 25 but still...25 here...

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

I moved out of my parents house the day after I turned seventeen. I had (have) a cracking family, it was just an independence thing. Best thing I could have done. It gave me total freedom and it allowed my parents to resume their lives as a couple rather than as parents. There were a few times in the first years that it was tempting to ask to move back in - only having enough money to be able to afford food or heating was fun, especially during winter - but seeing the fresh lease of life that it had given my folks as they regained their teenage love-affair (which between first my sister and later myself had been on hold for thirty years), I was loath to impose myself on them any more.

 

[likalaruku]

I have an extended family. Those that movie out always come back. We have a nice big house & pool our money together for bills, food, gas, & luxury. Instead of a getting a maid, I, who have never liked being employed, have volunteered to stay home full time. I do all of the cleaning, shopping, pet care, cooking, & keeping the elderly medicated & alive. I don't plant to ever move out, but if I marry, they can move in & bring their parents & we can get an even BIGGER house.

 

[solemnwar]

If my parents hadn't built me my own room in the basement (the only part of our tiny, tiny house with room) I'd still be sharing a room upstairs with my sister.

Although since my parents have since moved back upstairs and my sister is in my old bedroom on the first floor...

I can live with my parents rent-free so long as I'm in university, since that shit is expensive yo and they think it's better for me to concentrate on my schoolwork and not have to work fulltime in order to support myself at the same time.

I have cool parents, basically.

 

[Issurru]

I live with my mom. But in my brothers house so I'm not sure how that counts. My mom can't possibly afford a house so he let's her live there rent free. I moved out at like 19 or 20. I'm now 22

 

[Brutal Peanut]

My husband and I have our own house in a small desert town in California. I love this house. It was built in 1963 and has vaulted ceilings of dark wood. The yard is big enough for my vegetable garden, two clothing lines, and even a chicken coop or 'run' if the city would let me have one (they wont since I'm technically in a residential area). It has character. We were really trying to find something that wasn't one of those cookie-cutter houses with no space, as well as a price tag for way more than it's worth.

If we moved, it would be so that we could have an acre or two in a different climate for some proper space, privacy, and a few chickens....maybe even a moo-cow. I'd miss the house though. I wish I could just pick it up and plop it down on a couple of acres. That would be pretty sweet and as close to my idea of perfect as it could get.

 

[MissP]

*snip*

<--also a recent grad, looking for work without much luck, living with mom...

bleh -_-

Well hey, I'm not in the basement though--that's something right???

/headdesk

 

[Twilight_guy]

I live in my parent's house. Does that count? Yeah a college degree doesn't make companies bend over backwards to hire you anymore.

 

[octafish]

I am 37, married, have two children and work two jobs. So... No.

 

[Rednog]

Sadly I'm 26 and living in my parent's attic. I tried moving out when I was 22 and fresh out of university. Sadly I just couldn't keep up with the bills. The job market was harsh and the only jobs I could find were the hey you're a fresh out of college student, sure come in and we'll pay you basically the lowest we can because we know you're desperate. And with paying loans, rent, etc I basically ended up living check to check with almost nothing left to enjoy. The freedom was great but the cost was too high; though I sometimes worry that I'm going to be stuck here forever.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

I still live at my parent's (in my own room, thank you very much), mainly due to... personal issues. I am currently looking for a job, though...

 

[Callate]

I'm in my thirties and live in the home I co-own with my wife. But in the present economy, I really don't think that living with your parents should be a huge cause for shame. I recognize it may suck, but the reality is that it's hard to find work that will allow a young single person starting out to live independently, even with a college/university degree.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Sweet. Vancouver. I live in Vancouver.

Enjoy the city for the 2 months of the year it's not constantly raining.

or being burned to the ground by rabid canucks fans.

i live with my mom, but Im still in college so i think its still socially acceptable. plus im only 20.

 

[Slayer_2]

I live in the upstairs and wish I had the basement, it's bigger and more comfy. And has it's own bathroom. As it is I work three jobs, kind of (one is my own company), I'm using some of the money from my jobs to cover the expenses of the game I'm developing on the side, and the rest to cover rent/my expenses/build my small pathetic savings.

 

[Superlative]

I'm in my thirties and live in the home I co-own with my wife. But in the present economy, I really don't think that living with your parents should be a huge cause for shame. I recognize it may suck, but the reality is that it's hard to find work that will allow a young single person starting out to live independently, even with a college/university degree.

Of course they should be ashamed! I've lived in a three story townhouse I've owned since i was 5 years old. Instead of working some lame desk job, I make ends meet by wrestling bears and alligators with my willy!

[irl: 23, in grad school, live with the rents during breaks]

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I don't have a basement. I live in an apartment.

 

[JemothSkarii]

I'm going on 21 this year, high school education (I DID get my VCE though), girlfriend going through college who is also overseas. Going to see her in about 3.5 months for a month....then 5 months after that I'm seeing her for Christmas...then 6 months after that she's coming to visit me. I'm on a pension and the rent around where I live is too high ($250 a week minimum) for me to live off of this money. Jobs are really hard for disabled people to find considering my last job which lasted 6 months took me 2 years to get.

So I'll be stuck here until like...my girlfriend finishes college...or failing that and we break up, who knows.

 

[lechat]

32 and my mother lives in the house i am current;y paying off
i can understand why ppl stay at home these days though. with increasing electricity and rent prices it's hard to imagine how a lower paid young person can afford the cash to live alone.

suggestion to all those who do still live at home. try and make a deal with your parents to start saving for a deposit on a house. the rental spiral will just suck cash out of your pocket and depending on country you might find your home loan payments are close to or less than what you would pay for rent