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I Still Live With My Parents

I still live with my parents and sometimes I feel ashamed. It has it positives and negatives. In the long run I'm saving money and I'm being taken care of (I don't have to buy groceries, pay the bills, etc., but I also feel lonely at times. I don't want to hang out with my parents. Usually I'm okay with hanging around by myself, but at times I feel lonely. Like how much better would it be if I had a friend or a buddy here to keep me company. It's bitter sweet. I could move out if I wanted to, I've got the funds to do so, but something is holding me back that I can't pinpoint. I don't know if I'm just comfortable here and being out on my own is a little freightening, or what. Does anyone else ever feel this way? Stuck and lost about what to do?

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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

No need to rush yourself because of some societal pressure to move out. That pressure is also largely to encourage people to spend money btw. And there is nothing to be ashamed of. In the US and probably very similar number elsewhere because of the economic crash of 2008 and the fallout from that large numbers of adults 35 and under still live at home.

basiclife98 · 26-30, F

Thanks for the insight! That makes me feel much better. I also have to take into consideration that most of my friends who do live at their colleges or on their owns have loans for days to help pay for their things. They don't realize at this time that they will be having to pay those back eventually. A lot of people I know just pull out loans to live off of and I am very glad I'm not one of those people. It's not free money lol, hut that's how they tend to use it! @PicturesOfABetterTomorrow: