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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why are you saying you're a white family???[/quote]

Probably because it's common in the Caribbean, South America, the Middle East, and many other places to reside in the family home until marriage, in my family, it would be very odd and unacceptable if a child moved out before marriage for anything beyond a great job opportunity that only existed far away from family. Uni, sure, coming back and forth. But we stay put until marriage. And we have a good bit more wealth than other people in the area, so it's not a money thing.[/quote]

I appreciate the OP mentioning her family is "White". I'm from South America, so yes, I stayed home until I was 26, no question from my parents. I have two teens born and raised here and it would be perfectly normal for my kids to stay home pass college years.[/quote]

I understand this too. In my extended family, it’s thought that everyone should stay with parents until married and even then, until money is saved for a house. Many in my family have lived with parents after they got married and were saving to buy a house.

My siblings and I didn’t do that. I moved out at 19, my sister moved out after college and my brother moved out and back in many times between 18 and 30.

For my own kids, I want to encourage them to be independent but want them to move out when ready. I think 19 is too young. I also think what my brother did was ridiculous. [/quote]

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