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Originally Posted by KarenSue
Sorry, but I can't relate. I've been out of my parent's home since I was 16. I like my independence and have never had trouble keeping my own life in check. Never drank nor went out with wild friends.
You could have that independence also, you just have to decide you want it and create your own appropriate rules imho.
Be a leader, not a follower. The choice of your behavior is ultimately yours, and yours alone.
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I too have a hard time relating to this. All my life as a child I was prepared for that time, upon high school graduation, that I was expected to move out. I was 17 and moved halfway across the country for university. I had a great deal of responsibility placed upon me both in and out of the home (I started working at age 14).
I had the same expectations of my now adult children. My daughter for a time lived at home after highschool - she paid room and board (I believe a third of the income to be appropriate).
I absolutely think nothing wrong with this.