I livedat home until I was 24 at least part time.. when I was in the US. But I was expected to help and did. we lived in a big ol barn of a house built in the 20s(1820s) and my mom wanted to live in a nice little house so I told my father to buy some property and I had a house built on it. Never regretted doing that even though it used most all my socked away money. mother fretted over that...but heck I was young and could always find more money. I put the money away when I had a pool room in that big ol place...I also bought Winchester and kept a fairly large collection. Sold most of them and bought another house when I got married to the one I'm married to today. Houses cost a lot less than they do today. I grew up thinking you always help your family... and not mooch off of them.
How old is too old to live at home?
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Unless it is directly affecting the OP, I would say that it is really of no concern to him or anyone else. Even if it was family, unless they live in his house, not his problem.
It's simple IMO. At 18 you have three choices, get a job, go to college (and study a real employable major), or join the military.
One of the great dis-services to our children in recent decades has been elimination of the draft. IMO, every 18-year old should spend a couple of years in a structured environment growing up a bit and learning responsibility. Then take the GI bill and head for school if so inclined.
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It's a thread on the internet and I wanted opinions.
You must have 2 roommates still (called mom and dad).
The GI Bill wouldnt exist if there were a draft continuous in nature. Its an incentive to get people in the military and join up. If people are going to get forced in, there doesnt need to be an incentive. There are enogh people in the service who dont want to be in, id rather not have forced people.
Instead id say it would be good people went off to college, military or did something like peacecorps or something which brings people of different cultures and backgrounds together. Gen Mccrystal had a talk about it and I absolutely agree.
I also assume by draft you mean mandatory military service.
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Bkreutz
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I hope I can live at home until they carry me out in a box. (wife hasn't kicked me out yet) 
It's a thread on the internet and I wanted opinions.
You must have 2 roommates still (called mom and dad).
Well, I live with my 80 year old mother and my 77 year old uncle who had a stroke last Dec. I moved back home in 2006 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and taking care of my dad who had had a stroke a couple of years earlier on top of the sclerodermia he had before the stroke before passing away in 2010 for complications from both. I do all the mowing, driving, etc. I guess to be a "REAL MAN" like you, I will just leave so she can fend for herself.
So he wrote that in jest
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Guess you didn't read this post earlier.
I'd say helping a sick loved one would fall under catastrophe.
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