If he's thirty-five and still living at home because he says he's comfortable and never seen any reason to move out, what's your reaction?

I have male friends living at home for financial reasons because they can't afford to live on their own right now and I completely understand that. If he's living at home because he has to take care of a parent or other relative, that's fine. But living at home when you're thirty-five just because? I'm moving on. At thirty-five, a guy is more than old enough to be living independently. I do not want a guy who's wrapped tightly in Mommy's apron strings and/or doesn't have experience managing his own affairs and paying his own bills and doing chores and upkeep himself. I don't want a Michael Patterson (from the strip For Better or For Worse) who spends almost all his time on his writing and his affairs and leaves his wife, Dee, to handle the home and the kids and doesn't do anything other than what she explicitly asks him to do. I'm sure not all guys who live at home into their thirties are like that but the ones I've heard talk about living at home haven't made me confident that they wouldn't expect me to be like Mom and handle the overwhelming bulk of things. That's not going to happen, not with me.

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if hes living at home just because at 35 thats a little odd.

i know im 20 and im so ready to move out but im waiting until after graduation in a year and a half.

gosh if im still living at home at 35 someone shoot me please! unless my folks are sick or something.

I will go ask my mom how I should respond to this. She is in the kitchen making my dinner.

You need to move on. He is a loser.

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As well you shouldn't. I can't talk too harshly right now cause I'm going through something of a transition in life right now and living with family, but that's different than being comfortable with the situation and seeing no reason to leave. I would hope that any relationship is viewed as a partnership and if a guy can't take care of himself then he's not going to be able to bring alot to that partnership.

If he has a good reason to live at home like take care of parents or going to school an cant afford to live on their own. I still live at home for many different reasons.

I would seriously wonder what is wrong with a guy who can't afford to rent his own apartment at 35. What the heck has he been doing since high school?