Is it normal to still live with your parents after college?

Parent Cafe
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So I’m 22 and I will be graduating from college in a few months. There aren’t really any good jobs for a BA in my field, so I want to go straight to Grad School, but I don’t have the means to pay for it, so my parents will have to. I’ll probably also be living with them, as my college is close by. Is this normal? Also, I’m taking 9 semesters to graduate instead of 8. I started college in Fall 2012 and I’ll be done in Fall 2016. Is that normal?

2

Wait-didn’t you start a thread recently where you said you were going to be self supporting right out of college and how you hoped all your friends would be so jealous of that?

3

When I made that post, I was in a really bad mood and when I’m in a bad mood, I have to say outrageous things to get attention. It makes me feel better. I’m not in a bad mood now though.

4

There is no such thing as normal. Do what is best for you and your situation and stop worrying so much about what everyone else does. Please, grow out of the idea of “normal” because it doesn’t exist.

5

Well, stop doing that. It’s inconsiderate of the members here who actually try to help students with REAL issues.

There just so happens to be a thread on this subject already.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1896237-millennials-get-real-about-moving-back-in-with-the-rents-p1.html

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Poppycock. There are many students whose parents do NOT pay for grad school for their kids (I’m raising my hand…).

You already have a whole thread about your graduating in fall 2016. What more do you want added? Read the responses in that one.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1875022-if-i-started-college-in-fall-2012-and-graduate-in-summer-2016-will-i-have-graduated-on-time.html#latest

7

Get counseling.

8

^^^ or at least a job

9

The kid who cried wolf… when you mess with people, they don’t really want to help the next time you ask.