When Do Millennials Think They Become Adults?

[rogue06]

I can't wrap my head around this, I was out of the house by 17, a Marine by 18 and a Tank Commander by 19. I mean who wants to live with their parents until they are 30?

Funny how a group of people who don't considers themselves as becoming adults until they're 30 get upset when they're perceived as being nothing but a bunch of big babies.

[rogue06]

It's a bit ambiguous who's providing this definition of 'adult'.

But obviously the age at which someone can afford a house is a function of the housing market

Nobody that I know of went out and bought a house when they moved out of their parent's place. In fact, a good many of them had parents who didn't own the place that they moved out of.

[Carrikature]

I'm not even 30, and I've seriously considered the possibility of having my mother move in with me....

I thought you were older than that.

[Carrikature]

I moved out when I was 19. But I was already going to school and had a job (since 18). I just moved to another city to continue my schooling elsewhere. My brother joined the air force when he was 18.

I have no problem with kids living at home till they finish college and then move out. College is so dang expensive nowadays, there is nothing wrong with saving some money by living at home. I would expect them to help pay for college though by working a part time job.

I'd add that the push to move on with life isn't as strong as might have been previously. Independence isn't something everyone strives for ASAP.

[Sparko]

I'd add that the push to move on with life isn't as strong as might have been previously. Independence isn't something everyone strives for ASAP.

I had an alcoholic dad. I couldn't wait to get out of there. Felt bad for my mom and little brother though.

[Leonhard]

I was out of my mom's house when I was eighteen. And danes are in general a bit weirded out by the cultural practice in the US of having sons and daughters living at home until they're thirty. However, that's something that varies from country to country. It's more normal in Spain and Italy.

I think for many of the Millenials its from them going to college, and college is expensive in the US. They wind up with 20k worth of debt before they set a foot even in a STEM job.

Also seer, we can't all work in the military.

[Sparko]

I think part of the problem is that today college is expected. But really a lot of kids should never go to college. It is just them throwing money away and going into debt for a lifetime while working at a job they could have had without a degree anyway, and then they can't afford to move out of mom's basement because of the student loans.

[Leonhard]

I think part of the problem is that today college is expected. But really a lot of kids should never go to college. It is just them throwing money away and going into debt for a lifetime while working at a job they could have had without a degree anyway, and then they can't afford to move out of mom's basement because of the student loans.

I agree, a friend of mine is unfortunately in that pickle. But he's slated to be debt free by the age of 24.

[ke7ejx]

I had to grow up quickly so I was in maturity an adult before my 18th birthday. I find the idea that millennials consider themselves to adults at 30 (I'm 28 now) absolutely absurd . Granted, when I'm not going to school I do stay with my dad but I'm also severely disabled so I don't have much choice at this time. However, I pay my own bills and I do a work study through my school so I am supporting myself to the best of my abilities.

[Leonhard]

I had to grow up quickly so I was in maturity an adult before my 18th birthday. I find the idea that millennials consider themselves to adults at 30 (I'm 28 now) absolutely absurd . Granted, when I'm not going to school I do stay with my dad but I'm also severely disabled so I don't have much choice at this time. However, I pay my own bills and I do a work study through my school so I am supporting myself to the best of my abilities.

I think seer gave the thread an intentionally inflammatory title. I don't think he actually believes that millenials considers themselves not adults, at the age of twenty five or thirty.

[Trout]

I had a full time job when I was 6.

[Zymologist]

I thought you were older than that.

I'm pretty young for my age.

[Starlight]

Nice to see that you consider those who protect you and keep you from being executed as 'immoral'.

When was the last time any Western military defended us? The 1940s. Since then it's been nothing but immoral wars of aggression in foreign countries.

[Darth Executor]

When was the last time any Western military defended us? The 1940s. Since then it's been nothing but immoral wars of aggression in foreign countries.

You'd be a skid mark on the underpants of the pacific if the threat of US military retaliation didn't keep just about any country that can field a navy from curbstomping you.

[lilpixieofterror]

When was the last time any Western military defended us? The 1940s. Since then it's been nothing but immoral wars of aggression in foreign countries.

I do have one question to ask you:

If a member of ISIS burst through your door and told you to convert to Islam or die, would you just wet yourself or wet and mess yourself as you convert to Islam while begging for your life?

Now want to know why ISIS hasn't busted down your door yet?

Do keep saying stupid stuff because there's a reason you can still be an atheist and are having this conversation in English vs Japanese, Chinese, or Russian.