...living at home with your family where the teeth of reality aren't quite so sharp yet.

If you are, I'm not mad at you, I'm jealous and bitter.

I'm completely willing to hire someone at $9/ hour to live in my closet to come out at midnight and sprinkle fairy dust over my bed to make all of my problems go away. Don't worry, it's a walk-in cloest, you've plenty of leg room.

LOL

I'm unfortunately still living at home, but trust me, for myself there is no lala land. I stayed home to help my parents when my dad lost his job. I bought him a car (and pay for it), not to mention my own stuff. No true privacy (for uh...one one one time with the s/o..not that I have one right now, but just sayin'...). After I pay for the new HVAC unit & installation (joy!), I'm focusing on my own place again, for the 50 milltionth time. *sigh* Something always gets in the way when I have enough saved.

yup.
and i have a chauffer too (parents)

I think once I get a car, my bills will increase quite a bit

free food, free room and board.. a chauffer... it's all good except the nagging :X

I don't quite make "enough" to move out yet. my full time job became a part-time job because of the slow down in the economy

I will gladly live in your closet. I'll even read you bed time stories. Think about it....

my mind is stil in Lala Land,
but my heart knows that those bills wont go away by itself
what a sad thing?

shoot!

IF PETER PAN DOESNT HAVE TO GROW UP, I WONT!!!


oh the safety of Lala Land, let me stay forever!

Sometimes I wish I lived near home.. mmm.. home cooked meals.

But no

Honestly, I don't think that just because you live at home doesn't mean it isn't just as hard. :/

I do live at home but I give my parents money and help pay for the bills. I rather like staying close to my parents because you only have them for so long. Besides, why would I want to go out and pay like over 1k to live outside of my house by myself when I can live with my parents and pretty much split the costs? Unless I really had to move out because of work or school then that's a different story.

But I guess yes, with your definition, I still live in "lala land".

Yes I am in "Lala Land" but it's not very Lala for me.
I have to pay rent, my insurance to the car, all my bills etc. I may as well be a homestay than a daughter of this family.

you will be in lala land here, as a damned apartment cost 300k to half a million dollars easily. In US dollars, probably USD200k to 400k

Just come out of the closet derrek. We already know your stories.

are your roommates pretty cool? lol..........

pretty much the same goes for me. i pretty much make the "LALA" in LALA LAND stay LALA.

Yes, I still get high every now and again.

jkjkjkj

Nope, moved out of home this year, after buying a place last year. The real world is tough, awesome how money makes the world go round.

Nope.


I moved out 3 years ago beginning of my freshman year in college. It's hard, having an apt, being a student and having so much bills. o_O But I love it...freedom is awesome.

I visit home rarely...prob once a month, if maybe. My former bedroom at my parent's house is now a storage for my brother and sister's items, haha.

I'm definitely still in Lala Land. I don't have to pay any bills. All I have to do is make dinner, bring my grandma to her appointments, and do random errands.

I'd like to get out of this land soon.

I'm thinking about it.

My friend/classmate and I are working at the same place. I worked at this place since last September, pretty much after I graduated, and my friend got laid off his job back in December and had odd-jobs until March. I set him up with a job at my place, and I think we're at similar pay.

Anyways, I ended up moving into a tiny apartment in a prestigious neighborhood of Boston, while my friend (let me remind you: he graduated with me, he was not working for a couple of months, and he is only now working with me) lived way outside of Boston since December with his fiance's parents. Guess what.. I'm barely any closer to saving up the down-payment for a house, while my friend just TODAY (I found out five minutes ago) is closing in on a house. FML

Of course, it was a decision I made for paying a high rent, especially in a small apartment, so I definitely cast the blame upon myself for it. Next year I'll be heading off to graduate school, and I'm moving into my girls parents' house. The only problem with that is not saving much money for a downpayment. Then again.. if I want to get graduate school out of the way in 2 school years, that's what I need to do.

yes i KINDA am.
i didnt for half a year, but then the parents wanted me back *ironic*


now i live in res but my parents pay for EVERYTHING. i dont even have a job ( not that i can get one studying in a foreign country).


its weird...

I live at home with my parents. I was renting before but the owners lost the house. So now I'm living with my parents and saving up for a house. I can't stand living with my parents though. Once you move out and have lived on your own for a while it's hard re-adjusting to living with your parents again.

I honestly wish I still lived at home. I'm not regretting it though, since now that I've had a taste of bitter reality I'm a hell of a lot better person now than I was before lol...

Still free food, free rent and free almost everything is heaven

I live away from my mom. I live near my school.. but she still pays for my rent, utilities, & insurance. My brother pays for my phone bills. SO... I guess I am still in lalaland.


Everyone in my family does. My mom still gives my brothers money and they're 30+. She still pays for their school loans and car insurances. Lol.

I never think it's that suck to still living with your family. Well, I've ever had the opinion to live on my own, but as the only daughter, my parent really won't let me off easily **lolz** - but I still don't say it's being silly to stay with your parent under the same roof. I provide them money, and I pay my own bills. It's like I'm not let myself being too attached to them financially as I've been able to 'defray' my own self already.

I love my family, and I want to get close to them as I could, I'm not a spoiled brat of something, but family is the only thing I can rely on *for emotional purpose*. We were moving from town to another town, so I guess I will spend my time with my family at the most while living with my reality world outside. Nothing's wrong with that.

And, as in my family's culture, I don't need to stay alone before I get married XD

Wow.. you must be balling outta control

That's pretty sweet.

I live away from home since I am going to university. I am not complete off from LaLa land, but half...=/ But I can't wait to be officially to move out of the nest.... I definitely won't miss the constant nagging.

sorry, I'm a grad student that is buried in mounds of student loans from my overpriced private undergrad college living in the ever sky-high rent world that is NYC so yes I guess you can say I live in "lala land" at home with family b/c I can't afford to move out. Although living in the city, I've dealt with plenty of the "real world" that most people my age in other places have never even fathomed.

Hmm.. LalaLand.. Yes I am still in it.. o_o;

I think it's kinda sad.. because I want to be independent and have my own place and be adult-y. But eh.. jobless a.t.m. hard to find a job here (or I'm just being stupid and not trying hard enough.. sounds about right.) and I live at home.. I have no bills.. (I have 2 active credit cards but my parents pay for that.. lol.. >< car is paid off by parents.. they pay for car insurance.. no student loans.. parents paid for all that..) and I graduated back in December 2008.. Been helping out at my family business.. I do most or nearly most of all the house stuff.. so yeah..

LalaLand I am in.. but I want to get out soon..

I guess you can say I am..yet I'm not..during breaks I go back home to canada but when I'm at school I'm living in the dorms..and by means of school I mean I'm in USA while my home is in canada..soo I don't know..maybe I'm still comfortable with my life even when I'm alone with friends and stuff..buut I really do want to experience living alone with no one around you and you have to learn what it's like..

i do too but
it's not a lala land for me
i have to pay for our house rent which isn't cheap
and pay off my own tuition.
working day in day out.
oh and public transportation everywhere baby.

I don't technically live with my parents on a permanent basis, but I do stay with them during winter breaks and summer vacations. But I'll be done with college completely in less than 6 months, so I guess I'll be moving back in with them in order to save up for my own place when I get a job. It's just not realistic for me to get my own place based on my my current circumstances now.

I started to live alone for about... almost 6 months now. I actually like it and I'm quite surprised at myself for living so well (paying off rent and bills while still able to buy stuff I want AND have money left over). (I don't receive a single penny from my parents.) I used to be dead scared at the thought of living alone and it made me realize things aren't always as bad as you think it will be.

LOL, why does everyone think the real world is only about bills and money?

^Because the people here are in lala land and that's what we hear!

I wish I had two profiles sometimes, one with a member title, and the other mr lala land. Anyways...

Yeah, I am in that lala land. This post somewhat reminds me of that other thread "On A Different Level Than The Friends You Grew Up With?" where I would be the one who is on the lower level where everyone else has grown up and I have not. I guess I am in your defined state of "lala" where people lecture me about how I should go out and do things. Strangely I am annoyed rather than inspired to do something. For some reason I feel the need to finish one thing before another and I have been stuck in school since forever. The ironic thing is I absolutely despise my school and major yet I have been there since 2003... Should finish in two quarters assuming they don't cancel more classes on me due to low enrollment or budget cuts then I will need to grow up. *sighs*

Yea, I guess I am
I just started to look for a job, but I'm planning to stay with my parents for a few year (or if I find a job in HK I'll stay at my aunt's place) I mean, why pay rent to other people when we can keep the money in the family...

haha j/k, hopefully I can buy a house quickly so I don't have to waste money on rent.

you're so creepy. lol.

Yes I am still in Lala land and not planning to leave yet, I am loving it there. I do have to pay some bills and my car insurance stuff etc but compared to my friends I am pretty lucky. Not to mention the sleeping in til 12 noon during days off, the home cooked meals when I get home and the things I can do.... I am just milking it because I am sure the real world will hit me in the face and it will hurt....bad....

i still live at home.

seeing how i still don't have a job yet, no reason for me to move out. but i so want to move out and just do my own thing. one thing i'm annoyed with is my role as the 'maid' in the family. just b/c i like to organize and clean, don't mean i want to clean your trash! and my dad just pops into my room without knocking (b/c i have no lock :/).

i feel like i'm living in a bubble cause my parents have taken care of everything for me. my taxes (during the time i worked), my car, my car and health insurance, they paid for about 95% of my education costs, and they don't make me pay for anything.

I'm still living in Lala land, but that's mostly because my mum will probably collapse from shock if I were ever to move out. Typical Asian family in the whole 'you don't move out til you get married' mentality, and even then one of my cousins still lives with her parents even though she has 3 kids already.

I work full-time, paying my own university debt, pay all the bills, do the grocery shopping, chores and buy the house new stuff like TVs and shiz if we need it. Some weeks I'll try and help pay the mortgage if I can, but that's mostly my parents' domain. I feel heaps bad if I don't pull my weight anyway so I'm pretty content living like this. The lecturing/nagging's a bit annoying sometimes, but after 22 years you learn to get used to it.

I do intend on moving overseas within the next year or so though - hopefully for a year or two. I feel as though I need to be chucked way out of my comfort zone in order to figure out if I can live without my parents or not, because hey - I have to eventually. I think the real world is more than bills and money - it's about surviving, both financially and socially!

I'm in lalaland, only because it's easier to save money. I've got a mortgage to pay on a place I rent out and it's way easier to pay off by living at home rather that actually living at that place and paying it off myself. At this rate I can get another place and live there or rent it out as well.

I also pay board each month and help out with the cooking and washing so at least in that sense I don't feel like i'm freeloading that much. I do plan on moving out, but might give myself a few more years here.

i still live at home and I prefer being that way for the mean time. I kinda like it at home But its not all LALA land there, I mean I help out with the chores and some of the bills. And if my car gets all crazy and needs to be fix I pay for everything.

alas, free meals every day and having all my bills taken care of cannot beat the freedom i now have. the urge to kill myself everyday no longer occured anymore right after i moved out, loll.

although.....after i pay all my bills and take a look at my dismal bank balance....that urge comes back for a few seconds....

i think im still in lala land? i'm only 20, and i think ill still be here cuz i wont be married anytime soon either
i still have my parents and im still spoiled although i wish i could have my own place...

I guess, I'm still in Lala land, but it's due to family problems. I still help the old man with the bills and stuff, but I admit, it's frustrating to do so when the old man acts blindly with just about everything especially with money. Beside, I'm trying to save up for school and get my life really started after soo many complicated years.

No, but I sure do miss it.
I didn't had to worry about bills or food.
My mom cooks everyday and all I had to do is go to the kitchen and eat.
Oh yeah, there weren't much chores to do either until now.
I gotta wash everything of my own and even the bathroom. haha
Also my friends were around me all the time and that goes with family.
I miss my Lala Land x[

lol.. i go home every now and then but i live with a roommate in a one bedroom apt. when im away for school.. i live there for the summer too =] its nice to be independent =] .. been this way since i was 18.5 =] .. ive always been told that i acted too old for my age lol ..

the only sucky thing is that.. my dad still has me wrapped around his finger until i pay off my car lol.. there's 6 grand left on it.. once i pay it off, its mine =] and i can finally drive it down to my place

I pay for everything: school, transit, food, heating, laundry, etc and never had an allowance.
I work when I can PT/FT and freelance on the side.
If I had enough cash, I would move, but that is far from happening living on loans
My family is far from normal with drama, and police car visits 24/7
I recall many times my dad would secretly try to destroy some of my portfolio pieces, but now I had a key made and lock the door.
And my mother would steal from my room, even if I caught her red-handed, would say "it was on your floor so finders keepers"
Quite immature. Won't even bother talking about how messed up my siblings are.
So no I do not consider this "Lala Land" I envy those with an easy life...

I'm living in LALA land, but will soon leave next year. My mom hasn't given me money in years, but that's cause I tell her not to. I pay for all my bills on my own. I pay for my food on my own. I do things normally my mom would do on my own. I do everything in a matter that my parents don't exist cause I can't always be dependent on them. I have to learn somehow. I sometimes give my mom money cause it's needed. I pretty much only stay here just to sleep, lol.

Yes, and I freaking hate it. I'm 23 and my parents still tell me to sleep early, not tell but like nag almost every single day. Wtf? I can barely breathe with all their rules and I still have no freedom. It's kinda sad. I can't wait to move out and live by my own rules. I'm still in school and I commute because it's pretty close... I can't wait till I make some money. This is killing me...

awww i wanna live at moms! rent bills and groceries etc are killing me@!!!1 i would have like so much nicer stuff if i lived at home... better car... better phone... fnicer clothes (lol) free food ToT I am so jealous

Not really. I'm glad I've become independent.

I rent my own place, pay my own bills and tuition.
Once I graduate in December I have a full-time job lined up already...

Only thing is that every now and then my mom will drop off some groceries or food if she made extra ^_^
I still see her at least once a week though

i do live at home, but it's far from "lalaland". i live with psycho relatives and while i'd kill to move out, i have to help supporting my family with my dad having lost his job. little privacy and i get a ton of questions when i go out. i wouldn't mind living at home if it was really lalaland.