Do Tell: Is Your Parents' House Still "Home"?

August 21, 2008

Though it can sometimes take a few tries, the majority of us end up getting out of our parents' house between our late-teens and mid-twenties. And of course, moving out is very much a rite of passage on the path to adulthood; you learn how to pay the bills and create a place that’s all your own.

I love my family dearly, but I know I’d never give up my independence to live with them again. Still, when I think of my parents' house, I get warm thoughts, and when I’m there, I truly feel at home. Do you feel the same way? Is where your family lives home to you? Or is your own house the only place you feel most at home?

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2 years 43 weeks

I... don't feel like I have a home. After graduating college, I moved back to my parents' house until I found a job (still looking). This house has not felt like "home" since I moved to the dorm and back again... it feels more like a prison.

dikke kus 3 years 49 weeks

My parents had a few great houses in my life. It's nice for them. I always felt comfortable there, but it was never really my house, or my home. Maybe it felt that way once when I was 15. Later in college it was nice to visit but I couldn't wait to get back to my place, my own personal space no matter how small. A few times I hesitated to bring a friend to these homes since they might be impressed by them, not understanding that it wasn't really my home or my money. Even now with everything they have I still can't wait to be in my own home with my family.

madison9 4 years 23 weeks

Yes,living at parent's home is really good thing. I feel comfortable at my parents's house. It is a compelete house.=========================madison9

madison9 4 years 23 weeks

Yes,living at parent's home is really good thing. I feel comfortable at my parents's house. It is a compelete house. ========================= madison9

AmandaKrups 4 years 39 weeks

My husband's and my apartment is "home," while my parents' house is "home home." Luckily I also feel very comfortable at my parents-in-law's house.

bibliophile 4 years 39 weeks

My parents moved to a new house when I was 15, so I only lived there for a few short years. Thus, I don't really consider it home; it's just the house my parents live in. But I still dream about the house I grew up in and spent the first 15 years of my life.

RaCheer 4 years 39 weeks

I'm 24 and still live at home. I pay all my own bills except for rent and am able to save for a down payment on a house. My parents are also like my best friends so I have NO complaints...so far!

sparklestar 4 years 39 weeks

Nope. I have moved 19 times in the last 8 years though so it's been hard to find somewhere to truly call home. I would say that the apartment I now share with my boyfriend would be considered "home" though. :)

sparklestar 4 years 39 weeks

Nope. I have moved 19 times in the last 8 years though so it's been hard to find somewhere to truly call home.I would say that the apartment I now share with my boyfriend would be considered "home" though. :)

gigly_grl 4 years 39 weeks

I moved into University residence 3 days after turning 19... at that point my parent's houses ceased to be home. Several years later when I moved into my own apartment, no roommates, I finally felt at home again.Not to say I don't feel comfortable visiting my parents... I'm definitely not treated as a guest haha

gigly_grl 4 years 39 weeks

I moved into University residence 3 days after turning 19... at that point my parent's houses ceased to be home. Several years later when I moved into my own apartment, no roommates, I finally felt at home again. Not to say I don't feel comfortable visiting my parents... I'm definitely not treated as a guest haha

whatthew00t 4 years 39 weeks

I feel my parents' house is my home because obviously, as a college student, I have to go someplace other than my dorm room. However, I don't feel quite as home as when I'm in New York City. I grew up moving around three different apartments within the same neighborhood till my parents bought a house in New Jersey. I never really felt any attachment to the apartments I lived in. Despite that, even if I didn't finish my high school years and go to college in the city, I still call my childhood neighborhood my home.

RustyAngel73 4 years 39 weeks

my parents house is still "home", probably moreso than my current house, which i refer to as home also...i just feel more comfortable at my parents house, and i'm only 20 so i tend to go back there every fortnight or so...and i love it!

imLissy 4 years 39 weeks

I refer to my apartment and my parents' house as home... it gets kinda confusing... I really think of their place as home though :(

javsmav 4 years 39 weeks

No, I hate the city my family moved to when I was in high school & couldn't wait to get away. When I visit my family, I don't go home, I "go to the city where my parents live."

JanetG0307 4 years 39 weeks

my parents still live in the house i grew up in, but it's not my home anymore. my home is my super cute apartment, but it feels even more like home because my brother lives with me now. a little bit of my parents home in my own home.

graylen 4 years 39 weeks

I still call my parent's house "home." I think I will until I get married and really put roots down somewhere else. I call my apt. home, but it's not the same. I lived in the same house my whole life until I left for college at 18. My extended family all lives on the same (large!) piece of property, so it truly is "home" for me.

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pamelamarie88 4 years 39 weeks

I definitely still call my parent's home "my house". I distinguish between their house, and the house myself and my husband live in by calling the house I share with him "our house", so there's "our house" and "my house". My room at my parents house is still the same from when they redid it for my sweet 16. My dad made a beautiful cherry wood canopy princess bed that has beautiful white curtains around it, I can't imagine going home and not getting to sleep there (although, my husband probably feels a little awkward with all the stuffed ponies, lol). There's even still very old shampoos and hairspray in the bathroom in my bedroom! Ah, nostalgia.

Sun_Sun 4 years 39 weeks

well our home, my husband and i, is home sweet home. but my mom's home is home too!

Sun_Sun 4 years 39 weeks

well our home, my husband and i, is home sweet home.but my mom's home is home too!

rannew 4 years 39 weeks

Once I graduated from college and left the state, my parents moved, and moved and moved, so no, the house they live in now is not my home. My home is the house that I share with my husband and its the only place that feels like home to me now.

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Frenched 4 years 39 weeks

My parents don't really live (on a day-to-day basis, at least) in my childhood home but whenever I went to visit them at that house I always felt 100% instantly comfortable and I still felt like I was home! I think it's a nice feeling. It's kind of retreating to a difference place other than your own and STILL feeling like you're at home. They moved to another house now and although it's still comfortable, I don't feel like it's MY house at all...probably 'cause it isn't :-P

Jmartens 4 years 39 weeks

No. It was for a while but then they sold the house. It was hard but now that I look back it is more healthy for us not to consider our parents house our home. In fact, I dont even refer to my childhood home as 'my house' I call it my parents old house. Moving forward in life is healthy!

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