I moved out just after I turned 20. Wanted to be gone alot sooner then that. If my college plans had worked out I would’ve been at school in Baltimore and I know I would have never moved back. But they didn’t work. lol. So I lived with my ex and his friend for a year. Worst year of my life.
Didn’t want to/couldn’t move back with the parents (they moved shortly after I left, have a much smaller house now) so I moved in with my sister who was conveniently moving at the same time. I’ve been living in this basement for going on two years. I still live with family, but in a much more pleasant house then my parents ever was. Me and my sister/her family both need each other to afford the place. So even though I’d like to move somewhere of my own, I can’t really do that til she moves. Plus I’m extra picky about where/who I live with now after the awful year of living with 2 guys in a 2 bedroom apartment where I had no space, no where to work (I’m self employed, so that’s really important), and no control over anything there. And they were absolute douchebags. lol. I’ll take living with 2 adults and 4 kids, plus whatever friends or cousins that have sleepovers most nights of the summer to 2–3 21yr asshole guys anyday. lol.
Plenty of people are forced to move back with their parents though. Its more about the why you’re there and your intentions to leave or stay that become important. For example, my sweetie has been living back with his parents since Christmas because his ex-fiance cheated on him and he said fuck that shit and packed up his stuff in their apartment and left. And he’s moving to Indiana to his own place in the next month or two. He’s 26, almost 27. He has a good reason to be there and intentions to leave. If you’re just mooching off your parents because you can’t grow up and become an adult, that’s when its an issue. I have three brothers who are shining examples of that. lol. They were a big reason I had to get out.