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Living With Parents - NEED SERIOUS ADVICE!

Discussion in 'Self Improvement' started by gandu_, Nov 22, 2022.

  1. gandu_

    gandu_ Fapstronaut

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    Alright guys you can look through my previous posts to get a gist of my life, it's basically been a mess and I've never had a hold of it due to PMO and also having quite a dysfunctional family didn't help.

    Anyhow long story short I'm in my early 30s and even up until recently my life has been a joke just about a month ago I was at an all time low...smoking weed, started to fap again although the fap part only happened in the end of the low. Needless to say I had enough of it and wanted change for good. I've now gone almost 3 weeks without touching myself and as you all know the benefits and mindset changes are almost instant for me, my mental clarity has improved and all the rest of it but this is not what I'm here to discuss.

    Here is the real discussion, I am 32, I work, I do all my own laundry/cleaning/chores pay for all my grocery etc basically like I'm living by myself the only issue is I'm in my parents house although they are not here my sister and her family are living here too and my parents come once a year for a few months which is cool with me as they're old now and I appreciate them more, however that voice in my head is telling me "only losers live at home past 30" and as much as I want to move out I can't financially justify it.

    I live in London, work in London and earn lets say around £1.7/1.8k after tax. I have the option of doing more shifts if I need extra cash (at the cost of all my time 12-14hr days) but my job is also extremely soul crushing and dead end like the lowest entry type job, which is another problem I have. Like most nofappers or fappers I have a lot of dreams and aspirations I'm quite a talented guy in the artistic sense and would love to find a job in this kind of field but via my own business or services instead of lets say being a graphic designer or something for a company, I just don't want to work for someone and in my head I think living at my parents is the perfect time to do it but I've also been telling myself this for a decade anyway I'll try to put some numbers down to give you some understanding of the matter at hand....

    Current Rent: 150
    Average Rent of Room in London: 750-800 (unless you opt to live in a shithole)

    Current Savings Per Month: £1,200-1,400
    Savings Per Month Renting: £650-750

    Reasons I Desire To Move
    -Don't feel like a man
    -Society and women especially look down upon a guy like me (huge reason for me)
    -Feel like a manchild
    -Feel like my life would maybe get better as I'd be forced to sink or swim

    Reasons I Don't Want To Move
    -Giving someone £800+ a month or more if I chose to live alone
    -Similar to above, basically not saving as much
    -I actually have medical bills that will cost me around £8,000-10,000 in total (dental and a varicose vein issue NHS refuse to fix despite it giving me blood clotting in lungs few years back)
    -A loan with about £5,000 left to pay

    If I was earning about £3,000 after tax I would happily move no problem, I have no desire to buy a house here as it's basically a complete joke and again I don't want to tie myself into my dead end job to pay for a house.

    Basically to close it out guys I am at a loss, the culture I'm from also doesn't promote moving out and being independent so in my 20s I was basically to afraid to move or just thought I couldn't do it and on the other hand all my pressure is coming from what I think other people think, I even lie to girls and colleagues about my living situation.
     
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  2. Pauley

    Pauley Fapstronaut

    I don't see any problem with that. Many people openly take all kinds of benefits. I mean there are loads of people who get financially supported by their parents and live in their own place. Well how much of it is their own?

    Like you I have a very hard time accepting gifts from my parents and I tried to be as independent as possible. I moved out with 20 to a dorm room, moved with 26 to multiple shared appartments and finally got my own place a couple years ago. It was tough and the quality of live was always not too great.
    I think you should seriously rethink your situation and accept your advantages in society (the world is very unfair and you got to work with what you get).

    Since you are not in a position to afford a flat (I mean you could but wouldn't have that great of a life like right now) I would focus on developing yourself as much as you can. And I don't mean PMO. I mean getting value on the job market. If you are good with illustration I would learn basic programming and learn to work with all sorts of graphic programs. Actually I'm not sure what you need to get into these kind of jobs. But you get my point.

    PS: If you really think that it's not being a man living in a place bought by your parents I say move out. But I think western society shames men who live together with their parents at 30 and not living in their place.
     
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  3. gandu_

    gandu_ Fapstronaut

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    Thank you for the response. I 100% agree I can't move out right this minute as I spunked all the savings I had by indulging in degenerate behaviour over the summer. I won't lie to you I don't have a clear goal of being an illustrator per-se, I'm at a stage where I'm into too many things and would like to develop one of them into a career whether it be in the arts or fitness or something completely different. I just know I need something fulfilling to do as a job instead of the braindead dead end job I have now, I've seen how that turns out as my dad chose to do a dead end job despite being very talented and he was completely miserable.

    Yeah I have a friend who was handed a flat, never had to pay anything just given a flat by his parents...me or my siblings never had this luxury for whatever reasons and that last part about western society is the exact reason I am feeling this shame and mainly from women but then I know I am also choosing not to have a relationship despite interest from women because of this very reason...nowhere to relax, do you know what and just have our own space.

    I think I need to set a target and the most I can bare is to move out with one other guy and share a 2 bed flat, I really don't want to be sharing with 4/5/6 people I've seen how it is with friends and just not my thing.
     
  4. Pauley

    Pauley Fapstronaut

    I don't really understand how your living situation is really like. I assume you have 1 or 2 rooms for yourself and share things like bathroom and/or kitchen? Is it like a flat/house share?

    Also you could consider to move away from London. I hear it is a quite expensive city to live in.
     
  5. gandu_

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    No basically I just have the room I've been in my whole life and then i just use bathroom kitchen etc I dont spend time anywhere but my room if I'm at home...I have started to think the best option is to move but I would like some sort of stable career or job before I can, but also not sure if that is just another excuse to stay at my parents.
     
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  6. Pauley

    Pauley Fapstronaut

    Maybe this helps you. When I lived in the dorms I was becoming really confortable and lazy. I even had multiple semesters where I basically did nothing. As soon as I left into the cold world where people were not very nice to students, I finished my studies with maximum speed. I needed that push sooner, but I only had it once I had to find a new place to live, study and work at the same time.
     
  7. gandu_

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    Yeah I sort of think the same thing as it's proven that you are forced to push yourself when uncomfortable. Now don't get me wrong I am working always, I take care of all my own stuff but I obviously have the safety of being at my parents and I have quite big aspirations (don't want to work my dead end job forever) so maybe moving will give me that confidence and help
     
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  8. Khan azam

    Khan azam Fapstronaut

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    From your name I think you are an indian or a Pakistani
    I think you should not move.
    I think you should take the advantage that you can have and put the ego to the side.
    I had the same problem and now I am stuck at a place where I dont know what to do.
    My father was very rich but instead of spending his cash openly like a normal pakistani I tried to study hard and had the desire to be something myself. Now I am stuck in the CA finals and the firm I am in now has a very abusive culture. And now I think that I should have just chilled before because now my father is not so rich and I would have to do all by myself. I should have taken the advantage and should have told him to send me some place in developed country when he had the means to do so.
     
  9. gandu_

    gandu_ Fapstronaut

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    Yes I'm Pakistani born in UK my family are not rich both my parents worked basic low end jobs, had a lot of problems at home when I was growing up so I naturally ended up down a neglected and bad sort of path in life obviously I'm a lot older now but yeah I don't know if I can justify it just yet giving more than half my pay to some landlord just so other people who are in financial ruin and lost in life don't think I'm a loser lol...I guess my question is answered.
     
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  10. Khan azam

    Khan azam Fapstronaut

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    I am also a pakistani. When I said my father was rich. (He is rich even now but not much as he used to be). I meant like village rich. I mean our family might not be as rich in london ofcourse but in our area we are considered rich.
    And whoever thinks you are a loser well just ignore them I am pretty sure there are alot of Pakistani girls willing to marry you just for citizenship so you still have upperhand. And you are a Pakistani bro. We live our whole lives with parents and in joint family. Just chill and take advantage of your culture. Just say you are a Pakistani and its against your culture to leave parents house.
     
  11. jackcruiser800

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    I am 21 andi to have same feeling and a situation like your is a bad dream for many including me .but hey , stay strong brother. We will work hard right??
    These days will be over...........
     
  12. gandu_

    gandu_ Fapstronaut

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    @Khan azam I guess you are born in Pakistan but I don't think this is a good mentality to have, because the problem is our parents make us feel like little kids and treat you like kid also I still believe a man should have his own place but yeah for now will remain here

    @jackcruiser800 yeah bro I been feeling this way since 20 and now look still here at 32, just try hard and save up money I wish someone told me this when I was 20....
     
  13. jackcruiser800

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    Tou are still young and still can change the world , i believe in you bro .
    Love from india
     

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