Living at Home as an Adult

Living at Home as an Adult

Ok so here's the deal

I have found recently that there are a lot of people out in the world today that haven't learned everything they need to know in order to adult. I myself am one of these people. I lived with my dad and step mom until I was 29 years old and I was in college for most of that time. It took me almost 8 years to finish my undergraduate studies while I was working full time jobs and completing internships. The parentals couldn't understand why I couldn't afford to move out. Their mortgage  was about 1000 dollars a month so as you can see they had no realistic idea of how much it cost to live on your own now days. If you're out of state to put it in prospective you can get a shit apartment in a shit neighborhood for about 1100 dollars a month (not including utilities, food, gas for your car, etc.). Before I finished school I was working entry level positions in my field which only paid minimum wage; so I basically made about 1500 dollars a month. I know I'm not alone in this just ask the  US Census. Anyhow because I lived at home I lived a very odd lifestyle. I had no sense of budgeting whatsoever. I ate out A LOT (my dad was really weird about me using the kitchen, the fridge, and basically the house in general). I didn't realize that it cost money to do laundry, and honestly I had no clue what to do at a laundry mat. 

"My dad was really weird about me using the kitchen, the fridge,
and basically the house in general".

Moving on

So at about the age of 29 and 6 months into my MA my boyfriend and I found out we were pregnant. Super exciting and also extremely terrifying. My boyfriend was exactly like me. He lived at home and was in school only he had only completed a couple years so far as he was in the Army for most of his 20s.  So anyway to make a long story short we had to move in together and figure this adult stuff out really fast. Flash forward to about 3 years later and I kind of feel like I wouldn't die out in the world, I still have a long way to go but I've figured some stuff out. Like: hey idiot you have to budget or you will have no money, laundry mats are not that scary, and eating out is extremely expensive (like stupid expensive don't do it), oh and the most important one is that the world will lie to you a lot about things that you "must have" and "skills you must master" (like credit, credit is not something you should master; it is something you should stay away from all together). So I thought I would share some of this stuff and hopefully it helps some of us out! I was also lucky to be blessed with some cooking skills and I will be sharing a lot of recipes and kitchen tips along the way (remember eating out is stupid expensive, seriously, don't do it...like ever).