do all Americans get kicked out of their house once they turn eighteem?
so i left home when i was 18
and i feel like o lot of people think all Americans do this
but it's really not like that
because there's a stereotype of Americeans being kicked out once they turu 18
I feel like a lot of people can misunderstand
and think that Americans are so cold
or they don't value family
because how can you kick their kids out when they's 18
than't so young
but in reality it's usually because the kids want to go do their own thing
or they want to be independent
or most likely it's because they want to go to college
I come from a very small town
there's only three thousand people
and that means there's no college around so if I wanted to go to college
I had to move out and live on my own
it was always my dream to go to college
so I couldn't just give that up
and I decided ti move out when i was 18
and my parents were actually very reluctant and hesitant
and they tried to convince me to stay home
but eventually they let me make my own decision
on Christmas they might give me a hundred dollar bill or something
but that's really it
and when people hear this they might think
"omg your parents seem so harsh ,they don't help you at all!"
but it's really just because they didn't have anything extra to give
and i totally knew this when i moved out
and I knew that i would have to support myself
actually whwn i first got to college
i found that o lat of my classmates had their parents paying for everything
their parents would pay for their rent
they would pay for groceries
and sometimes just give them a little extra money for having fun
I'm gonna be honest, at that time i was totally bitter and jealous of them
like "omg you guys don't have to balance work and school"
"you can just totally focus on your studies"
"why can't I be like that?"
butt I think I was just an extreme case of a student from a poor family
when in reality a lot of Americans would love to financially support their kids
as long as they're able to da so
actually when parents drop off their kids an college for the first time
you can see a lot of these families are very upset
they're crying and hugging each other and saying goodbye
so it's not really true that these kids are being kicked out
it's just that they have their own things that they want to do
and some of these parents
actually secretly hope that their kids will stay home a lot longer
and if they decide to go to college
the parents will miss them very much
I even had an old roommate
who would complain that her parents were too nice and too considerate
because besides paying for everything
they would also send her
these really thoughtful packanges and messages to our apartment
and I guess that was really too much for her
that was too annoying for her
which i really thought was crazy, I was really jealous of her
but i just have to remember that
everybody has different ecperiences in life i guess
then after college
these days a lot of students will move back with their famililes
as o way to save money
but personally for me
I didn't do that
I got really used to the freedom and independence
that i had after moving out
it was honestly really nice to do whatever i wanted to do
and I didn't have to ask my parents permission to leave the house
and I could stay up as late as I wanted
so even after I graduated
I decided not to move back home
but mu parents always made it very clear that I was welcome back home
and I could move back home
but I really think that would have driven me totally crazy
so while my situation might sound like the stereotypical American experience
it's really not
for example,I have two younger brothers
they're 19 and 20
and they still live at my parents house
and I also have some cousins, they's like 25 or 22
and they still live with their parents as well
so it's not really this thing that Americans all get kicked out when they're 18
and it really just depends on the individual's circumstances
if you can stay at home and go to school or go to work
it's also a really smart move
a lot of American parents will encourage their kids to do this
so that they are a little bit more successful
and they don't have to struggle as much
but overall , I just think the idea
that American parents will kick out their kids once they true 18
is just a really weird stereotype
and in reality
a lot of Americans love living with family
and everything really just depends on individual circumstance
I'm also really curious to know what you guys think of this
and if you prefer living with family or living alone?
or what age do you think is normal to move out?
so let me know in the comments
and I'll see you guys next time, bye bye ~
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