The little "female" symbol at the top speaks volumes. Actually it just speaks one word -"female".

Some people also move back home to take care of ill family members. Unlikely the mom is that sick if she's cleaning OP's room, though the dad might be, and OP is helping mom pay the bills. I have one friend who's 23, and recently had to move back in with her mom because her father died (only 50, younger than both of my parents) in order to help her mom cover the mortgage and take care of her 3 younger brothers (ranging in age from 10 to 17). She's in charge of making sure her brothers do all of their chores, doles out their allowances, takes off funds for infractions, and has had to put her degree on hold so she can get a second job to help support them. Life happens. It's not the same for everyone, and sometimes people just get the sh*t end of the stick.

Yeah agreed. I stayed living with my parents until I was 24 because I couldn't afford it. It drove me crazy for a couple years, but I did what I had to do. Was it my fault that despite working hard to get all the way through college and always make good choices so that the bad ones wouldn't haunt me later I still couldn't find any work in my field even after being out of college a couple years? I don't really think so. The economy sucks and unless you already find some way to get experience by having a connection or just dumb luck nobody wants to hire you and train you themselves anymore. So yeah not moving out right at 18 is not a bad thing by itself and sometimes you have to stay with your parents well into your 20s. Having said that though, as much as the mother has her right to moral objections to sex outside of marriage (I'm assuming that's what the issue is), she does have to face the fact that when your child is mid 20s they have to make their own choices. You can only do your best to raise them the way you believe is right and hope they'll follow some of your teachings, but also realize they're bound to not listen to some of it. On the other hand though as much as the daughter might want to be treated like an adult, if she is going to live at her parents' house (whether by choice or not) she is going to have to respect their rules. If they don't want her having sex there she either needs to go somewhere else for those activities or yes move out. As poor as she might be like I did when I couldn't stand living at home and miles away from my fiancee anymore, I just found a way to make it work. That way kind of sucked, but I did what I had to do, and it sounds like it's time she did as well.

Geeze, you people talk a lot? :o And no, I didn't read that shit you mindlessly spewed out hah

Translation: I have no actual rebuttal but I just didn't like what you said so I'll just mock it because I can't refute it.