I noticed in this thread that a great majority of HikiCulturites claim to be supported by their parents. I was somewhat surprised by these results. I didn't expect many people here to have jobs, but I thought most would be receiving some form of income (disability, social assistance, inheritance, etc.)

I'm creating this poll out of sheer curiosity to see what the average age is of the people who're being supported by their parents.

This poll is for people who're fully supported by their parents.

None of them apply, as i'm 17 and am financially supported by my parents

I figured I'd start the poll at age 18 since being financially supported by parents when 18 or under is very common.

Fair point, i was just being pedantic

I am, currently, being 18. I hope to at least get a job sometime in the summer and work so I can get some money in my pocket.

Even though I take care of my mom, our only income is her money. I pay our bills with it, etc. but it's still her's so I am being financially supported by her.

I am 18, and my father gives me money out of his paycheck each week. That is usually money to save or blow. I don't have to pay rent or etc. Apparently, I will be allowed to live like this until the end of college. I highly doubt this, figuring I already hear shit about everything.

Really? :O I thought you were a lot older. At least mid-20 something from your picture.

Then again I look like I'm 16 so I think everyone is older than me :P

I'm 18 in September, if that makes any difference

I get that a lot though. I'd like to think i act older too, but perhaps that's just wishful thinking. On here probably isn't the best example though, as i tend to skirt the serious issues and stick to wisecracks and spamming the smiley

And for what it's worth, i don't think you look 16 ^_^

I'm 26 and on disability, but to a degree also supported by my parents. They are fine with my plan of saving and moving sometime before 30. With all my problems, no education, been a recluse for 5 years + etc they see how unrealistic it is that I would ever enter society again so they aid me now. I'm grateful because they didn't help me much when I was a child. They let the authorities treat me like a scientific specimen and had me locked in mental institutions from time to time.

I am 25 years old and have nearly always been supported by my parents (I am at this moment). This - and knowing that I am unlikely to get better in the next few years, if ever at all - is a burden on my conscience and plays a part in why I have suicidal ideation. They both run a business on their own and I feel that they could do without the added financial burden that is me - especially in these days of global financial crisis. It's kind of like how it is in this quote by Robert Green Ingersoll: "When life is of no value to him, when he can be of no real assistance to others, why should a man continue? When he is of no benefit, when he is a burden to those he loves, why should he remain?" Granted, my funeral service will cost them quite a few bucks - but at least that would be the last that they would ever spend on me.

I'm 19 and my parents support me. They're forcing me to get a job, I have until after this semester. But even with a job, they're still going to support me. I won't have to pay rent until I get a real career-y job, I just have to buy my own gas and entertainment, basically. Which even though I don't want to do, I don't think it's unfair.

I might as well get used to a job now, because I'll be done with college when I'm 21 and will probably get a real job and an apartment when I'm 23 or 24. I can't prolong it because graduate school for my major is next to useless. It makes me sort of depressed to realize how quickly I'm going to have to start living my real life.

18, yes. Moved out at 19 though - they were going to start charging monthly rent fees and the like, it wasn't worth it.

I guess I am being supported by money, but most importantly I am being helped to function in every day life. My dad tells me to take a shower, brush my hair, he chooses my clothes, tells me when to wake up and go to sleep, he packs my lunch, manages my medication, cleans my room, tells me when to clean my room, tells me when to brush my teeth, explains all my schoolwork, etc. He's a very smart man and I am glad that I have him as a dad. The only problem is his girlfriend. Just now she attempted to read what I was posting on HikiCulture and that pissed me off so I pushed her away and she got all pissed at me. I guess I shouldn't hit people like that, but really I don't like it when people invade my privacy. Now she's telling my dad like I abused her. She's saying I pushed her face and pushed her against the wall and everything and hit her. But all I did was push her back. God, she's making me seem like the bad guy. Whatever.

I'm 21 and I'm partially supported by my parents until I graduate end of this year. It's been this way since I was 18. They provide about one-third of how much I get every month.

She got what she deserved, nothing to feel bad about. My dad's wife is like that too. She thinks now that she lives here she can tell me what to do, and she always tattles on me if I do anything she doesn't like, and my dad will take her side no matter what. Hopefully your dad is nicer. =(

that sucks noriko, could you not tell your dad what you've told us?

On subject i WAS supported but now im being financially pressured out of my bedroom to either get a job or sign on (dole/job-seekers) which i don't really want to do, i feel useless enough as it is. If only some random person sent me £50 quid a week, id be set for a long time.

Ugh step parents. Sometimes I love my stepdad, but the things he put us through when we were younger far outweighs that.

Anyway I'm 20 and not being supported at all by my parents. My mum helped me out a few times with rent in the first year, but now that im on student allowance at uni they dont give me anything. If i can get a job after uni I will stay here and try to further my career. If not I will have to go back home to live with them (but still work to support myself fully) and do a teaching course and eventually get a job as a teacher. I hope. Gosh I hate how uncertain life is

I am unemployed and live at home...
I never got enough money to live on my own and never did a Job really long.
my parents support me with what I need.

I live with my mother. I have a part-time job and provide my own groceries and transportation expenses. I hope to be moved out on my own with a full-time job within the next 12 months.

I would suck up all the anxiety in the world if I could just get hired. Seems like no matter how many applications I send out, I can't even get a call back.

There is nothing I want more than to be able to support myself.

I'm 23 and live with them and leech them in every other way. They've been getting increasingly angered by this, though. I can't even handle the stress from having to do schoolwork, I would never be able to have a job.

Well, for the most part, my 'rents are supporting me, though I finally was able to get a part-time job for the first time in my life to help pay for my tuition, and then 3/4ths of my tuition is paid for by financial aid.

l have part time work, though my mother supports me. l live at home now. l honestly can't live on my own since l tend to turn into a suicidal hazard. l plan to stay with my mother until l graduate from university. l want some financial stability before l step out on my own.

Anyways, l pay for most of my expenses. l sometimes get spending money from my mom or grandparents though. No more than 20 dollars. Enough to pay for a nice meal.

Hear, hear.

I'm moving in with my half-brother by September, though. I have some savings that should cover my part
of the rent for a couple months. If I can't find a job by then, well, have fun supporting my ass, taxpayers.