Rent is reaching 1800 dollars a month around here. For a one bedroom apartment. Houses are 1 million+ for a 1 story 1200 foot house. To me, Until I get enough money saved up to afford a house, it’s wiser for me to pay half my mother’s rent and stay here. In turn, allowing both of us to save some cash. by your logic, being fiscally responsible and attempting to live within my means, is not being a man. For the record, I am a journeyman medium duty truck mechanic and trying to get my own business off the ground, not some barista or burger flipper.
My nephew tried this with his Dad (my brother). Nephew was 20 years old, not going to school and not working. He stayed home all day playing video games. His Dad told him "you can live here, free of charge, if you are in school full time. Or, you can work and pay me rent". A few more months of nothing but video games. One day the 20 year old was out hanging with friends. He came home to all of his worldly possessions boxed and in the front yard. Probably the hardest thing my brother ever did but the best thing, in the long run, for his slacker son.