"In my culture, we don't just leave our parents as soon as we hit 18, but I did move away for university. The topic of culture also came up, with many people bringing up that in some cultures, it is completely acceptable and even encouraged to live with one's parents before marriage. I don't see the issue personally, but they can't be freeloaders," another said. "Moving out for independence is hard in this economy, especially if one has a good relationship with their parents. "In this economy, it shouldn’t be held against someone if they still lived with their parents, but they need to be an independent and responsible person," one person wrote. But lack of self-sufficiency in a partner seems to be the real deal breaker. They wrote that living with your family isn't the problem but whether the person knows how to share responsibilities.įor others, it wasn't a problem at all and said that the current housing crisis in Toronto made it understandable.