So, I am a nineteen year old, and I still live with my parents.  Living in the US, this is pretty rare, especially where I live.  The main reason is because it's a military town that's a bit behind on technology (YouTube just became widely known here last year,) so almost all the eighteen year olds go into the military or college.

![colege party.jpg](https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdPh4eCo8ahfvvcxgZxbxoygLaW49f9M7Yp2utceawhdD)

# Life is not a party
Some people might expect that I am going to parties all the time.  This is not the case.  Since most people my age are gone, there are no parties to be found here.  I could hang out with depressed thirty and forty year olds who think a party is sitting around watching TV, but I'd rather not.  I do have one advantage though, and that is I play video games.

I have a few friends who I know on Xbox very well.  I also know friends of friends who have become friends with me too.  We really enjoy each other, and that's where I get most of my social activity.  I do have some good friends at work too, but they have not been around as long as my Xbox friends.

So, even though most people my age are gone, I am still getting a lot of social activity.  I don't really talk with my parents, and that's because that teenage rage that laser focuses at your parents is still very much there.  I don't think it will go away until I move out.

# Stepping on toes

The reason why I live with my parents is because I quit one of my jobs to be at my gym job.  The gym job needed me.  The other reason, though, is that I needed to take care of my mom because she had a surgery on her foot.  I also thought that they supported me trying to make money on the internet.  This disappeared last month.

Did I mention my mom practically begged me to stay at home until after her foot was healed?

My goal is to at least make 1000 dollars a month off of Steem and crypto investing.  I can say that I think it will happen.  However, my mom says that doesn't matter, and that I need to be in the real world.  I have explained countless times how my internet money making works, and it still leads to no avail.  Remember that teenage rage that's still here?  Yeah, this doesn't help it at all.

# What does the future hold?

I know that I haven't said this yet, but I am grateful that my parents are letting me live with them.  However, I think that it will overall hurt my relationship with them more than help it.  We are both growing less patient with each other, which will keep escalating while I'm here, and while my internet money making is growing, it's not growing as fast as I want it.

So what am I to do now?  I basically have two options.  Keep working on videos and writing articles, but amp up production a lot and just work my ass off.  I am talking minimum six hours a day of production and one livestream.  Or, if I don't want to work as hard, threaten my parents with something like not being able to see any kids I have or just generally cutting of my relationship with them.  I would rather not do the second one.

What do you think of this story?  Did you like it?  Does it give you insight into what being nineteen with your parents is like?  Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below!