No kids, but with no guts or financial sense I'm as trapped as if I had kids. I quit my job and spent two years draining my savings and barely traveled or lived any kind of interesting life. I got a new job that started at 40% of what I made at the job I quit, moved back in with my parents and have gotten addicted to not paying rent. I could move out and live a life of poverty or continue to not spend $2k/month on rent and live fairly luxuriously. I'm nearing 50, never married. My married friends are getting near empty nest status but they understandably want to spend time with their spouses. I'm 5 years away from being eligible for "senior living" where I'll relive my 20s smoking bowls and playing video games with my friends.