A young single friend of mine recently moved out. Her mum’s reaction was a mix of disapproval and a sense of abandonment.
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Two soon-to-be-married couple friends rented a place when their build-to-order (BTO) flat was delayed around the same time. Their parents not only approved but blessed them with a new refrigerator to get them started.
These are common scenarios in Singapore today. Young people leave their parents’ to live on their own.
Singles, however, seem to be getting a lot more flak for it. When 26-year-old account executive Cherie Lim shared her reasons for renting a co-living space in a CNA story, many netizens blasted her for being wasteful, entitled and ungrateful.
Some also suggest this is a Western concept Singaporeans should not adopt.
Now, this is true of most large countries, Western or otherwise, like China, which has one of the world’s highest percentage of young adults living on their own according to a 2017 HSBC survey. Young adults commonly move within the country to study, find work and live alone.
And yet things are vastly different in Singapore because of our small geographical size and sky-high housing prices. Singles stay with their parents until they get married.
This norm is so deeply ingrained, moving out without getting married raises eyebrows and spurs questions about whether family ties are coming under strain.
