Is it weird to go to restaurants with your parents at 19?

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No, I mean I am almost 18 and my mum still takes me shopping, takes me to the doctors and goes with me for appointments.. But that's probably because I don't have the confidence to talk to doctors on my own and I will probably forget what to say....

I did not read the whole thread as it was so long, so i am responding to the OP from the first post. I would say not to overanalyze this--no weirdness IMO as long as you enjoy your parents' company. Parents are people too and sometimes i think too much is made of the conflicts between parents and teenagers. I have a good relationship with my teens and enjoy their friends. Is it the same as hanging out with other adults my age? No. do they see it as the same as hanging out with their friends? No. But there is a place for both hanging out with friends and hanging out with parents; and you don't have to do one to the exclusion of the other. And maybe your parents enjoy your friends, which is also a good thing.

I do think it is good to move toward independence at the age of 19 unless you are unable to do so. But to have a meal with your parents is a nice thing and i think it speaks well for your relationship with your parents that you can all get along and enjoy yourselves together.

Sometimes there isn't.

One thing to remember is that at 19 nowadays, a lot of people are probably off living on their own at college or in the military. They aren't likely to be with their parents in the first place. It also depends on what kind of area you live in and what kind of restaurants you go to. I'm going to be 21 soon and I still go lots of places with my dad. If only because I have no license and we live in a rural area.

Yes it's weird.
Now what? Gonna stop going to restaurants with your parents?

It's only weird if you make it weird.

Guess it all depends on if you feel weird about it and if your parents are nice people. If they aren't, and the whole thing feels weird to you, i guess it's not a healthy thing to do. If your parents are nice people and you like them, who cares? OP, sounds you are the only one who can make this decision and there doesn't seem to be a right or wrong, just what your preference is. You will have to figure it out in the end. And then don't worry about what people think--it is your life, not theirs!

Dunno where you're from, but that ain't what I see. When I was young, yes, but nowadays, I see people in their into their 50's living at their parent's house. And, it ain't to take care of the elderly folks.
It's also a growing phenomenon with the 'millennials' that they do not want to own things, but instead want to live at someone else's house, or use someone else's car and live at home so they can afford those shiny trinkets they like to flaunt.

So, if the OP is worried about whether it is ok to go out with the parents and not finding ways to mooch off them, then he/she is leaps and bounds ahead of most of those people I run into.