At what age did you leave home & why?

[leeann]

I was 23, I lived at home during college and commuted. Once I graduated and got a job, I moved out of state.

[caitlinbree]

14.

My parents are divorced and both suck.I lived with my grandma for about 1.5 years to finish high school, then at 16 moved out on my own with my BF.

He and I broke up when I was 20, and I moved in with my dad for about 2 months, then started dating exH and moved in with him right away.

Poor life choices. Lol

[medicmommy]

18. I was never allowed to do anything. She told me if I went to lunch with a friend, then I wasn't allowed to go to another friend's homecoming coronation. I was gone before she got home from work.

[Deleted]

22. I lived with my parents between semseters at school, and lived with my Mom for a year after I graduated while I saved to move out.

[CurlyQ284]

I went to college and only lived at home during breaks. After graduation, I moved in with DH who was my boyfriend at the time. My parents were pissed, they wanted me to move home but my dad and I were fighting constantly. He was drunk every night, threatening me and once he shoved me into the counter so I got bruises up my back. DH was a much better option. A year later I moved halfway across the country with him.

[mellimel19]

I moved away to go to college at 18, but came home for summers and long breaks. After I graduated, I returned home and got a job. My mom needed the financial help, and I didn't feel comfortable moving out on my own until she was in a comfortable position, even though she drove me absolutely crazy. Once we were able to find her affordable housing in a small city close to my sister, H (then bf) and I moved in together. I was 26.

[vicky]

26. In traditional italian families girls are not supposed to leave the home until they are married. My parents let me go when I was engaged, lol.

[vicky]

Jul 8, 2013 0:15:08 GMT -5 simplyinpenguin said:

I'm an oldie...I was 25 when I finally moved out and that was when I got married.

Wait, I thought you were 19 from your posts.

[blueballoon]

19, when I finished my veterinary assistant course. I was more than ready to be on my own and I was fighting way too much with my parents.

[mrssandro]

When I was 18 and graduated from High School. Moved to Dallas. So happy I left when I did. I was tempted to stay but I think I would have been unhappy with how my life turned out. 

[wildfloweragain]

Moved out of my moms after college. She made it clear that I was welcome to stay but my stuff could not be moved back into her house. I stored my stuff in my bfs basement but did not move in. I didn't want to move in unless we were engaged in case we broke up. Didn't think I could handle moving out. I got an apartment for a year with a girlfriend and taught in that area. Got a more permanent teaching job the next year in my dads town so I moved in with him for a year. He was rarely home and said I could use his place if I did the cleaning and paid utilities.
I didn't end up with that boyfriend.
Moved out of my dads after a year. Was engaged to dh and house hunting so my dad put his place up for sale. Sold right away. Moved in with my grandma for 3 months until we closed on our house.
Became homeowner at age 25. Dh was 27. He lived with his parents (except college) until then.


...sent from my Jedi mind

[Gato]

I left home at 18 for college in another state, but I still lived at home during the summer the first two years in order to save  money for the school year.  After my sophomore year, I stayed in STL.

[angelailovefood]

18. I got my own apartment. I was kicked out for dating a woman.

[malibu]

I made some terrible choices when I was 18-20 w/r/t money, so I wound up not being able to move until I was 23. I moved into my grandma's basement then as I still had almost no money and my grandma needed help. H and I (then engaged) got an apartment in 2005, and bought our house in 2007.

Like TrickyBob , if I'd known then what I know now, I'd never have made some of the decisions I did when I was in my late teens/early 20s.

[stephm0188]

As soon as I turned 18. The social security checks stopped coming, so I wasn't useful anymore. I moved into my own apartment and worked full time.

[Deleted]

17. College.

[cheeseandcrackers]

Till I was 23, two semesters I lived in an apartment though.

[bigang]

I kinda had to almost immediately after turning 18.  A few weeks after I graduated high school, my dad moved to FL.  His company offered him a promotion and transfer around Christmas during my senior year.  My dad didn't want to uproot me in the last months of school, so he worked out a deal with his employer that allowed us to live in MI until the end of the school year, except he had to travel to FL every week and work 2-3 days from the office down there.  A few weeks after I graduated, he had to move.  Going to FL for college wasn't an option (my dad had to be there for a year for me to be considered a resident) so I stayed in MI and started college there.  It was a really hard time for me because there wasn't a "home" for me to go to on weekends or holiday breaks.  Not that going to FL was all that bad, but it just didn't have the familiar comforts of going home.

[azurely]

I went away to college when I was 18, moved home after college graduation when I was 21 (almost 22) to work for the summer and student teach in the fall. I moved out three months after finishing student teaching, when I was 22.

Random side story:
I had found a roommate online, he was a year older than me, and it was a really nice apt complex. I am still amazed that my parents didn't forbid me from moving in with a complete stranger! Thankfully he was a nice guy and respectful of my space--we both had our own bathroom and bedroom on opposite sides of the apartment, but our apartment kitchen and living room had roaches (gag). I only lived there two months before getting another apartment with a friend from college. I never used the kitchen or living room and sprayed the perimeter of my bedroom and bathroom every night with roach spray. Thank the Lord that I never got any roaches in my area, but still, ew.

[Deleted]

I moved out at 18 to go to college 25 miles away lol.
Then I moved back in with my parents my 2 last years of college and stayed there until I was 25.
I saved a ton of money that I later put to good use to pay for my divorce cash!
I would have loved to move back home after my divorce because my dad has a huge house and is always gone. And I wouldn't have to pay for anything. But I didn't. Mainly because it is across the ocean.
And at 25, I was among the 1st ones to leave home completly. EU kids love living with their parents!