When did you 'move out'?

[shais_mom]

I went to a local tech school 20 min from my parents house so I lived at home thru college and after I had worked full time for 6 months. I also bought my first home in which I still live at 23. And that's when I moved out.

[neko1]

I moved out at 19 to live with my boyfriend (hubby now!). We bought our house when I was 21. We just got married last year when I was 26.

[2kitties]

Moved away to college at 17. Lived at mom and dad's the summer after my freshman year and then not again.

[ramanth]

I lived with my parents till I was about 24. Then my boyfriend at the time wanted to get out of the dorms and convinced me to move in together.

We lived together for less than a year, then we broke up, he kicked me out, and Kia and I moved back in with my parents. After a couple of months, I found my own place which is where I currently reside.

I know lots of kids in HS that wanted so bad to move out but that wouldn't last long and they'd be back home.

I get along great with my parents and I'm glad they were not the type to say, "Well, your 18, out you go."

[Edwina's Secretary]

I moved out when I went to college at 18. I left Illinois to go to school in Arizona -- a long distance. I lived with my parents for three months after I graduated.

My stepson, who is 26, has a Norwegian Elkhound. He is looking for a new apartment and the dog is making it difficult. Places that will allow dogs charge double security deposit and many places simply don't allow dogs.

[ramanth]

Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
My stepson, who is 26, has a Norwegian Elkhound. He is looking for a new apartment and the dog is making it difficult. Places that will allow dogs charge double security deposit and many places simply don't allow dogs.

Tell him to keep up his hopes and to not give up!!

I know how he feels and had the same problems. Lots of places around here either said no to dogs or only allowed dogs that were 30 lbs. or less (even after their ad said they allowed big dogs ). I finally found a place that was reasonably priced and in a good area. There is hope!

[anna_66]

I was too independent to stay at home, I wanted to make my own decisions (no matter how bad or good). I moved out at 17.

[Rio and Me]

I'm 18 have a slight urge to move out but shesssh try finding a flat that will allow pets that is cheap enough IMPOSSIBLE, but when i think about it hard enough i dont want to just yet as i dont want to be counting every single penny i earn to go on bills etc.
and rio says she only wants to go if there is a garden and that i dont get another dog,lol
Ky and Rio

[catnapper]

I was one month away from 28. I lived with my parents, and was desperately looking for my own place, and my mom would come up with reason after reason to keep me home. Gosh was I a puppet on her guilt strings!

I met my husband in the fall and moved 50% of my stuff into his house within 3 months. I knew immediately that he was The One and was ready to make the move full-time when he proposed 5 months into our relationship... but my Mommy wouldn't let me. I was 27 for Pete's sake!!!! And my mom wouldn't let me... I would have been living in sin. Yeah, with my financee, whom I married that summer.

[Kona & Oreo's mom]

I moved out when I was 18. Finances were tight, but it was well worth it to be independent.

[Vio&Juni]

I moved out when I went to university at 17. I left Moldova to go to school in Romania - about 400 km away from home. I lived with my parents only for a week after I graduated - it was more like a vacation or a visit - I didn't even move my things in.

It was financially tough for a while to pay for rent and other stuff, but I managed - it was a good incentive for paying a lot of attention to my job, career, etc. I was NEVER tempted to go back to my parents . I live with my sister and brother (still) and pay for the most of the expenses, but I am happy with this situation - we get along VERY well. I hope, though, to have some changes in the not so far future

[lv4dogs]

I was kind of forced to move out the first time when I was 13 moved back in & out, in & out (father problems), until I was about 16-17 then stayed out for good, then my parents split up & I was moving back home from Oregon 6 years ago, stayed w/ my mom for a few months until I had enough saved to be on my own again. Bought a trailer in a park & then moved back to oregon then moved back again 2 years ago. Stayed w/ my mom again for a couple months until I could afford yet another place. Here I am 28 & still on my own, I own a trailer in a park (hate it but its cheaper than a house & allows pets unlike most apartments).
Still broke though!

I wish things were different for me & my father when I was younger, I would of probably been a lot better off now, financially, mentally & socially. But we get along good now.

[Tina]

I moved out when I was 18 to live with my husband(boyfriend then) no one thought we'd stay together more then a few months. We got married 4 months after I moved in with him. We will be married for 5 years in September.

[pitbullmommy]

i moved out when i was 19. i had been dating jim for about a year or so and we moved in with friends after a HUGE fight with my grandmother. That was a disaster !!!!(moving in with friends) we are no longer friends! then my and jim got a tiny apartment 1 bed 1 bath. and now we are in a 2 bed 1 bath house and about to buy it soon (we hope) so i have been on my own for 4 years. I havent ever gone further than 5-10 miles from my family.

[Logan]

Well, I'm an "old lady" compared to most of you , but I left home when I was 17 to attend college, but I lived in the dorm for 4 years until I graduated, so my parent's home was still my home. I only lived at home one summer while I was in college, though, and took advantage of some fun things that came my way. The summer after my sophomore year at Clemson, I did a summer internship at Disney World in Florida. That was fun, plus my boyfriend (and later husband) was there too (we lived in a trailer park, full of double wide trailers) that Disney had rented out and had assigned roommates. The summer after my junior year in college, I worked at a Textile Mill in Columbus, GA. It wasn't all the "fun", but it did give me good training for the time when I started looking for full time work. As soon as I graduated from college, I moved into an apartment in NC to start my first job. I was married about six months after that.

The only other time that I "moved back in" was when I was 30, and my husband and I split up. It just made sense for my 2 year old daughter and me to have a little "settling down" time, before I found my own place. We were there for six weeks or so, and drove back and forth every day for me to go to work. It was about 1 hour each way, but very worth it to have my parents to help me in the evenings. I don't know what I would have done without them!