When did you 'move out'?

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by Logan


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!

That's exactly how I felt when Dan and I split and Dylan was 8 months old. I needed my parents then, after losing a child and losing a boyfriend all in one month. It was a very hard time for me and I don't know how I could have managed alone. But I realized Dylan needed his father and I came back and worked things out.

[mugsy]

I'm an oldster....I lived with my parents until I was 33 because I was still subbing and couldn't afford to move out....and I get along well with my parents and it was a lot cheaper. I get a lot of grief for it, but, I don't really care. I have a friend who shares the house with her mother and they share expenses and she's 43.

[K9soul]

I left at 18 for college but still lived at home in the summer and of course all my belongings were still home, and it still was "home" to me. I suppose around 22 when I totally moved out, moved with my fiance to MN, but then we had to live with his mom until we both got jobs and got money to rent an apartment. We married about 4 years ago, and bought our first home about 3 years ago.

It's tougher nowdays to make it on your own when you're younger because everything is so expensive, and minimum wage jobs just don't cut it. If you're still going to school it's almost impossible unless you're with some roommates or something to split costs.

[Logan]

More and more people are staying at "home" with their parents for longer. I don't know if this is always a good thing, but it certainly sounds like it was in your case, Molly. My husband lived with his mother for about 9 months, after his divorce. He was traveling during the week and spent weekends at her house, and had his kids there every other weekend too. I think that in the case of my daughter, and my husband's kids, it has made them even closer than normal with their grandparents, and that is definitely a positive outcome to a horrible situation (divorce).

[wolfsoul]

I'm moving out next year. I'll be 17. I'll be moving to Salmon Arm until I graduate CWCC in October (I think Ashley (binka_nugget) and Jynnelle (tikeyas_mom) might live with me then?). Then I'll be moving out of there, and moving in with Jynnelle in her new place. And then in Spring 2006, I'll be getting my catahoula puppy! I can't wait!

[My Peanuts]

I'm 23 and I graduated from a University that is close to my house. I have never been on my own in dorms or otherwise. I like my house and I get along with my family so I have no plans of leaving. I do know that it will be in the next few years though, probably when I get married

[EssTer]

I'm 15 and I'm living with my parents lol and I'm not going to move out so soon.... he he he...

[neko1]

Originally posted by catnapper
And my mom wouldn't let me... I would have been living in sin.

Well technically, Brian and I were "living in sin" for 6 years!! Our parents didn't care because we were engaged for that whole time.

[rg_girlca]

I was allowed to move out when I was 21. Got that, ALLOWED.
Those were very strict times in my life. I turned 21 in April and got married in May. It wasn't soon enough for me.

[2kitties]

I craved living on my own. Couldn't wait to do it. But I know people who didn't. It just wasn't something they were rushing to do. no big deal.

For my girlfriends, that is. I have a really silly double standard opinion about this when it comes to men. I know, this is just me being crazy, but it is an opinion born of experience and it has never failed me.

I would not, will not, shall not ever date or marry a man who has never lived completely on his own. That is with no mommy and daddy and no roomates. The guys I've tried this with have all turned out to be completely incapable of taking care of themselves. So, that's my rule for myself. I despise momma's boys. I'm feircly independant and just can't mesh with a man dependent on another person for basics.

[sirrahved]

I moved out at 20, when I married Jason. I left for college for a year at 18.

[catnapper]

Originally posted by neko1
Well technically, Brian and I were "living in sin" for 6 years!! Our parents didn't care because we were engaged for that whole time.

He He! I was surprised my mom felt that way. My grandmom lived with my "Uncle" Doug for nearly twenty years before she died. Did mom think I hadn't figured out that he was more than a roomate to share the bills?

[dappledoxie]

I am 20 and I just moved out in Jan. into a one bedroom apartment. One reason, to take a job at a great vet clinic and two so my dogs could live inside where they are supposed to be. Rebel used to have to live outside and Claire lived inside but she lived at my boyfriends. I had to get out of my moms for that reason too. I just love my two babies. Niki now has to live with my dad though, so that was a bad thing that happend. But he has so much more room for her and the ability to take good care of her too so that makes me feel better.

[Cincy'sMom]

I went 2 hours away to college when I as 18, but still lived at home summers. When I was 20, I spent six months in Arizona, butlived with my aunt and uncle out there. I lived alone for one year after college,at 23, until Ralph and I got married when I was 24.

[BCBlondie]

Yay!! I found a bunch of (affordable) apartments in Washington near or next to the college I want to go to that allow pets so I'd be able to bring Megan with me. Hopefully Sesh isn't too big and he can come with me too...