Age you left home

[Counterfit]

Lesse, I just turned 22 about 260 minutes ago, and I'm still at home.
Heck, I'm using the same desk as when I was in first grade! I'd like to move out, but I have no job, and a car to pay for. Wonderful.

 

[compuwar]

18, my Uncle Sam took me in

 

[Nermal]

Moved out at 18, ran out of money and moved back in, and I'm currently still there. My work is considering whether to move to a different city so I don't want to get a house until we know what's happening there. I'll probably be gone by the end of the year.

 

[mgargan1]

Went to college at 17, moved back in the house at 18. Moved out of dad;s house to mom's house at 21. Moved out of mom's house at 21... now i live on my own at 23.

Looking to find a roommate actually... anyone in the DC area looking for a roommate?

 

[BoyBach]

Left for university when I was 18 but hated it so I moved back home and I've been here since.

I'm now 28.

 

[Apemanblues]

I think I was 20 when I moved out for good.

I moved in with a few buddies and we just got high all the time and trashed the place. Great fun. Then I moved in with some other buddies, did pretty much the same thing. Now I live with my girl and act mildly more grown up.

 

[poopyhead]

17
when I started college the first time

 

[job]

I was two months past my 18th birthday when I left for college. I've only been back once and that was the summer in between my freshman and sophomore years.

This spring break will be the first time I'll have gone home since then and my parents won't even be there haha, a little ironic huh? Although they are coming up to see me though before they leave on vacation, so I guess it works out.

I don't think I could ever live at home again, at least, not until I really have a place to call my own.

 

[farqueue]

17 for university.
Came back
Then Out again
Then now back in again

No $$

 

[63dot]

like many here, i left home for college at age 18, and like some it was due to parental pressure, but unlike many others, i got married before i finished which made things hard to finish college

got divorced, tried out different jobs, and then way later finished school, followed by ex-wife who also finished school, both when we were in our 30s

if i stayed home i know i would have never, ever even started college, but that's who i am...after k-12, i had enough of sitting in classrooms and i had this fantasy to be a traveling and recording rock guitarist

 

[miniConvert]

18. Well, I guess it's 17 technically for Uni, but that was halls and I was back and forth. I bought my house when I was 18, which certainly counts as moving out 'for good'. Not wanting to jinx that!

 

[ezzie]

left for college at 17...had my own apartment a few months later, and i haven't been back home since. in the past 7 years, i've gone through 5 apartments, and i'm currently in my very own house. i'm 24 now.

i never got along with my parents when i lived in their house...i didn't like their rules, i was rebellious, and i had my own agenda. i truly believe that i saved my relationship with my parents by moving out as soon as i was able.

 

[annk]

I was 18, that was 24 years ago.

I moved to another country when I was 22.

 

[Oryan]

I was 18 when I left for uni. I've been living at home in the summers, but I think this will be the last one. I'm going to get my own place next spring.

 

[Motley]

25

I got along with my parents well enough. So I lived at home through college and graudated without any debt. Lived there the slightly less than year while I tried to find a real job. When I did get a real job I saved up money for a nice down payment on a house, and then moved out.

 

[kitki83]

25

I got along with my parents well enough. So I lived at home through college and graudated without any debt. Lived there the slightly less than year while I tried to find a real job. When I did get a real job I saved up money for a nice down payment on a house, and then moved out.

Iam in the same boat with you. I am the only child remaining at my house my brothers and sisters still keep in contact with my parents but they dont help them when they need it. I help them get certain things done like remind them of the doctor appointments or talk to my dad about his current status of his prostate cancer and so on. I am basically their caretaker. I help pay for their cell phones and cable bills. Help remodel the house here and there make it less maintenance since my mom is older and not able to keep the house tidy. I am saving for a house to move out on my own but Los Angeles is soo expensive well the area I want to live in. But what irks me was at 24, I got good job after High school and paid my way to college to graduate with Graphic Design/Spanish Lit Degree. And got an internship at a TV Network thats pretty big in US and got hired. I get criticize iam a bumb because I like to be on the Computer (Designing my own crazy mind) while my bros and sis where ummm let see in McDonalds or Hilton hotel, till late 20s when they started their careers and lived at home till their 30s. This is why I advocate not have kids with a 10 year gap bec its two different generations ur gonna raise and have conflicts.


hahah my two very long cents/rant

Edit:
Got a question why is everyone soooo eager to move out of their parents house (college really isnt counting moving out of your parents house since IMO) but why is it that many people need to get out the house at 18. I mean even reaserch can prove this but more and more young adults are more being irresponsible. Not trying to be hard. Just I never understood, I guess my experience made me see things different all my friends moved out
and claim independence but their parents PAID everything thats not really moving out. I think having to pay all your debt by yourself not relying on parents

 

[Baron58]

At what age did you leave home?

16 if you count boarding school. Boarding school was well worth it to get away from the 'rents. Summers at home until 20, then *they* moved into *my* college apartment for a few months at 21 (they were to be traveling overseas but got delayed for some technicalities and needed a place to crash for a while)

Been rid of them ever since.

 

[nbs2]

I left at 17, but that's only because I have a late birthday and didn't turn 18 until the first week of college.

Been back for short stints since, but not to live.

 

[ziwi]

I was 25 - in the same boat as mentioned above - it enabled me to save $$$ for a home while paying minimal rent with parents - seems like a no brainer financially... Never looked back.

 

[jsw]

I called my mom, and she wasn't sure she remembered with certainty, but, as a far as she can recall, I got home from the hospital after three days, and then left home the next day to visit my grandparents. So, as a guess, 4 days old.

How you others waited so long is beyond me.

 

[RacerX]

I was 18 when I moved out, 20 when I got married for the first time, and 24 when my stepfather moved in with my wife and I after divorcing my mother (he stayed with us for a year).

I never had a safety net type of thing... when I left my parent's home at 18, I was gone for good.

 

[63dot]

I never had a safety net type of thing... when I left my parent's home at 18, I was gone for good.

now if they did that because they couldn't afford it or circumstances were rough, then that's one thing

but if they just kicked you out and thought that parenting and family stopped at age 18, then that sucks in my book

i hope you did alright though and it seems things worked out

 

[kitki83]

Yeah I hear stories about parents giving the boot to their kids at age 18, I am like WTF why have kids. 18=/=maturity at all. I mean even studies show kids are more immature up to their 20s. Sorry i come from a latino family as you can see from the media portrayal we tend to stick with the family more than some other cultures/races.

 

[RacerX]

now if they did that because they couldn't afford it or circumstances were rough, then that's one thing

but if they just kicked you out and thought that parenting and family stopped at age 18, then that sucks in my book

I guess it is all relative... if you asked my parents, we were going through hard times and there was never any resources to spare for me (between my sister's ballet, her car, my dad's boat, all my mom's trips and the family trips which I wasn't invited on... heck I was lucky to have food on my plate). I had spent most of the previous 10 years alone and fending for myself, so being on my own wasn't all that different.

Besides, it wasn't like my parents kicked me out empty handed... they gave me $100 and a box of food.

Attached is an image of the neighborhood my family lived in (with our house pointed out)... my humble beginnings as it were.

i hope you did alright though and it seems things worked out

Yeah, overall I have no complaints.

Of course the fact that I took my father in even though he (and my mother) had kicked me out as soon as they possibly could gave me a certain amount of satisfaction. You always hear of people who were treated badly growing up to treat others badly... I was very glad that when the circumstances were reversed I didn't treat them the way they treated me.

 

[apfhex]

Mere days after I turned 18.

Still see my parents pretty regularly though. Don't live all that far away. If it wasn't for all my friends living in the area too, I might want to get a little further away. I like my parents but distance is nice.