at what age did you first move out from ur parents?

[technophile82]

havent moved out yet...im 25. trying to save for a home, and avoid renting.

 

[ryan256]

25

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Solodays

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower
18

how do u support urself at 18?

i left at 17, 3 months later i went back and told my mom and got my stuff. i had a job, a car i bought myself and a truckload of roommates. not too hard to support yourself at 18, you just have to want to do it i guess.

 

[oddyager]

Originally posted by: Quintox
I don't see how going to college counts as moving out, since you still don't have your own place that you pay for by yourself, and you go home on breaks/summer. I'm 18 and in college but I haven't 'moved out' yet, will probably move out when I'm 22-23 (done w/ college and get a job)

Not everyone lives in a dorm and gets a free handout by the parents. I moved out of my dorm after my freshman year (board fees were ridiculous for the space they give you) and into a house shared by 3 other roommates. We paid for it ourselves by working while going to school.

 

[Drekce]

18

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: nick1985
7

Getting abandoned is different.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Solodays

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower
18

how do u support urself at 18?

wow just wow

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Going to college is not "moving out" in my book by any means, if you are paying your entire way through college you are coming close, but if you go back to your parents house each summer than you have not "moved out" yet.

Personally I am 22 and have not moved out yet, although hopefully I will have moved out before I turn 23 since I am graduating college, just need that job offer and I'm out for good.

bought my first house by 23.

I did live at home until about 20/21, parents let me do my own thing from an early age and I kept the drama they dealt with as minor as possible.

Once I left for college at UF, I had my own place up there (rental). I didn't move back for the summers though.

 

[ViviTheMage]

for real at age 19/20..got my mortgage while im still in college...this was 8 months or so ago.

 

[manowar821]

21. Almost exactly 1 year ago.

 

[PrinceofWands]

18 ooops, hit the wrong key the first time.

 

[slsmnaz]

18 and never really went back. I would stay over for Thanksgiving or Christmas eve but that's about it.

 

[James Bond]

18 for College - 21 supporting myself

 

[chr6]

Originally posted by: Canai
Kicked out at 17.

It's all better now though

same

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: Tizyler
18 for College - 21 supporting myself

Same here.

 

[Ryan]

I moved out when I was 20, have been fine ever since.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

18 - University
24 - for real (6 months ago)

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Solodays

Originally posted by: GrantMeThePower
18

how do u support urself at 18?

student loans to which i currently have consolidated at 1.62%

 

[lokiju]

20

 

[imported_Imp]

Hopefully 22. I'm a loser at 21 and still living at home. I have a sibling who is still at home at 27, who has no plans of moving out cause she's afraid of being poor (Read: she wouldn't be able to go on at least 2 international vacations per year, Oh, and the no rent/not $1 in living expenses, free washing service, room and board is nice too.) This makes me sick so it's a huge incentive for me to get out once I find a job.

Speaking of this topic, the census or something in Canada is reporting that a lot of people are doing this now (i.e. staying at home past 25/30). I know it's getting more expensive to find your own place, but the aforementioned story seems to be a big reason for some people to stay at home: greed/cheapness.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Originally posted by: Imp

Speaking of this topic, the census or something in Canada is reporting that a lot of people are doing this now (i.e. staying at home past 25/30). I know it's getting more expensive to find your own place, but the aforementioned story seems to be a big reason for some people to stay at home: greed/cheapness.

QFT. Check the housing affordability rates in this report. In Vancouver, monthly payments on a 25-year mortgage on a 2-storey house consume over 73% :Q of an average pre-tax income. According to the report, only a standard 900 sq.ft condo comes close to the recommended 32% level.

Thus, I rent. Staying at home to save up for a house while you get free meals and laundry is fool's gold. Your parents' nagging, and the lack of freedom will slowly drive you ape-shit.

 

[NuclearNed]

I don't know how old I was, but it was the summer after 8th grade. I took a summer job that required me to live on-site.

 

[hiromizu]

21

 

[MrDudeMan]

I moved for college at 18 and supported myself for the most part. I got married and bought a house at 21. We are both 22 now and I have 2 more semesters of school, but she graduated in May and also has a full-time position in her field. I'm doing a co-op, but I plan on applying for a job here or one of the neighboring companies in the same city after I graduate.

 

[Modelworks]

17 - navy