Did you leave at 18, or close to it?

[biostud]

22

 

[TheVrolok]

Left at 18 for college, came back the first summer, then, back again for a year after graduation while I worked to pay off undergrad and applied to med school, moved out again until 4th year of medical school when I returned for a little less than a year (was training locally), then moved out again once residency started.

 

[Engineer]

22. Was away at school most of the time between 18 and 22 though.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

17 - joined the Army.

I only judge those who have been living with their parents either two years after HS graduation or 2yrs after college graduation, any more time than that and you need to go!

For those who state their parents don't really care and want you home - BS, they want their freedom from you they are just too ashamed to tell you to GTFO because it sounds bad.

 

[IronWing]

escaped FOREVER at 17


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From Humqaq (Point Conception), - "the Western Gate," the place revered by Indians all over the whole US and Canada as the door into eternity, the jumping-off place of human souls to the afterlife with the (what we now call) Chumash people of Goleta and Santa Barbara as its sacred custodians, since 13,500 years ago. link

Rincon in the foreground and the Santa Barbara coast

You escaped the afterlife at age 17? Cool.

 

[Mixolydian]

19.

 

[Leyawiin]

Was in and out of the house four times before I was 26.

 

[ringtail]

You escaped the afterlife at age 17? Cool.

Sorry, don't quite understand your meaning where you refer to "afterlife."

I was a California latchkey kid for most of the growing-up years (dad died young and my too-young mom was mostly away earning $, or was away for R&R, most of those years. Upon high school graduation I split at age 17 and never ever returned. Now I voluntarily support some of those extended family peeps.)


Lived for quite awhile on the Ventura beach, and also for a cumulatively-pretty long time aboard various freight trains all over the USA. I hitchhiked ALL OVER this whole USA and Canada (thoroughly) many times (stayed in many communes along the way, etc.), surfed ALL over USA, Canada, mideast, OZ, NZ, Africa, on many islands.....explored MANY perfect bikinis, etc. I'd write THEE book and make more million$, except Jack Kerouac got there first.

If that points to "the afterlife" you suggested in your post, then YOU ARE RIGHT! YET AGAIN!!!!