How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

[JohnnytheSkin]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

I am lucky if I get to see them 3 times a year.

I live 1000 miles away and am glad I only see them three or so times per year.



As for me, I left at 17 when I started college, and then had to move back with my wife and son six months after we graduated. Since then, I've been far, far away.

EDIT: Just read the "disclaimer" about college not really being when you moved out. My parent's didn't pay for anything, I had to sign all the loan notes myself, and also worked to pay for my apartment, books, and entertainment. They would have helped, but with two younger siblings and my dad earning just above the income limit, I was out of luck.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

College at 18.

Graduated and got a job at 21.

[Hassan Darkside]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

Idk if I really feel I'm moved out, but I began college at 18 and live on campus for 2 years. Now I'm living in an apartment with 2 of my friends, but my parents still help with the bills, so it's hard for me to say I'm "on my own."

But I've probably lived at home 11 out of the last 29 or so months.

[FlyingFinn]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

17...but I have been paying my own way since I was 11.

[Pete1210]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

25. Living at home a few years helped me save up for a buying a place of my own.

[Sausage]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

Stayed at home for undergrad 18-23
Went away for grad 23-24
Came home for a few months and moved out 24
Purchased my first home 28 (present time)

[rspencer86]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

I'm 23 and graduated from college in May. I moved back in with my parents when I got a full-time job in KC. I'm hoping to move out sometime in 2010, I've done a good job so far saving up money for my own place and a new car.

[mgoblue]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

18 when I went to college, but my parents did pay tuition/and room...I had to have a job to pay for food/books/etc. After college I moved back in for a few months while I found an apartment (I graduated in Dec and I didn't want to rush and sign a lease on a crappy apartment just to get one). Since then I've been on my own.

I know I'll get killed by a lot of people on here because I didn't "do it the hard way" and pay myself, but I personally am proud and consider myself lucky to have parents that love me and didn't want me going through my 20's and 30's with insane college loans just like they did while I was growing up. IMO I don't think it's a bad thing wanting to help your children have a better life.

[Trevytrev11]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

Moved out for my first two years at college at age 17. Moved back after my parents divorced at age 19 due to some financial constraints for two years and then moved in with my now wife at 21 and have never looked back.

[Trevytrev11]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

I know I'll get killed by a lot of people on here because I didn't "do it the hard way" and pay myself, but I personally am proud and consider myself lucky to have parents that love me and didn't want me going through my 20's and 30's with insane college loans just like they did while I was growing up. IMO I don't think it's a bad thing wanting to help your children have a better life.

I agree with this. I'm all for kids working and learning responsibility during high school and college and making them pay for things like their car, maintentence, clothing, dates, etc. However, assumming they don't get scholarships and qualify for some grant money, I don't see what lesson a kid learns from graduating college with tens of thousands of dollars of debt.

I plan on paying my kids way through school, but I also plan on making sure they work some kind of job to support whatever good times they want to go out and have.

[aukevin]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

I moved out when I went away to Auburn for college at 19 but was still supported by my parents a lot. They paid my rent, tuition, and books for most of my college career, then I had some relatives support me the last year. I interned every other semester during my middle years of college at a company back home in Pensacola, so during that time I would live at home and save rent. Talk about an adjustment, you go from living away from the parents for a year, and then you are back for a few months!

I had a job waiting for me when I got out of college so I packed up and moved the day of college graduation to the city I still live in now.

[CMH]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

18 when I went to college, but my parents did pay tuition/and room...I had to have a job to pay for food/books/etc. After college I moved back in for a few months while I found an apartment (I graduated in Dec and I didn't want to rush and sign a lease on a crappy apartment just to get one). Since then I've been on my own.

I know I'll get killed by a lot of people on here because I didn't "do it the hard way" and pay myself, but I personally am proud and consider myself lucky to have parents that love me and didn't want me going through my 20's and 30's with insane college loans just like they did while I was growing up. IMO I don't think it's a bad thing wanting to help your children have a better life.

I agree with this. I'm all for kids working and learning responsibility during high school and college and making them pay for things like their car, maintentence, clothing, dates, etc. However, assumming they don't get scholarships and qualify for some grant money, I don't see what lesson a kid learns from graduating college with tens of thousands of dollars of debt.

I plan on paying my kids way through school, but I also plan on making sure they work some kind of job to support whatever good times they want to go out and have.

Agreed. I'm paying school loans out of choice. I wanted to carry that burden on my own. I've always been that way, though. It helped my family as well because my dad started experiencing financial troubles at his business when I started college.

If I had decided that my dad should pay my bills, I would have gone to University of Miami where they only paid 1/3 of my tuition through scholarships, grants, and aid.

Not saying what you did was wrong. I'm just saying that I did have the choice, but I chose against it. It doesn't make me better or anything. I'm not implying that at all. It's just what I did.

[CMH]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

17...but I have been paying my own way since I was 11.

Care to elaborate? That's absurd and I apologize if I sound skeptical.

[mgoblue]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

I agree with this. I'm all for kids working and learning responsibility during high school and college and making them pay for things like their car, maintentence, clothing, dates, etc. However, assumming they don't get scholarships and qualify for some grant money, I don't see what lesson a kid learns from graduating college with tens of thousands of dollars of debt.

I plan on paying my kids way through school, but I also plan on making sure they work some kind of job to support whatever good times they want to go out and have.

Exactly. Plus my parents hard work while I was growing up would end up screwing me over when it comes to scholarships. So many of them are based off of what your parents make, and I'm not a minority, so it was pretty competitive at the good schools for scholarships. I could have easily gone somewhere other than Michigan for a full ride, but my parents and I wanted the best education i could get (that made sense). I could have gone to MIT or somewhere crazy expensive, but I was happy going to a cheaper in-state school that was still awesome.

[Trevytrev11]

Re: How old were you when you moved out of your parents house ?

Not saying what you did was wrong. I'm just saying that I did have the choice, but I chose against it. It doesn't make me better or anything. I'm not implying that at all. It's just what I did.

Yeah, I am paying on some as well. My parents weren't in a situation to pay for most of what I needed...I just hope/plan that I am.