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

[ringmastery]

I was reading an article the other day how lots of adult children after college go back to live with their famailies well into their mid and upper 20's to save money.

[Maddy McCall]

1. 17...moved back in briefly when 20, then back out for good

Love 'em, but can't live with 'em. My dad and I are both bullheaded and too much alike. :-)

[grannylib]

18. Same here, 'cept I would have a harder time living with my mom;

Daddy and I got along great. And now Mom may be coming to live with me, since Dad is gone, holy shit...this could get interesting *lol*
Love her dearly, but she's dingy as a doorbell.

[av8rdave]

38. 3 weeks after my 18th birthday

Moved 2000 miles away, and never did move back.

av8rdave

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. 23

A few months out of college.

One of the best days of my life! Yee hah! I loved, and miss, that first house I lived in.

[toddzilla]

3. 25?

i don't remember.. but i think it was 25 or so.. my life is a disaster so i'm not typical. currently back at home after an operation and a layoff..
life sucks. i feel like george from seinfeld, just better looking.

[Weiners]

4. When I left for college at the tender age of 18.

I never had any desire to move back in...

[Don_G]

5. 20

Until I had to move back in after her stroke.

[holeinboatoutatsea]

6. 16

off to college and the wild life.

[sbj405]

33. 17 for college, haven't been back for more than 2 weeks since

Now I basically have a 72 hour visit rule. I can't handle anything longer than that.

[murielm99]

7. Left for college at 18...

Went back home to live and work for a sememster sophmore year, and my mother drove me out. I was 19.

My parents are born again. They used to be okay people before God came into it.

[Richardo]

8. Left for college at 17 and have never gone back (to live)

I'm rather proud of that... :-)

[Tripper11]

9. Which time???

:evilgrin:

I was 16 when I moved to a boarding school when I was living in South Korea and my folks moved back to Canada leaving me there for a few months on my own.
Then 19 the first time I went to college in Toronto. Got kicked out of college and worked for a few years until I screwed that up. Moved back home to "get my head together" before I moved out at 26 again, back to college, finishing this time and staying out in the wild up until now.

[DustMolecule]

10. deleted message

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[Fenris]

11. 19

[kdmorris]

12. Day after my 17th birthday

Turned 17 on April 10th, moved out April 11th...

[Madrone]

13. Ran away at 14 - dragged back after 2 weeks.

Left again @ 17 - they tried to involve the police, police said "nothing we can do, she's 17!"

Wish I could have done it sooner!

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

14. 16

:)

[Fight_n_back]

15. 18 but

it was sort of sudden because my Mom was 51/50ed so we all to scramble around for places to land.

I ended up moving in with my girlfriend and her parents. That was comfortable...

[solinvictus]

16. 21

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

17. *love* your sig!

and couldn't agree more!

[CO Liberal]

19. I Was 21, Too

I moved out a few months before I married ex-wife #1 in 1974.

[populistmom]

20. 18

Sadly, not under the best of terms. Basically, I was totally on my own and not prepared for it.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

21. 18

Moved back in breifly right after college and then out on my own again.

[leanings]

22. 18

Went off to work for Uncle Sugar...never been back.

[bubblesby2002]

23. 21

West to Europe and travelled around a while and never moved back in with the parents. Got along with them way better after that.

[Edge]

24. 18...when I started college.

Best thing I ever did.

[2004Donkeys]

25. 15

n/t

[SoCalDem]

26. 18...300 miles away

I moved out on Labor Day weekend.. with $14.00, a gasoline credit card, my cat, my TV, and my clothes..

No job..no place to live..

Ah... adventure :)

It all worked out fine :)

[Dunedain]

27. 17 - USMC Bound

[Wcross]

32. Same here at 18- Parris Island was ......

My first "home" away from home. Never blessed my parents by moving back. I work with a guy who is 33 and NEVER left home!(he's never been laid either)

[kmla]

37. Hmmm. 33, never left home, never been laid.

What a shocker.

[fortyfeetunder]

28. 24

Well, I would have left much earlier, but folks insisted I stay at home and attend school in town...economics, that is. I told them at that point, the moment I graduated, I was going to get as far away from home as I could...and did...no regrets whatosever. I left home about 3 weeks after I graduated, except for a few extended visits, never stayed home with them.

[Momof1]

29. 19, 21, 25, n/t

[VOX]

30. 18. Back for a one-year stay at 20, gone for good at 21.

Loved my folks dearly, but man, was I ever grateful to get the hell outta Dodge!

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[terrya]

34. I was 22. Right after I told my family I was gay.

A bit tense at the time, needless to say. Plus, I felt like it was time to move out on my own.

Terry

[Robb]

35. 16

Although interestingly I did go back for about four months before starting college. :shrug:

...boy did THAT ever teach me the value of a dollar. :D

[GOPisEvil]

36. 24. Bush I had wrecked the economy in 1990-91 when I got out of college...

...it was 1992 before I got a steady job (which I still have) that enabled me to move out on my own.

[fudge stripe cookays]

39. 19, 22, 26, 28, 32

I kept getting independent and that would have crap pop up that would mess everything up. Getting that degree finally made everything okay.

Now, thank God, I'm married and don't have to do this anymore. My mom and I would kill each other if we had to live together.

[jimbo fett]

40. I did a 6-month stint with the folks right after grad school (23yo) then I

got a job and an apartment.

Those were the longest 6-months I've known.