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Post by lilacgal on Jul 31, 2014 11:25:21 GMT
I was 20 and headed to App State. After being away from my family, I didn't want to move back.
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Post by AN on Jul 31, 2014 11:38:16 GMT
Moved out at 18 and was "on my own" for about 9 months (still had insurance through my dad though), then I went back to school and my parents helped support me through 2 years of college. Financially was independent at 21.
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Post by nesser01 on Jul 31, 2014 11:48:41 GMT
I was 20. My mother left my dad, my dad stopped paying bills sunk into a depression and lost his business and the house went in to foreclosure. I quit school, found a cheap place to live and started working full time. The situation was crappy but I was so happy and proud to have a place of my own.
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Post by Debbie on Jul 31, 2014 11:55:51 GMT
I moved out when I got married at 25. Things were good at home, which allowed me to work while I put myself through college. Couldn't afford to live on campus, but graduated debt-free!
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Post by stephofalltrades on Jul 31, 2014 11:59:05 GMT
I was 17. I'd already completed all my high school credits. My mom has what I now believe is bipolar disorder that she refuses to get treatment for, I was miserable in her house. I would have left sooner if I hadn't know she would call the police. I lived with an aunt until I turned 18 and went through formal graduation. Then I moved in with my BF who is now my STBXH. I only wish I had went to college right away, I had no idea how many assistance and grant programs were out there and had no one to walk me through it, so I put it off for years thinking I couldn't afford it.
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Post by threegirls on Jul 31, 2014 12:01:49 GMT
I was 18.
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Post by gillyp on Jul 31, 2014 12:15:02 GMT
17.5, when I got married.
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Post by whipea on Jul 31, 2014 12:28:18 GMT
At 18 when I graduated high school. No family issues, just wanted to be independent. Lived in crumby places, went to college on a music scholarship along with working a few jobs to pay tuition, one as a welder. Bought my first house at 20 while still in college. It was an interesting time, wish I still had that energy and drive.
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Post by Miss Ang on Jul 31, 2014 12:30:18 GMT
I was 18. I had dropped out of college, gotten a full time job and was supporting myself. I moved into an apartment by myself. I only lived there about 6-7 months and then moved in with my boyfriend (now DH).
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Post by psiluvu on Jul 31, 2014 12:32:00 GMT
I moved out at 18 to go to University and I never returned home. I can see both my kids staying through Uni and later though.
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scrappert
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Post by scrappert on Jul 31, 2014 12:32:46 GMT
I was 19, after my first year of college (which did not work out). I moved in with a friend from college. Once I was out, I was out. There was no going back. I was the same with my sister, she stayed "gone" after going to college, of course, she decided to go out of state to college, so that pretty much made that decision. I did get married, separated and divorced, too. Never moved back with parents.
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Post by scrappert on Jul 31, 2014 12:32:56 GMT
I was 19, after my first year of college (which did not work out). I moved in with a friend from college. Once I was out, I was out. There was no going back. I was the same with my sister, she stayed "gone" after going to college, of course, she decided to go out of state to college, so that pretty much made that decision.
I did get married, separated and divorced, too. Never moved back with parents.
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Post by scrappert on Jul 31, 2014 12:33:44 GMT
I was 19, after my first year of college (which did not work out). I moved in with a friend from college. Once I was out, I was out. There was no going back. I was the same with my sister, she stayed "gone" after going to college, of course, she decided to go out of state to college, so that pretty much made that decision.
I did get married, separated and divorced, too. Never moved back with parents.
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Post by Fidget on Jul 31, 2014 12:36:36 GMT
I moved out when I was 18 and never moved back. I had just graduated from high school and landed a full time job.
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Post by 4evercrafty on Jul 31, 2014 12:38:22 GMT
19, my mom kicked me out cause I came out. I went to another city to live with my gf and her family who opened their home for me and I still cherish them greatly even if we are no longer together. Later my mom and I patched things out and things changed, but I never lived back at home again.
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Post by Jili on Jul 31, 2014 12:40:21 GMT
I went to college right after high school and then went right to grad school. I had an apartment my first year but moved home for the second in order to save money. By that time I was engaged to my dh and I had bought my first car. It made sense to live at home for a bit. I was putting my limited money toward my car instead of rent. got married at 24 (right after finishing grad school) and left home for good.
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Post by katiejane on Jul 31, 2014 12:50:05 GMT
I left at 17 and moved into a rented room in London. It was cheaper to rent a cheap room than pay the rail fare from my parents home to London. Dh legt home at 26 just before we got married. I refused to marry him until he lived away from home for a while.
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Post by angiet on Jul 31, 2014 12:57:28 GMT
I was a few weeks shy of 21 when I moved out to get married and move out of state. My ds, 25, is still at home and I'm not sure when he will be able to move out.
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Post by Karene on Jul 31, 2014 12:58:50 GMT
I lived away for 3 years of university but came home to work during the summer. The year after I graduated, I was engaged so I moved back home to save money. Got married on my 23rd birthday and we got our own place.
My older son only came back from university to work for 2 summers and then found jobs in the city he went to school in. So he left home for good at 21. The younger one also lived away from home for university, came home just for the summers. But now he has changed career direction and is living at home to take his courses in order to save money. He is almost 22.
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Post by Barbie on Jul 31, 2014 13:04:08 GMT
I spent a year in the college dorm just 20 minutes from my parents' house when I was 18. Then I spent the following year back in their house before getting married a few months before I turned 20. Looking back, I got married because I couldn't stand living with them, and didn't see any other way of getting out. My mother did the same thing when she was 18.
My daughter left for college 4,000 miles away at 18. She was home for summers and Christmas breaks after that, and stayed in Hawaii after she graduated for a couple years. She's now in NY and married. So she never lived at home again after she left for college.
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Post by ahiller on Jul 31, 2014 13:07:32 GMT
I went away to college at 18, lived at home in the summers and then moved back in with my mom after I graduated. I moved out when DH and I got married, a week after I turned 27.
I'd say about half of my friends did something similar and the other half never moved back home after graduating college.
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Post by ahiller on Jul 31, 2014 13:07:52 GMT
I went away to college at 18, lived at home in the summers and then moved back in with my mom after I graduated. I moved out when DH and I got married, a week after I turned 27.
I'd say about half of my friends did something similar and the other half never moved back home after graduating college.
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Post by Linda on Jul 31, 2014 13:12:34 GMT
I moved out at 17 to go to college (several hours away) but moved back in at 20 for 7.5 months (summer/fall semester while I had my son). I was 21 when I moved back out and that was a final move. My younger sister boomeranged for years - I think she was probably 25-26 when she moved out for good. My oldest is still at home and will be 23 this October - he can't afford to move out
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Post by phoenixcov on Jul 31, 2014 13:17:12 GMT
Moved out after living with DH at my parents for a few months after getting married at 24.
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Post by Merge on Jul 31, 2014 13:17:22 GMT
I went to college and grad school, so I consider that still living at home because I did return to "my" bedroom for vacations and holidays. I moved out for real when I got married at age 23. Same for me.
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Post by stittsygirl on Jul 31, 2014 13:26:26 GMT
18. I went to college for a year, about 200 miles from home. Came back and started nursing school while living with my dad and stepmom. Then joined the military and was gone again for a while, training then serving in Germany. I came home for a few months, then moved out and lived with a bunch of college girls and worked for a couple of years. I then served an LDS mission in Europe for 16 months, met and married my husband in the six months after that, and we've been on our own ever since. I'll always be grateful to my parents for letting me stay whenever I needed to.
My siblings all lived with my mom until marriage, but they all married young too. My kids know they'll always have a place to live with us if necessary, but we expect them to contribute as they can.
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Post by stampinisfun on Jul 31, 2014 13:33:01 GMT
I was 19 when I moved out. I moved 1100 miles away and never looked back.
I know a couple of people back in Texas who still live with their parents. They are in their 30's and 40's. Sorry I just couldn't do that.
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Post by Meri-Lyn on Jul 31, 2014 13:34:34 GMT
I was 17. I couldn't get out the door fast enough. (bad home situation.)
Now, I did come home for summers, and I lived at home for a little while at 20/21 to finish community college and get my ducks in a row. But the ultimate goal was to be gone. And once I had to credits to transfer back to university, I did just that and never looked back.
It just seems the opposite now. Most of the kids today stay as long as they possibly can. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Particularly when the costs of education have skyrocketed. But there seems to be much less of a push to leave the nest.
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 31, 2014 13:36:57 GMT
I was 20 and had been married for 3 months. We lived with my mother until we could find a rental and I have never gone back nor do I want to
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Post by bklyngal62 on Jul 31, 2014 13:44:38 GMT
I was 17 when I moved out.
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