When did you move out of your parents home?

[nate1000]

On the best of today, ESD told the story about running away at 23 and EPO madde the following observation in the listening thread:

It's not too suprising actually. I've been doing a ton of reading lately about communicating across different generations (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y) and the traits of each generation. ESD is what, 30? That puts him right inbetween Gen X & Gen Y has he clearly has traits of both groups.

One of those key traits is that Gen Y is willing to live at home. In fact they are in no hurry to move out. Think about it....ESD lived at home for a long time. Doesn't Pitzy still live at home? I would wonder about the rest of the kids.

Got me thinking. Personally, I could not wait to get out- split as soon as I hit 18 (I'm gen-x btw). I do not get this Gen-Y willingness to stay at home into your 20's and 30's.

So, the question is when did you all decide to cut yourself loose?

(Ii searched, but did not find a similar thread. If I missed it, my apologies.)

[Chigworthy]

18

[sailor]

i moved out of my parents' place when i was 19 or so. i moved in with my grandmother at that point (my grandfather had just had a stroke) and was there till i was 29. i am also gen-x, but it was very common among people i knew to stay at home later. maybe it's being in a more urban environment?

[Jujubees2]

Went away to college at 17 and only lived at home for the summers and two weeks holiday breaks. Once I graduated from college and went to grad school I only spent a few days a year at home (when visiting).

My brother lived at home until he got married (well into his 30's) as did my sister and younger brother. I couldn't wait to get out!

[sailor]

Went away to college at 17 and only lived at home for the summers and two weeks holiday breaks. Once I graduated from college and went to grad school I only spent a few days a year at home (when visiting).

My brother lived at home until he got married (well into his 30's) as did my sister and younger brother. I couldn't wait to get out!

i also think college has a lot to do with it. if i went away to college moving back would seem like a defeat. most of my friends went to college locally and commuted so there was no big move back.

[earthbrown]

I have started a compound....

I am 27, and 2 years ago, my wife and I moved into the apartment that is attached to my parents house...for no other reason than convenience.

Also in 10 or so years when my parents either move out of state, or want to cash out of the house I will buy it, the house has been in the family for 80 years, and I am not about to let it and the 90 acres it sits on be sold to someone else who would break it up for a development.


My wife and I make in excess of 100K a year so it is not monetary, I get along with my family very well, and so does the wife, she can drink wine with my mother, and I drink beer, and ride motorcycles with my father(not drinking and riding)....

The apartment is 100% sealed off from their living quarters, so some weeks we never really contact eachother, rarely eat together, really kinda like being neighbors...

I will probably be building a 2 bedroom addition onto the apartment to facilitate all the kids I am having. In 30 or so years, I will build a fence, call myself "Jesus" and start a cult...

K

[Servo]

I left for college at 17, and came home for the summers. Plus I wasn't too far so I would come home some weekends for real food.

After college I went to law school and moved back to my parents' place, and commuted to classes. The reality of the situation was that law school took up too much time to get a job that would afford me the ability to get my own place. I worked in a lawyer's office 12-15 hours a week and he didn't pay me all that well... just enough for me to take my chick out a couple of times a week. We did the whole converted-basement thing and I moved down there, which actually worked out pretty well. Had all the privacy I needed and whatnot. I finally moved out for good once I got my current job and got married, at about 27.

[WhistlePig]

19.
I couldn't wait to get out, either. Left and never had to move back or borrow money. Kinda proud of that fact.

[EliSnow]

Same as others here, when I went to college and lived there, and lived at home during the summers. After college was over, I moved to NYC on my own.

While my parents paid for a portion of my college tuition (finanical aid and my loans covered the rest) and my filghts home, I paid for everything else. They've never paid for my rent or credit cards, etc. And I paid (okay I borrowed) my way through law school.

[mendyweiss]

I moved out of my parents house in 1976 !!!
I just discoed down the road !!

[buzzard]

when I was 18 i hopped on my 79 Triumph 750 Bonneville and headed out to live with a chick cuz she had huge tits.After that novelty wore off I moved to Chicago then ect.. I never went back home.I love my Dad dearly but we can't occupy the same dwelling.

[RAAMONE]

18...went to college...got an apartment after i graduated...never been back

edit: well not never...you know what i mean

[King Hippos Bandaid]

I was a mooch

the day I got married July of 2006

Randy stills lives at home at age 30

:king:

[EliSnow]

18...went to college...got an apartment after i graduated...never been back

edit: well not never...you know what i mean

Yes. You're a liar.

:tongue:

[buzzard]

Yes. You're a liar.

:tongue:

maybe a bit of a :drunk: but never a liar! :wink:

[bigtim666]

born in 82 still live at home .... graduating college next month,:down: i will be out soon.

[cupcakelove]

I moved out at 22. It took me a few months to get the money to afford to move out after college. I think one of the reasons people live with their parents longer today is because of the combination of the amount of debt they have leaving college and the cost of living right now. Its insanely expensive to live in a city, which also happens to be where a lot of the jobs are for recent grads.

[Furtherman]

I moved out at 22. It took me a few months to get the money to afford to move out after college. I think one of the reasons people live with their parents longer today is because of the combination of the amount of debt they have leaving college and the cost of living right now. Its insanely expensive to live in a city, which also happens to be where a lot of the jobs are for recent grads.

Same here. After college I was home maybe about 7 months before I moved out. I don't regret it, but I wish I has saved more money.

[ANC]

Lived at home until I went away to college, same deal as everyone home summers and christmas plus some weekends, moved out officially when I was 25.

[TeeBone]

As soon as high school was over...

[furie]

When did you move out of your parents home?

a couple of months after i graduated from college.

[epo]

On the best of today, ESD told the story about running away at 23 and EPO madde the following observation in the listening thread:

Got me thinking. Personally, I could not wait to get out- split as soon as I hit 18 (I'm gen-x btw). I do not get this Gen-Y willingness to stay at home into your 20's and 30's.

So, the question is when did you all decide to cut yourself loose?

(Ii searched, but did not find a similar thread. If I missed it, my apologies.)

Thanks for the props Nate. I thought this thought of mine died in the listening thread...as nobody responded!

Anywho, a more interesting response for people would be to not only indicate when you moved out, but which Generation you are from. The generations are:


Baby Boomer = Born between 1946-1964
Generation X = Born between 1964-1980
Generation Y = Born between 1981-1995

[danner1515]

I'm sort of a weird situation. My parents split up when I was in high school, leaving me, my mom, my sister, and my niece in the house. During my freshman year of college (I went to a local school), my mom re-married and moved in with her new husband, leaving the house with me, my sister, and my niece. A few years later, my sister married, and I was left alone with the house. My mom currently has no interest in selling the house, and she continues to pay the mortgage. I'm not particularly proud to say that I pay no rent whatsoever. All of my friends tell me that I've got it made, but I can't really get over the whole idea that I'm sitting in a house that I can't really call my own. Who knows when I'll move out.

As for people moving out at older ages, I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that it takes a lot longer for people to grow up now. College is now the norm, and for a lot of people, paying rent while going to school just isn't a possibility.

[bigredd]

I left at 18 but made a couple trips back. I guess I was out for good by the time I was 19.

[Fallon]

I'm 27, still live at home. I was looking to move out this summer, then some family issues happened and I couldn't leave. Maybe next summer. A big problem is I make more than my mother and pay a lot of the bills, so it's not easy as it should be.

[Doctor Z]

Too early.

[zentraed]

I'm 27, still at home. But, home for my parents has changed a few times since I first went to college. I had scholarships during my undergrad years and lived on-campus mostly, then came back home "for a year" after I graduated (and supposedly, before I went back to school. Turned into 3 years), and I'm still here after my Masters. I'll probably try to move some time after the new year.

I was born in 1980, so I'm kind of in that Gen X/Y boundary. A big part of it is the urban/rural divide. It's CHEAP to live here, but when I was in Maryland, it would have been a very different story. The late age for marriage, and the emphasis on education makes a big difference. Besides, what else are they going to do with all these bedrooms? :smile:

[SatCam]

im still waiting for my parents to move out

[drusilla]

after my dad died the co-op i grew up in was put in my name. so technically i own a home. my parents bought it about 40 years ago & i've lived here for all 29 years of my life minus the two i spent in college in boston. but after dad passed, it wasn't like i was going to kick mom out. we've always gotten along & i've never minded spending time with her. plus i was a bit freaked out about her being on her own so soon after dad died. so we're both still here. i have a full time income & a car & she has a job & a car as well. we both cook, split bills, do laundry & come & go as we please. it's more like having a roommate than living with a parent. there are times when she's not home that i do enjoy the silence, but that could happen with anyone you are living with. it's never like i had rules to live by at home, or that my boyfriend couldn't sleep over under my parents roof. that never happened, so it's kinda never really mattered to me that my mom lives with me. there is a chance i will be moving away in june depending on where my boyfriend gets placed for his residency, but there is also a chance he'll place in the city & i can stay here & save more money until we get our own place. after i move i will still keep this place in my name & don't want to sell it. i will also feel better with her living alone now since it's been about 2 years since dad. if she was on her own right away i feared her falling into a depression. i think she can handle it now. especially since she has a job to keep her busy & a lot of friends.

[MrPink]

Went to college at 18 and at 21 now, I only come home for a couple weeks during winter break and a few months for summer. When I graduate, I won't be able to go home since the folks are moving to Illinois.

[led37zep]

I moved out shortly after my 20th birthday. I did 2yrs at a local jr. College before going to Oregon.

Crazy part is, I know a lot of people my age (29) and still live at home. They all started out with good intentions but now its just laziness.

[moochcassidy]

my lease here is up at the end of the month so im movin home till end of january. not looking forward to it after about 8 years away. but need to save some cash for going away..and its only 2 months.

but still..shite one.

[IamPixie]

I moved out after high school. It's definately hard supporting myself right now but you can't put a price on independence.

[Kris10]

I moved out when I was 17 and live with my daughter in our house down the street from my parents. I'm getting close to renting out the other half of my bed.

[Marc with a c]

how much?

[Kris10]

how much?

Haven't come up w/the figure yet..... depends on the looks of the applicant.

[Marc with a c]

Haven't come up w/the figure yet..... depends on the looks of the applicant.

i'm the one on the left.

[Kris10]

i'm the one on the left.

I need a naked pic!

[SouthSideJohnny]

headed out to live with a chick cuz she had huge tits.After that novelty wore off . . .

Novelty . . .wore off . . .is that possible?

Gen X here. Lived with parents while I commuted to college. After a year of law school, I couldn't take it any longer. I moved out and bought a place when I was 24.

[Axem Red]

22, and I hate paying these fucking bills!

[led37zep]

22, and I hate paying these fucking bills!

Then stop paying them. You bring problems, I bring solutions.

[barjockey]

23, drove cross country and lived in San Diego for 3 yrs

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

Went to college at 18, then my sister and I sold my dad's house when he died in 1988.

[LordJezo]

I left at 25.

I came back after graduating college, got a job, and hoarded money for a few years so I could put a small down payment on a condo, I didn't want to rent.

[Thebazile78]

I left to live on-campus at college the September after I turned 18.

While I was there, my dad lost the house to the bank and didn't see fit to tell me about it himself. . .I got the news from my brother Ger when I called in October to wish him a happy birthday.

We spent Thanksgiving that year moving my stuff out of the old house and into the rental house.

I spent winter break, spring break and the summer between Freshman and Sophomore years at school crammed into a small bedroom that I had to share with my little sister. I was really PISSED.

I made up my mind to spend as little time back there as possible; my dorm allowed people to stay for Thanksgiving and Spring Break. My on-campus job wanted folks to work at least one break in their first year, so I opted to work Spring Break. I found a sublet and worked all but a week between the final close of the dorms and the start of the summer.

Except for the Spring Break work, this continued through Senior year. After my sublet ended (midsummer), I moved in with my grandparents. That lasted about a week; they're nuts.

I moved back to my dad's and spent the next few months sharing the partially-finished basement with my brother Ger until I found a job. Then I started making plans to move out, but didn't have anything concrete until my car died and one of my college friends called me. She needed a roommate; I needed a place to live. . .it worked out for 2 years with my friend and another 2 by myself in the apartment upstairs.

I've only moved back once, briefly, when I was between leases, two years ago. The downstairs neighbors drove me nuts and there was no talking to them.

While I lived at Dad's, I paid a small sum in rent each month to offset the costs of my staying there until I had a new place. And I stipulated that it would be for less than 3 months, which it turned out to be.

So, I've been out of the house completely for 6 years, more or less, with about a month's worth of emergency move-back-in-with-the-family time.

My family makes me crazy and I'm allergic to their house; it works out.

[topless_mike]

i moved out when i got married @ 23

[ralphbxny]

My parents moved out after they split. My Bro and I (I was 15) lived at home alone for about 3 years.

I moved out at 18 and lived away till I was 27 and I had to move back in( With my Mom). Till I turned 30. Now im out for about 3 years now...about a year and half ago I moved from the Bronx to Brooklyn...for a chick! Women make you do the craziest things.

[Jujubees2]

My kids are 12 and 10. Is it too early to ask them to move out?

[Cleophus James]

Out at 18 (to college) Back in 22 (after college), out 23 for good (I hope)

[PilotJeff]

I went away to school and came home every other weekend to see the highschool "sweetheart" (HA!) girlfriend. It was only a 2 hour drive... but after the first semester she started cheating and I found out. So after that I only came back for holidays or summer.

I moved into an apartment near school my last semester in college at 21. Been out ever since then, for work reasons, not for the desire to get away. I actually enjoy visiting my family and wish I could more often, but with my job I get precious little time at home to be with the Mrs and very rarely have enough time to drive up and stay longer than an afternoon.

[LiddyRules]

Went away to school from 18-22. Moved back in after college. Moved out again at 23, a good part out of psychological necessity. I couldn't imagine living there for much longer. I don't get how people can live a) at home for years and years and, to a lesser extent, b) with people they aren't fucking. Even the concept of roomates kind of bothers me but living at your parents house seems so stifling.

[SHANEFROMGA]

MOVED OUT THE DAY I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS 17 ALMOST 18. GOD I MISS THAT MONEY I COULD HAVE SAVED!!:down:

[Crispy123]

I was "asked" to get out at 17. I moved back in for a couple of months when I got out of the Corps earlier this year at the tender age of 30.

[Furtherman]

MOVED OUT THE DAY I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS 17 ALMOST 18. GOD I MISS THAT MONEY I COULD HAVE SAVED!!:down:

Did you move within shouting distance?

[Bulldogcakes]

Went away to school from 18-22. Moved back in after college. Moved out again at 23, a good part out of psychological necessity. I couldn't imagine living there for much longer. I don't get how people can live a) at home for years and years and, to a lesser extent, b) with anyone they aren't fucking. Even the concept of roomates kind of bothers me but living at your parents house seems so stifling.

I seriously hope you don't own any pets.

[SHANEFROMGA]

Did you move within shouting distance?

yeah,....but you had to yell, like, reeeaaallly loud for them to hear you good.

[Bulldogcakes]

I moved out when I was 19, it was fun but didn't last long (maybe 6 mos) and I ended up moving back in. So I made good use of the time and lack of paying any rent and saved up as much money as I could for the next few years. Bought my Condo in 1993 and have lived there ever since. I was 23 at the time.