Moving out?

Azurain · Post by **Azurain** » Tue May 25, 2004 9:49 am

Moved out when I was almost 19, after a year of college. Came here to Calgary (about 8 hours away from my home town) with my manic depressive girlfriend-at-the-time. Lots of things happened between, but I've yet to live entirely on my own, and enjoy having either a good friend or a girlfriend to live with. Supporting yourself, though, despite being stressful and difficult at times, is a most excellent thing. No parents imposing arbitrary rules on you, no feeling of dependance or living on another's sufferance. You can finally start to be yourself and live how you want to live, within your means.

I am 21 now, 22 in September, incidentally. My parents were very supportive of my decision to move out on my own, but it was my decision and I think they were pretty sad to see me go. Even though I have amazing parents (imho), I could never stand to live back at home for more than a couple months at a time, and even that would be pushing it. I'm far too independant, I suppose.

/me shrugs

-- Chris

Jezebel · Post by **Jezebel** » Tue May 25, 2004 2:04 pm

Moved out when I was 16. Moved to california from oklahoma at 18. Wheeeee.

Princess_Lorien · Post by **Princess_Lorien** » Tue May 25, 2004 2:28 pm

Moved out at 15...

Moved in with Soul_Harvester early last year.

Gowerlypuff · Post by **Gowerlypuff** » Tue May 25, 2004 2:58 pm

I'm 22 and haven't moved out yet. It's not financially viable to move out around here. A house is 10-20 years salary around here and even sharing to rent it's a good half to thee quarters of my monthly wage. So I live at home. I don't mind. I have cable internet and a PC and a room and food! I just have to pay for some stuff.

ReggarBlane · Post by **ReggarBlane** » Tue May 25, 2004 3:10 pm

Moved out when I was 18. Moved with my parents back from CA to TX after high-school, parents immediately went to Saudi Arabia just after I started college and I didn't want to go so I moved into my own place. (Didn't have any roommates until I moved to OH.)

SevTiZ · Post by **SevTiZ** » Tue May 25, 2004 6:51 pm

aside from serving a mission when I was 20-22, I haven't really been out on my own. My mission was largely financed by my family, and the mission office took care of housing and automobile bills, so all I had to worry about was bike expenses, food, film, and developing, so I could have hundreds of pictures and only one find its way online

Currently, my fiancee and I are working on finding a place for me to move into within the next couple weeks so that I can be all settled when we get married in August, and she can just move in. (extramarital cohabitation=EVIL)
I just need to remember to stick to a budget, instead of blowing all my money on fast food and COOL KLINGON DAGGERS AT THE MALL!!!
Oh, and I'll be 25 as of June 11, 2004 (like this thread'll last that long....)

CutieCorey · Post by **CutieCorey** » Tue May 25, 2004 7:04 pm

Im half and half. I live in the dorms for most of the year, but for summer and breaks I come back and stay with my parents. I probably wont get myself an apartment until my senior year up at State because right now, my room and board is free.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Tue May 25, 2004 7:09 pm

I live with my father, I most likely will until I graduate from university, unless I go somewhere other than UH when I'm finished with all my basic courses at HCC. I have no reason, personally, to move out, it would just cost me alot more money.

katie_spade · Post by **katie_spade** » Tue May 25, 2004 11:37 pm

i moved out directly aftter HS age 18, joined millitary. never looked back.

spoon · Post by **spoon** » Thu May 27, 2004 1:47 am

I, at age 16, do not live my my parents. I'm about 20 minutes away, however, and go home on some weekends.

NotQuiteDead · Post by **NotQuiteDead** » Thu May 27, 2004 4:12 am

Moved out at 18, got married at 22, divorced, once I get back, I'll have my own place free of roommate/sig. other...completely on my own. I agree with MissCheetah...definitely have a budget and expenses planned out--I already have friends/family looking for furniture/etc. for me and putting it in storage. It will be the first time in a long time that I'm truly 'on my own'--and I really can't wait for that.

Angie · Post by **Angie** » Thu May 27, 2004 1:28 pm

I moved out when I was 17 to go to university. When I was 21 I moved from there to Texas to work for a while, then my dad had a crippling car accident and I moved back to help my mom out with their business. It'll be 2 years in october that I've been home and I was driven pretty much insane by the time this past christmas rolled around. Unfortunate financial circumstances are as such: I spent all my savings on another BSc. (by correspondence that I'll be done around thanksgiving) and am currently sitting about $3500 in the hole. I work full time and pay (fairly cheap) rent here. I should be moved back out in September.

It took alot to swallow my pride and move back in with my parents. They make me crazy.

oh yeah, my advice: it doesn't matter WHAT you foolishly spend your money on, KEEP IT- even if if means forking some cash over for a storage locker. I sold alot of my stuff when I moved to Texas and I MISS IT now. And the small amount of money I made off it is gone too.

shadowling · Post by **shadowling** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:29 pm

I'm planing on moving into a dorm when i start school in the fall and for a while i'll probably come home in the summers and on some weekends. I don't realy want to move away form home compleatly yet but i'll have to see how thing go.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:36 pm

[quote="Angie";p="342817"]When I was 21 I moved from there to Texas to work for a while.[/quote]

A-HA! I knew there was something ever-so slightly Texan about you.

vixendrop · Post by **vixendrop** » Thu May 27, 2004 11:18 pm

When I was 18 I was living on my own, but I didn't move out... instead my mom moved to Texas and left the townhome for me... so for the last 12 years (not counting 6 months when I decided to move to Texas while I was looking for work and stayed with my mom) I've been on my own...
Well, by *on my own* I mean not living with a family member (except my daughter)... I've had roommates and am currently living with my fiance.

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