When did you finally move out of your parents house?

[MCheetah]

At what age did you permanently move out of your parents' home?

I grew up dirt poor, so didn't move out of my mom's house until I was 26 going on 27, but that only lasted six months, and I had to move back in again. I didn't permanently move out until I was 28. A little embarrassing I know, but I can't help the fact I grew up with no f*ckin' money and was a young adult during the US housing recession! If it helps, I was never a NEET! (Unemployed and not in college.) I was always working, had to pay rent every month, and was in college during this time.

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Glad I'm not the only one who moved out in my mid twenties. I felt like such a loser, cause you hear everyone else moving out at 18 to 22, and instantly being successful at living completely on their own.

[midnightmoon05]

Moved out at 24 to be closer to my first job. Moved back after a year.
Met my ex hubby at 27. Moved out with him when we got engaged at 29.
I have no shame living with my parents or moving back home. Once again…Americans created these to cause lots of broken young people.
I worked since 11 years. old and always contributed financially. Always updated my parents place with new furnitures (their new bedroom set, all new mattresses for all my siblings) helped out as a family should.
I have always made sound financial choices and my family always stuck together to encourage one another to be good. Therefore we all succeed.
I told my kids, the door is always open for them. At this time, it’s my job to raise them to be good citizens to be healthy, smart and contribute to the society and they need to be good to themselves.

[midnightmoon05]

I moved back in when my ex hubby kicked me out of our apartment for a year and three months. I restarted with nothing and had raising two kids with him on my own.
I saved all I can over a yr. I felt I had to go on my own. I found a very very small apartment for the 3 of us. My kids still remember that little house of 300 sq ft one room apt.
To me…I don’t like to stay in a low place…I know and always have made myself better from nothing.

[LaBokaChula]

I was 16 when I left my parents house and I don't think I could ever go back. It feels so good to not be living under someone else's rules. My parents where very strict and religious so life just sucked for awhile. lol

[MCheetah]

Sixteen is very young to move out. Must have been rough.

[LaBokaChula]

Yes it was. I am so glad that I did it however life would've been very different for me.

[Lucy68]

When I went off to university. Then after moved back in due to the pandemic, then moved out and lived with my abusive boyfriend/fiance at the time, moved back in with my mom after the breakup, then moved out, moved back in temporarily after a near fatal car accident, moved out but rent became crazy expensive, now I'm living with my mom again

[MCheetah]

Damn! Moved out four times and none of them were permanent? That sucks. Well, I hope the next one is the last time you'll need to. :)

[Fuentes]

19 & 24. At 19 I graduated as super senior, joined Army. later discharged out. I came back home I said fuck this bullshit city, convinced my family California was the better place for us to thrive and make money after all the research I did, we all moved there. At 24 I moved back out on my own again & have been ever sense.

[MCheetah]

Was that BS city Spokane?

[Fuentes]

Yup a fucked up retarded city that's backwards and makes no sense. Where most the people I know dead from drugs, suicide, or gang violence or locked up on Prison or stuck getting blocked from working and watching life pass right by them.

[Chazmatazz269]

I didn’t move out. My mother moved out and left me alone. No joke. I was seventeen and not even out of high skool yet! One of my mother’s friends moved in for awhile. That was just fuckin’ weird! Eventually my sister moved in, and that felt normalish.

[Sisters_Of_Time]

22! I looked forward to living on my own, but when I finally moved out it was because my family was driving me crazy and and made me feel unsafe so I felt no way out other than living on my own.
Everything is going well, but I just wished I moved out just because I wanted to and not out of fear of getting hurt or worse.

[msc545]

I was a lot younger at age 15 than I should have been when I moved out but I was going to college and I really didn't have a choice. There were some scary moments but my parents were fairly supportive of the whole idea. Taking out my own trash every week was a real learning lesson.

[Izzy_3991]

I moved out when I was 20 years old. I only recently moved back home with my family. However, this isn’t long term stay, I want to move out again whenever I can 😄

[ShadezMcgee]

I was 27. Saved up money then bounced. Haven't been back save for holidays and a few drop in visits

[exitseven]

I moved out when I was 20 but moved back when I was 24. I was getting married and we were saving up for a house.

[Apple1996]

My parents kicked me out at 18. I wasn't even done with high school yet and I had just had my son.

They didn't kick me out cuz I was 18 more just cuz I was following their rules.

[Apple1996]

wasn't*

[oceanAndSeas]

Man that’s horrible. I can’t even imagine myself kicked out. How did you deal with it

[Apple1996]

@oceanAndSeas lived at my boyfriend (now husband's) parents house. It was pretty shitty cuz to stay there I had to watch his younger siblings along with our own son. House was packed there. Luckily just a year later we moved out to our own house

[oceanAndSeas]

I can’t even imagine that during you late teen years in which a person is most insecure and uncertain of life, your whole life was dangling around the loyalty of your boyfriend. Whole life and future hanging around one person. That’s cruel.

[Apple1996]

@oceanAndSeas my in laws would have let me live there even if we broke up since that's still their grandkid but yeah would have been real uncomfortable if a break up happened

[oceanAndSeas]

Kuddos to you. You have lived a very rough life in that regard. That shows your strength as well.

[NerdInDenial]

I went fully independent from my parents when I was 23. I started my career and was able to afford everything on my own.

[NerdInDenial]

Note: I know what happened to me is rare. I had a job lined up before I graduated University and didn't need to even to go to a career fair or network.

[douride2]

I moved out of my parents house when I was 20. I never thought about going back.

[A_Bell]

Never completely did until I got married. I had my own place, but my parents live like royalty and I'm not giving that up.

[IceCreamSandwich]

When I was 17 me and some friends rented a place together near their university.

[oceanAndSeas]

Never. Its a blessing for us to be with our parents and a blessing for them to have us.

[LazerBean]

My husband and I didn't move out until we got married, so at 18 and 19

[htmndg183]

Haven't. And don't intend to. I like being in a joint family. Its normal in our culture. We tend to have bigger homes.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

I think I can move out of their residence when they die.

[TroyDT2]

When I was 4.