Random question but I'm curious. I'm moving out to go to school in two months. How old were you when you moved out of your parent's house? For those of you not moved out, do you think that you will ever move out?
I recently graduated college and am still living at home. I hopefully will be moving out soon when the economy turns around and I can actually get a decent job.
I'm in college and I still haven't moved out. I do live in dorms during the school year, but IMO you haven't moved out until you have your own permanent residence.
I actually would love a place of my own, I'll be 21 in September and still living at home. But with city college by my house and not having a decent job I'm kind of stuck here.
I went straight to FSU out of HS and never moved back in with my parents. I had a job lined up before I graduated FSU and my company paid to move my stuff from my college apt to the townhouse I rented.
I'm in college and I still haven't moved out. I do live in dorms during the school year, but IMO you haven't moved out until you have your own permanent residence.
gameguy6700
What if you have a bunch of temporary residences before you have your permanent? I'd say you're moved out when you aren't depending on your parents for any sort of shelter, that's how I see it.
Edit: Oh yeah forgot to answer TCs question. I haven't moved out yet, I am 20... I just started going to college back in the spring, going for a 2 year degree at least. I plan on leaving when I'm like 23 or 24. No need for it yet, my parents are cool, plus free food, and basically no rules that get in my way or annoy me, I have all the freedom I need, so it's out of the question for me. Why work my ass of just to support my self when I have parents who are willing to help me out for at least like 5 more year, well they didn't pay for my college but whatever.
I'm in college and I still haven't moved out. I do live in dorms during the school year, but IMO you haven't moved out until you have your own permanent residence.
What if you have a bunch of temporary residences before you have your permanent? I'd say you're moved out when you aren't depending on your parents for any sort of shelter, that's how I see it. I agree with this.
for university when i was 18, but i go back home for summer.
joesh89
Then you aren't actually moved out. Once you buy a house or apartment and only go home to visit your folks, not to crash, then you're moved out. Until then you're just living away from home for most of the year.
I'm in college and I still haven't moved out. I do live in dorms during the school year, but IMO you haven't moved out until you have your own permanent residence.
BR1NG3R
What if you have a bunch of temporary residences before you have your permanent? I'd say you're moved out when you aren't depending on your parents for any sort of shelter, that's how I see it.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I meant. Basically what I meant by permanent residence is that you aren't going back to live with your folks on a regular basis (eg: a college student who comes back to live at home every summer before moving back into a dorm).
I'm in college and I still haven't moved out. I do live in dorms during the school year, but IMO you haven't moved out until you have your own permanent residence.
mattykovax
What if you have a bunch of temporary residences before you have your permanent? I'd say you're moved out when you aren't depending on your parents for any sort of shelter, that's how I see it. I agree with this.
Me too. Ever since I've been 18yrs old, I've paid (or earned through scholarships) for the roof over my head.
Of course, there were a couple summers I came home for the summer break, but I was still paying for my apt back at FSU. There were a couple summers I had internships where the company I interned for paid for my apartment.
Random question but I'm curious. I'm moving out to go to school in two months. How old were you when you moved out of your parent's house? For those of you not moved out, do you think that you will ever move out?
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Twenty-two, although just barely (my birthday was a week after I moved out). I lived with mymom when I went to university. We get along really well, so I didn't see what the rush was to move out when the university was within walking distance.
for university when i was 18, but i go back home for summer.
gameguy6700
Then you aren't actually moved out. Once you buy a house or apartment and only go home to visit your folks, not to crash, then you're moved out. Until then you're just living away from home for most of the year.
i havent lived with my "folks" since i was 16, and no one pays my rent but me.
Twenty-two, although just barely (my birthday was a week after I moved out). I lived with mymom when I went to university. We get along really well, so I didn't see what the rush was to move out when the university was within walking distance.
GabuEx
Thats always a good setup,being in school yet still at home.
for university when i was 18, but i go back home for summer.
joesh89
Then you aren't actually moved out. Once you buy a house or apartment and only go home to visit your folks, not to crash, then you're moved out. Until then you're just living away from home for most of the year.
i havent lived with my "folks" since i was 16, and no one pays my rent but me.
There were a couple summers I had internships where the company I interned for paid for my apartment.
mattykovax
That sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
Yeah, those 2internships were with the same company, but different depts in different cities. Awesome summers. It was a group of 8 of us (5 guys, 3 gals) each time staying in duplexes. We'd all work on the same project during the day and go out at night.....well most of us did.
I highly recommend everyone in college to do at least one internship.
20, then right back in a year later. A ****ty roomate situation+me quitting my job prematurely+not being able to find transportation from the area I was living in to the closest community college all ended up with me moving back in with my parents. Money's been tight ever since and I don't see myself being able to afford an apartment on my own for a while.
Then you aren't actually moved out. Once you buy a house or apartment and only go home to visit your folks, not to crash, then you're moved out. Until then you're just living away from home for most of the year.
BR1NG3R
i havent lived with my "folks" since i was 16, and no one pays my rent but me.
I'am 19 at the moment and plan to move out at an age of 24. I start studying for 5 years in October and after that I want to get my doctor title and will move to another university for that.
for university when i was 18, but i go back home for summer.
joesh89
Then you aren't actually moved out. Once you buy a house or apartment and only go home to visit your folks, not to crash, then you're moved out. Until then you're just living away from home for most of the year.
i havent lived with my "folks" since i was 16, and no one pays my rent but me.
So let me get this straight then: You have your own place, yet for some reason decided to live so far away from you university that you have to move out every year to attend and thus have to pay for two living spaces at the same time?
Then you aren't actually moved out. Once you buy a house or apartment and only go home to visit your folks, not to crash, then you're moved out. Until then you're just living away from home for most of the year.
gameguy6700
i havent lived with my "folks" since i was 16, and no one pays my rent but me.
So let me get this straight then: You have your own place, yet for some reason decided to live so far away from you university that you have to move out every year to attend and thus have to pay for two living spaces at the same time?
the place i live in when im at uni has rent contracts for september to july, its always been that way, and i spend one month of the year with someone that isnt my parents.
I'm in college and I still haven't moved out. I do live in dorms during the school year, but IMO you haven't moved out until you have your own permanent residence.
mattykovax
What if you have a bunch of temporary residences before you have your permanent? I'd say you're moved out when you aren't depending on your parents for any sort of shelter, that's how I see it. I agree with this. I also agree with that, adding that if you live in a place where your parents fund your expenses. Thats not really moved out either. Had a girl once tell me she moved cross country on her own and supported herself. We were both working at the same crappy job so i know she wasnt keeping her place and the stuff she bragged about having. Turned out they paid all her bills, she just paid rent. So no, that didnt count. Neither does moving in with someone else's family, imo. I planned to move out at 21-22, I had just turned 21 couple of months before i graduated college, but i actually moved out at 27. I think it depends on what section of the country you live in as well. Im in the NJ/NY area so its more expensive to live on your own. You wont see too many people in this area saying they moved out before they were 21-22, some exceptions of course.
There were a couple summers I had internships where the company I interned for paid for my apartment.
LosDaddie
That sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
Yeah, those 2internships were with the same company, but different depts in different cities. Awesome summers. It was a group of 8 of us (5 guys, 3 gals) each time staying in duplexes. We'd all work on the same project during the day and go out at night.....well most of us did.
I highly recommend everyone in college to do at least one internship.
What type of company do you work for? Sounds like a sweet deal.
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