What age did you leave home???
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Moved out for a year when I was 18 or 19, at uni with a few mates. Bought my own place at 23, still here!
Seriously, no SERIOUSLY, I know it's said over and over again, but getting a pad of your own is the money. I could never move back to the folks now, although washing, ironing and free meals was a bonus
Seriously, no SERIOUSLY, I know it's said over and over again, but getting a pad of your own is the money. I could never move back to the folks now, although washing, ironing and free meals was a bonus
I have a simple solution to that, I have a girl that comes in 2/3 times per week to do the cleaning, washing and ironing lolMoved out for a year when I was 18 or 19, at uni with a few mates. Bought my own place at 23, still here!
Seriously, no SERIOUSLY, I know it's said over and over again, but getting a pad of your own is the money. I could never move back to the folks now, although washing, ironing and free meals was a bonus
But I do miss the home cooked food, in fact I don’t think I have had a home cooked meal in 6+ months
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Well, not including being away for 4 years at Uni, I didn't move out until I was 28! Basically couldn't afford to buy or rent in the area where I was working on the money I was on ... combined with pure laziness and the desire to spend money at places like OcUK 
Was getting a bit worrying as I'd been told I had to be out by 30! Only moved out really because I got relocated with work so had to move and hence bought my own place somewhere cheaper. Find it very difficult to go back now, in fact in the last four years I have probably been back 5 times, and two of those was only because it was convenient to stay there when I had courses in the area.
My sister moved out a year after me which would make her 27 at the time but she bought locally to my parents and hence hasn't really moved out as she gets my Mum and Dad to do all her cooking/cleaning/gardening etc and goes round theirs to eat 3-4 times a week ... basically all shes done is moved her bedroom futher away
She's moving away now too so that will be a bit of a shock to her.
Was getting a bit worrying as I'd been told I had to be out by 30! Only moved out really because I got relocated with work so had to move and hence bought my own place somewhere cheaper. Find it very difficult to go back now, in fact in the last four years I have probably been back 5 times, and two of those was only because it was convenient to stay there when I had courses in the area.
My sister moved out a year after me which would make her 27 at the time but she bought locally to my parents and hence hasn't really moved out as she gets my Mum and Dad to do all her cooking/cleaning/gardening etc and goes round theirs to eat 3-4 times a week ... basically all shes done is moved her bedroom futher away
She's moving away now too so that will be a bit of a shock to her.
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I moved out in my second year of uni - decided not to go back after xmas holidays was 20 years old, don't plan on going back at all.
Being a student does really give you the push to move out. A few of my friends down in Uni and at home in Oxford have all moved out because going back to the parent's is just far too restricting. It's nice for a holiday but I really feel far to old for Mum to be cooking me dinner etc, especially now I'm a master of the microwave ^_^
was 20 years old, don't plan on going back at all. Being a student does really give you the push to move out. A few of my friends down in Uni and at home in Oxford have all moved out because going back to the parent's is just far too restricting. It's nice for a holiday but I really feel far to old for Mum to be cooking me dinner etc, especially now I'm a master of the microwave ^_^
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At 18 when I went to Uni
Never been back since for more than a few weeks during holidays. When I graduated last year I moved straight out of Uni halls into a shared place in Canterbury
It's nice going back to see my parents a few times a year but I couldn't live with them now - I enjoy my freedom far too much!
Never been back since for more than a few weeks during holidays. When I graduated last year I moved straight out of Uni halls into a shared place in Canterbury
It's nice going back to see my parents a few times a year but I couldn't live with them now - I enjoy my freedom far too much!
I have a simple solution to that, I have a girl that comes in 2/3 times per week to do the cleaning, washing and ironing lol
But I do miss the home cooked food, in fact I don’t think I have had a home cooked meal in 6+ months
Woah, Paras - there's a name from the past!
Agreed about home cooked food. Fortunately I live close enough to the folks to pop down for a free feed once or twice a week.
I'm moving out this year for uni hopefully. My sisters claimed my larger room when i've gone so it won't be the same should i go to move back home.
None of my family don't get that i won't WANT to move back home over summer when i can get a full time job near uni and pay half price for the rent over summer, £25 a week=bargain.
Although at the minute, finding a place is proving to be difficult, me and a friend are trying to get 2 rooms in the same house, but most of them are s*** heaps. We have found a nice one thats not filthy and smelly, is smack in the middle of town literally yards away from uni, though is quite small
None of my family don't get that i won't WANT to move back home over summer when i can get a full time job near uni and pay half price for the rent over summer, £25 a week=bargain.
Although at the minute, finding a place is proving to be difficult, me and a friend are trying to get 2 rooms in the same house, but most of them are s*** heaps. We have found a nice one thats not filthy and smelly, is smack in the middle of town literally yards away from uni, though is quite small
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I moved out at 22 into a place with my now ex BF. Didn't have a whole lot of choice though as my parents sold up and left the country
when i was 18, not moved back since, got a room in a mates house for £20 a week when i came back from uni, got a mortgage when i was 23 on my current house.
when i was 16 i started to stay round mates houses a lot though so i barely lived at home anyway when i left
when i was 16 i started to stay round mates houses a lot though so i barely lived at home anyway when i left
Ignoring my time at uni (which doesn't count IMO unless it is a permanent move, no moving back for hols or after graduating), I was 26 when I flew the nest. I was one of the 'boomerang kids' until I bought a house with my partner.
I think there are good sides and bad sides to moving out, it depends a lot on your personal situation with regard to your parent(s). For example I know some people don't pay any rent and maybe even food for living 'at home' which makes it a much more attractive proposition. Likewise if you can get a good job nearby then it's another reason not to leave in a hurry.
I think there are good sides and bad sides to moving out, it depends a lot on your personal situation with regard to your parent(s). For example I know some people don't pay any rent and maybe even food for living 'at home' which makes it a much more attractive proposition. Likewise if you can get a good job nearby then it's another reason not to leave in a hurry.
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13 - boarding school for 5 years
18/19 - uni digs in leic
21 - big wide world for me
I've lived back at my mothers place for a few months here and there, but only as a temporary measure between places etc. Tried to keep away as much as possible since I left school proper. Since I went to boarding school at 13 I've never really wanted to stay with my parents much; independence (if not financially immediately) is something I got used to pretty early on.
18/19 - uni digs in leic
21 - big wide world for me
I've lived back at my mothers place for a few months here and there, but only as a temporary measure between places etc. Tried to keep away as much as possible since I left school proper. Since I went to boarding school at 13 I've never really wanted to stay with my parents much; independence (if not financially immediately) is something I got used to pretty early on.
I moved out when I was 21, moved into a flat with Cliff. Lived together a year or so and got engaged, then I got pregnant and we married when I was 22 and had Caitlin 4 weeks later (4 weeks early too).
Wow, just realised you live in Cambourn, I just went there today for my last ortho appointment, i still have my bottm brace in there though, the dentist person left it in there, I assume im suppose to be leaving it until it natually fallls out, When ever that's going to be...