When did you leave home?

Left home (Ipswich), went to Uni (Leeds) aged 18. Still here at 24. Gonna have to move down south though if I can't get a new job... :(
 
While I went to university at 18 if we're not counting times when we went home for summer then I suppose I "properly" left home at about 22-23. Since then I've been home for a maximum of a couple of weeks at a time, my parents are great and I love them dearly but I'm happier having my own freedom which is something they encouraged anyway and it makes it that bit more special when I do see them.
 
Freefaller said:
Good on you for contributing. It's irrational, but it does irk me when I see young men (not boys) living with their parents and have everything given to them, and contribute nothing. It's daft, but I can't help thinking "wait for the wake up call you'll get when living by yourself!"

don't get me wrong it's easy to get sucked in, especially if you have a great relationship with your parents. It gives you the opportunity to save an buy lots of cool stuff. However, it doesn't prepare you for a life of independence. It makes (IMO) having a serious relationship a little bit more awkward too. However as stated I love my independence :)

I wish I had been more sensible when living at home and earning a decent wage, and saved up more and not spent my money on unecessary things... ah well, I was young and foolish! That's how you learn! :)
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You pretty much described my sisters boyfriend :p He's 20 years old, hasn't paid a penny towards his parents, and spends most of his time at my parents house yet doesn't pay anything here either :p

I love my independance, I cannot wait to move out and be in the big wide world on my own, but having the time to save and prepare before moving out is a huge plus in my eyes. When I move out I want to have everything sorted so I don't have to come crying back to my parents asking for help :p
 
I think Freefallers quote pretty much describes me lol, good thing my girlfriend has some life experience.
 
Left for uni at 18, moved back in at 21. Stayed for another year, then left to travel for a year. Finally left home for good at 24.
 
Moved out when I was 19 for a year, got made redundant, moved back to Mums, moved out last year at 22.
 
22 and still at home, can't afford to move out! Probably still be a few more years :(

Been paying board since my first full-time paycheck at 17 though.
 
Left school at 16 and went to work for Virgin Records in London, left home at the same time and moved to London. Havn't been back ...........i am 54 though, so have moved a few times since :D My Mum and Dad even moved in to my house for a while in the 1980's.
 
I've lived at home on and off since leaving uni. I have my own place (29) but still visit home regularly because I dont like living by myself, which will change once my gf moves to the UK permanently.
 
back and forward for a few years for various reasons, but moved out for good when i was 24, that was about 4 years ago now.
 
Moved out at 20/21 when bought flat in London with then girlfriend.

Broke up 5 years later and flat shared for a bit, moved to Australia for a year then flat shared a bit more now back at parents at 27 whilst I study. Will be away for Uni in September though!

Is a bit of a backwards step but will be worth it, my parents are great and charge me no rent and I have lots of space/rooms for myself so its not bad really.
 
19 - Moved to Leicester to live with my girlfriend while she's at uni, still living with her now at 22.

We are just renting at the moment, i'm on very low wage but working full time. I got a payout from a motorbike accident a few years ago so we will be buying a house once she has found a job and we move. You can do seo/web design anywhere so we will move to wherever she needs to be for a job.
 
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Freefaller said:
Good on you for contributing. It's irrational, but it does irk me when I see young men (not boys) living with their parents and have everything given to them, and contribute nothing. It's daft, but I can't help thinking "wait for the wake up call you'll get when living by yourself!"

Ditto. I have lots of male friends at 25 living with their parents, earning a decent wage and don't contribute a penny or help out around the house. I have one friend who's mum still actually buys all his clothes, his dad tops his car up with petrol and pays his phone bill. He has no outgoings other than petrol from time to time. I'd like to hope that one day he will get a wake up call, but cant help feeling that even if the day came where he lived on his own his parents would continue to pander to his every need. This has impacted on his ability to form relationships with the female sex, he has never had a girlfriend and has admitted to lacking in self confidence; i cant help feeling that his parents are massively to blame by creating this rod for his back and prevented him developing any sort of independance from which his confidence would naturally grow.

I finished uni in May 2009, really did work hard throughout and saved every penny I earned. Secured full time employment in a job I enjoy and was able to put down a deposit on a house later the same year. I recieved no financial help from my parents, not that id have ever expected or even accepted it. From a young age my dad would always remind me never to expect things as, that life would never be served to me on a plate and that I was the creater of my own success. Its on that basis i am where i am and have achieved what i have. :)
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