At what age did you leave home?

[Thanos]

Seems that children are either staying later or returning.I left at nineteen to attend college even though it was in my hometown.

What is the best/right age to leave the nest?

[prophet]

I was out at 18

[Coooleeey]

I left when I was 18.

I feel the best age is when the kid is responsible enough to be out on their own. Too many of my friends had horrible experiences getting places with their buddies. Not to mention the fact that at such a young age people don't think about their credit scores. I might have left too young but I never had any issues paying bills and my credit score is awesome.

[riggins44]

I'd be happy if my 24 yr old stepson left. :D

[sith lord]

I really don't consider leaving for college, leaving home. But anyway, I left when I was 19.

[Thanos]

I really don't consider leaving for college, leaving home. But anyway, I left when I was 19.

I didn't live in a dorm.I had an apartment from the word go.

[prophet]

I'd be happy if my 24 yr old stepson left. :D

lol

I see him staying until 34 :D

[herrmag]

Left at 18. If college doesn't count as leaving home, does joining the Army?

[fight_on_til_you_have_won]

I consider "leaving home" to mean "financially independent." In that case, I was 23.

[sith lord]

Left at 18. If college doesn't count as leaving home, does joining the Army?

Yes. The military is a job and you're supporting yourself. I understabnd that some college kids do support themselves, but most don't.

[SkinsOrlando]

Left for college at 17, when I first moved to Florida in 03 I stayed with my folks for a few months so I don't know how to answer this question.


I understand that some college kids do support themselves, but most don't.


I didn't pay for school, but I worked full time through college and paid all the bills outside from tuition.

[Grimm]

I was 17, couldn't wait to get outta there. At my grad my future plans were to move.

[rincewind]

I moved out on my 24th birthday. Moved in with my future-wife. I got busted two days before moving out - almost threw a major monkeywrench into the whole thing.

[Cooley4President]

I left for college when I was 18, but was out and financially independent when I was 22.

[cjcdaman]

I moved out on my 24th birthday. Moved in with my future-wife. I got busted two days before moving out - almost threw a major monkeywrench into the whole thing.

Busted? Explanation? I moved out when I was 18. I didn't see eye to eye with my stepfather so I got the hell outta there.

[rincewind]

Busted? Explanation? I moved out when I was 18. I didn't see eye to eye with my stepfather so I got the hell outta there.


Got pulled over and they found the stem of a broken glass pipe. They busted me for the resin left on it. :doh:

The cop actually complimented me on how nice the pipe looked.

Only time I've come close to being busted - and i've done some dumb ****.

[nace14]

college at 18, came home for about 4 months before i got my own place. lived downtown for 2 years before going to law school, now i'm back home for the summer and boy does it suck!
you can never go back home. it's a lie! do you know what it's like to go out to happy hour and for the first time in basically 7 years having to say "well actually i'm living at my parents house for the summer."

[TheREALJBird]

I was out and financially independent at 19, just left out of my parents house one night, they always were on my ass for no reason and tried to take all of my money all the time. I just got fed up one night and left, took a bad full of clothes and I was gone

[PleaseBlitz]

Left for college at 17.


Financial independance was at 22.

[Henry]

Not counting college, I moved out when I was 22 ... three months after college graduation.

[Rumrunner6900]

17 went I went to college, 18 when I "moved out" into my own apartment. Financial independance...well...who of us really fit that term! :whoknows: :D

(I'd say 21 when I stopped relying on my parents in any way)

[Skinsfan1311]

20.........

[cjcdaman]

Got pulled over and they found the stem of a broken glass pipe. They busted me for the resin left on it. :doh:

The cop actually complimented me on how nice the pipe looked.

Only time I've come close to being busted - and i've done some dumb ****.

My worst has to be when I got pulled over and I thought I threw my bag on the floor and kicked it under the seat. Instead, it was oh so beautifully leaned up against my center console. :doh: Cop goes,"Let me see your license regist . . . WHOA!!! Is that a bag of weed? Then later on, I read the report and he had written that I had my bong filled with beer. :laugh:

[dchogs]

my parents house has not been my "home" since i was 20. they still paid for my college my senior year, so maybe that doesn't count... if so, 21.

[Coooleeey]

My worst has to be when I got pulled over and I thought I threw my bag on the floor and kicked it under the seat. Instead, it was oh so beautifully leaned up against my center console. :doh: Cop goes,"Let me see your license regist . . . WHOA!!! Is that a bag of weed? Then later on, I read the report and he had written that I had my bong filled with beer. :laugh:

So I take it you got busted? What year was this?

[rebornempowered]

18 for college

Married at 20 and definetely on our own.

[cjcdaman]

So I take it you got busted? What year was this?

'98 Spent the night in jail. One guy in there was trippin' on LSD. He kept saying,"These pink walls are driving me ****ing crazy!" :laugh:

[GaryClark4Canton]

Left at 23 but still not "financially independent"!!! Every once in a while you have to commit a felony or three just to break even in these parts, or so Ive heard.


GC4C

[LegionOfDoom]

Got the boot when I was 17....moved in with my sister to finish my senior year and joined the Army at 18.

[twa]

24 for me,left when I got married but one brother stayed till he was 30 :laugh:

My son joined the Marines @18.

[PokerPacker]

Got the boot when I was 17....moved in with my sister to finish my senior year and joined the Army at 18.
what'd you do that was so bad?

[gchwood]

I moved out at 20 but I was paying $400/month rent to my parents from 16 when I graduated and had a job

[pvkeeper19]

Give me 6 months and I will fit the bill. Can't wait to be chewed up and spit out by the Real World.

[LegionOfDoom]

what'd you do that was so bad?

I got caught up in gang fights my senior year and they expelled everybody involved....My Mom was fed up that the school wouldn't take me back in.

The school board said I can go to any school except the last one....but they won't provide transportation.

That was it for me at my Mom's house. My sister lived in the other side of the county and I was considered a free man at my new High School.

[LegionOfDoom]

That sucks man... You obviously need to brush up on your rights. I would never let a cop search my car.

Sometimes it depends on your neighborhood.

I got pulled over in "RED Zone" and the cops had free reign to search the car. It was mostly for harassment purposes to keep the unwanted out of the community.

[skinsbuck]

I went to college locally and didn't leave my parents house til I was 25. I took the 6 year BS pragram offered by most colleges to cromagines like myself.

[rincewind]

That sucks man... You obviously need to brush up on your rights. I would never let a cop search my car.


Yep - I know that now. The incident was 6 years ago, so i'm over it. I served probation and it was exponged. (sp?)

[#98QBKiller]

I left at 19 and I definitely miss my family. They live in Ft. Worth, TX and I live in Wilmington, NC so I don't get to see them very often. It would help if we lived a little closer I guess.

[LegionOfDoom]

The redzone?? Isn't that against your rights against undue search and seizure? Maybe, someone else could explain but I'd demand a warrant before I'd let the fuzz search my vehicle.

The late 80's and early 90's DC was crazy....if you were observed in a known drug zone they pretty much had free reign on whatever they wanted.....

[canethang 305]

21, but in all honesty if my g/f now wife hadn't needed to get an apartment I wouldn't have left until they kicked me out. Mom's could cook up a storm, Dad alway's had beer in the fridge and the rent was zippy.

[Mr. S]

hoping to find a job, but doubt I'd leave for this year, my parents actually want me to stay. If I get into law school next year, then I still won't consider that "leaving home", even if all my money is coming from student loans and I have my own apartment and whatnot. So if this track works out, hopefully I'll have "left home" by the time I'm 26.

[DCsportsfan53]

The redzone?? Isn't that against your rights against undue search and seizure? Maybe, someone else could explain but I'd demand a warrant before I'd let the fuzz search my vehicle.

I'm pretty certain they can search the interior of your car for no reason if they want to. They need PC or a warrant to search a locked trunk of glovebox, however.

[Predicto]

Off to college at 18. Never came back for more than a month or so after that, which made my mom sad :(

[Mickalino]

What about people like Art, Major Harris, spaceman spiff, and cjcdaman, who are still living with their parents ? How are they supposed to participate in this ?

[DjTj]

What about people like Art, Major Harris, spaceman spiff, and cjcdaman, who are still living with their parents ? How are they supposed to participate in this ?What is this, a call-out thread?

...As for me, I am moving out in 5 days. I went to college on the other side of the country and I held jobs and paid my own rent through law school, but my parents still paid the tuition. Next Monday, I'm heading out of the house for my own apartment and starting a new job, and it will be financial independence from then on. :)

[skinfan13]

id say the apropriate age is when a kid is mature enough, but definatly after college they should be out of the house. id go as far as saying during college they should be trying to survive out of the house, but summers at home are alright.

[SkinsNut73]

Financially independent at 22.

[rincewind]

What about people like Art, Major Harris, spaceman spiff, and cjcdaman, who are still living with their parents ? How are they supposed to participate in this ?


Don't know about Art or spiff - but Major and cjc are both married (I believe cjc is actually engaged) with a kid each. Doubt either one still lives with mommy.

[Mickalino]

but Major and cjc are both married (I believe cjc is actually engaged) with a kid each.

That's what makes it funny. Married and still livin with the folks.

[Mickalino]

What is this, a call-out thread?


No, it's the old rule about being able to dish it out, and take it back, the same way you dish it out.

Those names I mentioned are notorious for dishing the grief and punishment at me :)

[skinsfan44]

Moved out when I was 18.

[PokerPacker]

Sometimes it depends on your neighborhood.

I got pulled over in "RED Zone" and the cops had free reign to search the car. It was mostly for harassment purposes to keep the unwanted out of the community.
that's bull**** and infringes on your 4th amendment rights. tell them to backoff next time and see what happens.

[PokerPacker]

Those names I mentioned are notorious for dishing the grief and punishment at me :)
in that case, don't you have about 50,000 more names to go? :laugh:

[bpoch]

I moved out when I was 24, I probally could have left at 22ish, but I was having more fun spending the money I was making on stuff for myself instead of $600 - $700 rent I paid when I left.

Sad thing is my 2 sister-in-laws still live at home, they are both 29 years old.

[Major Harris]

No, it's the old rule about being able to dish it out, and take it back, the same way you dish it out.

Those names I mentioned are notorious for dishing the grief and punishment at me :)
really?

i gave you :pooh: one time, about 14 months ago, for starting a wv stereotype thread.
but, hey i can take it.


for the record, i was out of the house, financially independent, at 20. i financed my own college education.

[Redcloud UK]

Moved out at 22,needed space for partying.:cool:

[GoSkinsGo]

Out of the house and financially independent at 22. I was out of the house and back in again between 18-22.

I agree that it varies on everyone but I was not nearly mature/responsible enough when I was 18. I got evicted 6months into a lease with my buddy. That was a sad phone call to my pops.

[Mickalino]

really?

i gave you :pooh: one time, about 14 months ago, for starting a wv stereotype thread.
but, hey i can take it.
.

I didnt mean that it was done in a malicious way since that time, but rather we've messed with each other as Jokers.

[Major Harris]

I didnt mean that it was done in a malicious way since that time, but rather we've messed with each other as Jokers.
i know.

*******.


:silly:

you're ok in my book, dip****. :D

[Ignatius J.]

I was independent by fall after graduation from college.

[jrockster21]

I'd be happy if my 24 yr old stepson left. :D

Its time to put your foot up his ass, that's for sure!!! :laugh:


I understabnd that some college kids do support themselves, but most don't.

I've supported myself since I left for college. During undergraduate, I scraped by on student loans and jobs, and in graduate school, I've been on fellowships the entire time.

[dks1240]

ive got about one week until im moving out for good.

my junior year of college is when my parents stopped paying for my housing.

[PleaseBlitz]

I worked at a bar and tutored the entire time i was in college and im going to be paying for my tuition for the foreseeable future, but the parental units paid for my rent and would take me to Price Club for Xmas. You would not believe how much tuna fish will fit in the back of a Jeep Wrangler. :laugh:


I lived at home for a little under a year when i got back, then I was out. Im glad i didnt wear out my welcome because they beg me to come by for dinner all the time now. Mom-unit cooks up the money dinner and Pop has a kegerator of Michelob in the garage. :)

[cjcdaman]

ive got about one week until im moving out for good.

my junior year of college is when my parents stopped paying for my housing.

Enjoy the winters up there, cutie. :D

Seriously, best of luck to you.

[dks1240]

Enjoy the winters up there, cutie. :D

Seriously, best of luck to you.


thank you.

I'm one step ahead of you, I'm already looking at doctorate programs down south. :D

[Mickalino]

I worked at a bar and tutored the entire time i was in college and im going to be paying for my tuition for the foreseeable future, but the parental units paid for my rent and would take me to Price Club for Xmas. You would not believe how much tuna fish will fit in the back of a Jeep Wrangler. :laugh:


I lived at home for a little under a year when i got back, then I was out. Im glad i didnt wear out my welcome because they beg me to come by for dinner all the time now. Mom-unit cooks up the money dinner and Pop has a kegerator of Michelob in the garage. :)

The ACTUAL TEXT OF PLEASEBLITZ'S POST - BEFORE THE EDIT -

I moved out of my parents' place a couple months ago, at the age of 35. My parents bought me a plane ticket to Las Vegas and told me it was for a summer vacation. My joy turned to despair, when I later found it it was a one-way ticket they bought me, so that I would never come back home. For several weeks in Vegas, I survived by pretending like I was playing the slot machines, so I would qualify for those complimentary drinks that the cocktail waitresses hand out for free to gambling patrons. When that didn't satisfy my hungers pains, I'd take those free cocktails from the casino, sneak them out, and find some homeless drunk on the street, to trade some liquor for crackers. Currently I'm working as a Vegas showgirl to make ends meet, and my boss doesn't know I"m actually a man dressing up in cross-gender. But I hope to save up money from this job and save up for a flight back home, so I can live with my parents again.

Just kidding, PleaseBlitz. You can pick on me, now

[PleaseBlitz]

The ACTUAL TEXT OF PLEASEBLITZ'S POST - BEFORE THE EDIT -

I moved out of my parents' place a couple months ago, at the age of 35. My parents bought me a plane ticket to Las Vegas and told me it was for a summer vacation. My joy turned to despair, when I later found it it was a one-way ticket they bought me, so that I would never come back home. For several weeks in Vegas, I survived by pretending like I was playing the slot machines, so I would qualify for those complimentary drinks that the cocktail waitresses hand out for free to gambling patrons. When that didn't satisfy my hungers pains, I'd take those free cocktails from the casino, sneak them out, and find some homeless drunk on the street, to trade some liquor for crackers. Currently I'm working as a Vegas showgirl to make ends meet, and my boss doesn't know I"m actually a man dressing up in cross-gender. But I hope to save up money from this job and save up for a flight back home, so I can live with my parents again.

Just kidding, PleaseBlitz. You can pick on me, now


No, that was good Mick. I'll give you a free pass. Lord knows you have enough strife in your life what with the squirrels, the cops pacing traffic, and the utter lack of current Scott Stapp news. ;)

[cjcdaman]

No, that was good Mick. I'll give you a free pass. Lord knows you have enough strife in your life what with the squirrels, the cops pacing traffic, and the utter lack of current Scott Stapp news. ;)


. . . And all of the sexy women around him who want absolutely nothing from him but friendship. :laugh: J/K

[Mickalino]

and the utter lack of current Scott Stapp news. ;)

It must be the "offseason" for Scott Stapp, as well :laugh:

[Mickalino]

Enjoy the winters up there, cutie. :D

Seriously, best of luck to you.



. . . And all of the sexy women around him who want absolutely nothing from him but friendship. :laugh: J/K

Umm, YOU'RE the pathetic one who was just caught drooling over Dana's "cuteness" when it's obvious all that SHE wants from you is friendship :laugh:

[cjcdaman]

Umm, YOU'RE the pathetic one who was just caught drooling over Dana's "cuteness" when it's obvious all that SHE wants from you is friendship :laugh:

Ummm, is that the way you took that?

Let's see . . . she's cute, it's cold in Mass., and that's where she has a scholarship. Where was I attempting to hit on her? :doh:

EDIT: Your reply was a good comeback, but I still haven't thought of the perfect comeback for the "still lives with his mommy" thread. :D

[KAOSkins]

I think it wasn't a week after my 18th bday that I was out the door. Whoever said above that being 18 and living with some buddies is bad for you credit score and other things was right. But daaaaamn we had some serious fun. I wouldn't do it different if I could. My folks paid for tuition, until they found me out which wasn't long, and it bought a lot of beer. And dog food too, old Ike the dog ate a whole more consistently than we did. We actually used to hunt rabbits and quail and catch crawdads to eat. :laugh:

After that I was on my own and when I finally went back to finish school it was on my nickle.

[Boss_Hogg]

I was 24, moved in with my gal in DC.

After school, I could not afford anything decent in the expensive DC area. My folks charged me $350 for the room. I also had to buy the groceries once a month. I also did all of the yard work for my old man.

It sucked.

[Mickalino]

Ummm, is that the way you took that?

Let's see . . . she's cute, it's cold in Mass., and that's where she has a scholarship. Where was I attempting to hit on her? :doh:



I'm going to withhold comment for once. :)

[cjcdaman]

I'm going to withhold comment for once. :)

Yesssssss!!!

[Mickalino]

Yesssssss!!!


Hate to burst your bubble, but that was NOT a sign of surrender or defeat.

On the contrary, it was a show of mercy, towards you.

[CHUBAKAH]

Moved out at 16, but TBH I couldn't see a 16 year old doing that today in these times.

[Bang]

My high school graduation gift was luggage.
I took the hint.

~Bang

[stwasm]

Since we're not counting college, I moved out my parents' house when I was 24 -- not knowing the Redskins would move in next door a few years later! :doh:

[cjcdaman]

Hate to burst your bubble, but that was NOT a sign of surrender or defeat.

On the contrary, it was a show of mercy, towards you.

Nice try. :)

[Cdowwe]

Leave home? :doh:

Left for school at age 19. 4 Years later I returned home with a piece of paper in my hand and made myself comfortable. Hopefully not much longer though

[Matt [Redskins Fan]]

Right after high school. I can also second the motion that moving in with a bunch of your buddies can be horrible on your credit. I still owe money from four years ago when the *******s I was with trashed our house before we moved out, wretched experience. In retrospect, I would have waited a few years if I had known what I was getting myself into.

I think the "correct" age varies from person to person. I see 40-year-olds at the bowling alley who are less mature than teenagers I know. Maybe they should still be at home, where they can't breed as easily.

[project myu]

I just graduated college and am working full-time, but still haven't left home(s) (unless you count staying at school as "moving out"). My parents are divorced so I just hop back and forth, usually staying at my dad's during the weekends since he's not home at all on Saturday and Sunday.

1. Don't have to pay rent.
2. Don't have to eat out all the time (the extent of my cooking is ramen).

I don't think I'll move out until I marry, har har. By then, hopefully I'll have saved up enough to be able to comfortably afford the crappiest house in NoVA, which will probably still cost half a million.

[pjfootballer]

18 to go to college, 22 when graduated.

[Pete]

I didn't leave home, my parents threw me out............

I'm from what you would call a somewhat traditional Italian family. In many of the poorer villages of Italia, it's very common for children to live in their parents home till they get maried. Often, the newly weds live in the parents home till they save enough for their own place.

I moved into an apartment over a barn that my friend Ricks parents owned when I was 18. My parents hated it............. I roomed with Rick for about three months, and moved back home, though I often stayed out all night, or they didn't see me for a few days at a time. When I was 19, I started living in my girlfriends dorm room, and at her parents place on weekends with her. I still kept my parents house as my home base so to speak. My mom insisted on doing my luandrey, and I wasn't gonna complain, and actually slept there from time to time.
It was a pretty weird set up. I would leave the dorm at about 6:00am, and drive the hour to my parents house, and grab cloths for that night. Catch some breakfast with my folks, and head to work. From work, I would drive back to the college (SUNY New Paltz) to hook up with my girl. She would drive home with me on Saturday mornings, and we would drive back to school on Sunday nights. This lasted around 9 months until we got caught together in the shower by the RA after returning from the bars in town in the wee hours of the morning. Hey, how long could I get away with living on the girls floor of a dorm, and not even be a student there no less.

Back to mom and dads :laugh: who were happy as pigs in slop to have me around. The long distance relationship didn't last to long after that........ :( I met another girl soon after, and a few months later we rented a one bedroom apartment in a complex in my home town. We were together for 5 years, and had two apartments in that time till I threw her drunken azz out. I was there on my own for a month or so, but couldn't handel the bills by myself. Being it was a 1 bedroom, I couldn't do the roommate thing, so..................back to my parents place :laugh:

I was at my parents for about a month when a good friend asked me to do him a favor, and rent a room from him. He is a pilot, and would be out of town for weeks at a time and wanted somebody he could trust to look after his house. His girlfriend was also living there, and she felt better having somebody around. NO, no funny stuff. Cat was actually another friends X-wife, and I had known her for many years along with Tom who was now dating her. About 6 months after I moved in, I met Cindy (my wife), and before ya knew it, I was staying at her place almost full time. Another of Toms friends moved into the third bedroom, so Cat had company, and I was off the hook.

My parents saw their chance, and moved to Florida while they could :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I stayed at Cindy's place most of the time, but was still paying rent on the room at toms. A year after we met, she had an engagement ring on her finger. A few weeks later she calls me at work and aske if I wanted to move to CT, and we baught our house in Danbury, and put of the weading for a year.


Hey, you asked....................

[zoony]

My parents had a rule... at 18, I was out of the house, no matter what.

If I wanted to go to college, they would pay for it. If not, fine. Either way, I was out.

So I left when I was 18... graduated,and then moved 400 miles away to start my career.

[MissU28]

left for college at 18, got an apartment my sophomore year and stayed in it through grad school...moved back in with my mom after graduation and lived with her for a year...just moved out last month and pay for everything now