21, I moved in with my fiance (now husband) we did have to live with my parents again for 3 months while waiting on our second flat becoming available, now in a lovely 3 bed house.
18, moved to "the city" to live with my boyfriend. I got along fine with my parents but I just needed a bit more freedom and I loved every single second of those times of my life. It is shocking just how quickly they go by though, looking back. I'm now 30 and feel very old to how I was back then.
Came back to live at home after uni and moved out at 25. Having said that, it is not unusual for a 20-something Londoner to be living at home. Most of my friends who don't live with their parents either grew up outside of London or are married. The reasons are mostly financial.
Well caught, sir. I was going to reply "When I was five." It's technically correct, though. I became a school boarder at that age, and lived between three homes (divorced parents and grandparents) while growing up. I rarely lived at a fixed address longer than two months until I bought my first flat at 19 for university. My husband was still living with his father when we met, and left home for good when we married. He was 28.
We had conversations about this at various dinner parties. The average temporary leaving age seems to be 18, and the average permanent leaving age is 24. The oldest was 36 (she didn't feel the need to leave home until she met someone). The youngest was 16.
I actually never did..my parents died by the time I was 16 and I had the house..about a year and half after that my boyfriend moved in...we had a child and got married..we moved a few years after that so don't know if that counts
our oldest moved when he was 17 because of work
next son moved at 19 because of work
we live in a rural village and travel is rubbish unless you have a car
our daughter is still here at 18
19 and a half. i wasn't planning on moving out till probably mid twenties when id saved up but i met my partner so things changed. i realized i wanted to live with the man i love not my parents any more , we lived 10 miles and 2 buses apart and it was horrible. now im 21 and though I'm not rolling in the money i don't regret it. im very surprised how well we have both adapted , we have both had to become proper adults - pay bills , keep our home tidy , look after our cat and other boring adult things. and we've just got on with it , it was easy than i thought it would be and i love it. especially the independence , i think that is the most rewarding thing about moving out. you can eat a pizza at 3am if you want , go to bed at 5am , no issues about privacy, its great. i miss my family a bit not as much as i thought. i prefer living away from home. though if i hadn't met my partner i don't think id have liked living on my home , even in our small flat it feels empty and lonely when im on my own. so im happy i met my partner , its changed everything, i thought id live in my hometown all my life as well , we did for 6 months but now Ive moved to where he is from. its only 10 miles away but now im living in a village rather than a big city , im happy to have spread my wings especially as i was always a homely person.
Seventeen, My mum was in hospital and my dad saw it as his chance to get rid of me, He thought I'd be crawling back after a week,
It ruined my college course as I had a month of the course to go but the jobcentre said I couldn't stay in education and claim benefits.
Left home at 17 to go to university. That was thirty years ago and while I have never lived under my parents' roof since, I do like visiting them and having them over at mine.
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Where did you move to at that age with presumably no money?
An evening with my parents and I long to get back to my own flat, couldn't live with them now!!
I just posted.
No embarrassment whatsoever....
Well caught, sir. I was going to reply "When I was five."
We had conversations about this at various dinner parties. The average temporary leaving age seems to be 18, and the average permanent leaving age is 24. The oldest was 36 (she didn't feel the need to leave home until she met someone). The youngest was 16.
Since then moved back closer to home but never could have moved back in home.
our oldest moved when he was 17 because of work
next son moved at 19 because of work
we live in a rural village and travel is rubbish unless you have a car
our daughter is still here at 18
It ruined my college course as I had a month of the course to go but the jobcentre said I couldn't stay in education and claim benefits.