The Longest You’ve Lived in a Home

RadishRose said:
My condo, going on 14 years- or maybe 15, not sure.
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Another condo dweller. If the lifestyle fits, it can be a great way to live, sharing the typical homeowner costs with a bunch of other households while having your privacy. Also, when you want to be around other people, it is easy enough without leaving the building.

Tony
 
asp3 said:
Currently 15 years in our current home going on 16 this year. Prior to that it was my parent's home for about 11 or 12 years. However three of those years I lived in the dorms during the school year so I wasn't there full time. There were 7 years before the dorms and 1 to 2 years after the dorms.

The longest I lived in any one home before that was a little over 4 years. We moved at least 7 times between the time I was born and the time I was 15 and we moved into the place we lived for 11 to 12 years.
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I lived in seven different places since birth and twenty four moves since I got married...'twas that Military thing!
 
Ruby Rose said:
I lived in seven different places since birth and twenty four moves since I got married...'twas that Military thing!
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We weren't military. My father got bored with his jobs and was also ambitious so he moved from one job (and sometimes technology) to another improving his job title most times. Interestingly enough it was once he got a job in the Silicon Valley where our lives were more stable. He was able to move from company to company or from position to position in a larger company without having to do a geographical move as well.
 
asp3 said:
We weren't military. My father got bored with his jobs and was also ambitious so he moved from one job (and sometimes technology) to another improving his job title most times. Interestingly enough it was once he got a job in the Silicon Valley where our lives were more stable. He was able to move from company to company or from position to position in a larger company without having to do a geographical move as well.
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After my husband retired from the Military, he was so used to moving and enjoying same so off we went again and again...
 
Like a few others, we moved ALOT since my Dad was in the Navy.

I joined the USAF right out of High School, and moved my family many
times for next 21 years.

Retired and we got our first house. Sold it after 10 years and moved
to Nashville.

Since I/We moved into many 'houses', we always carried our "Home"
with us from place to place, if that makes sense.

I've got the bug to move again and wife's on board with this.
Hard part is deciding on where to settle.
 
Feelslikefar said:
Like a few others, we moved ALOT since my Dad was in the Navy.

I joined the USAF right out of High School, and moved my family many
times for next 21 years.

Retired and we got our first house. Sold it after 10 years and moved
to Nashville.

Since I/We moved into many 'houses', we always carried our "Home"
with us from place to place, if that makes sense.

I've got the bug to move again and wife's on board with this.
Hard part is deciding on where to settle.
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We were Military as well and I agree hard to settle the 'bug' and stay put.
 
I’ve learned that kids that move the most are either in foster care or the military, navy , army etc. While my husband was in the military and did move often, when he was a child his father was a school principle and they moved often.
 
Keesha said:
I’ve learned that kids that move the most are either in foster care or the military, navy , army etc. While my husband was in the military and did move often, when he was a child his father was a school principle and they moved often.
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The unfortunate thing thing about moving so much especially for the kids, they have problems making new friends.
 
We moved a fair amount while I was growing up - NYC to San Francisco and then around that area to Santa Clara, San Jose, and then down to Los Angeles and we stayed there until I went into the Army at 17.

Tony
 
Ruby Rose said:
The unfortunate thing thing about moving so much especially for the kids, they have problems making new friends.
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It's an especially difficult issue for kids who aren't that outgoing (like myself.) I had a difficult time making friends and still did and do as an adult. One of the things I wanted to do when I became a father is provide a more stable home for my son. Although he had to move back and forth between his mom's place and mine we lived in the same city and all my moves within the city allowed him to stay at the same schools if he wanted to. He chose to go to a different junior high school that was closer to his mom's but went to high school closer to our place (because it was a better high school.)
 
Ruby Rose said:
The unfortunate thing thing about moving so much especially for the kids, they have problems making new friends.
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It’s something I was going to add to my post. My husband said he was usually always the new kid at school plus the principals son so was often picked on and had to try that much harder to fit in. As far as location and friends were concerned I was very fortunate. I had a wide circle of close supportive friends.
 
Keesha said:
It’s something I was going to add to my post. My husband said he was usually always the new kid at school plus the principals son so was often picked on and had to try that much harder to fit in. As far as location and friends were concerned I was very fortunate. I had a wide circle of close supportive friends.
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My children had a hard time adjusting...I always felt so bad for them. The bullying was something else which I addressed many times with teachers and also principals but got nowhere. They did not seem to care.
 
IrisSenior said:
It's been 26 yrs in this current home and no thoughts of moving anytime in the near future.
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Must be love! With me, I learnt never to get attached to a place because I always knew it was not a forever home. You are one of the lucky ones.
 

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