When did you move out of your parents house?

The day I got married was the last time I stayed at my parent`s house. I was 17 and it was December of my senior year of high school. Our first apartment was a brand new,very modern,1 bedroom apartment that we shared with my sister and her husband who were married 8 months earlier. We had the bedroom and they slept on a Murphy bed that was in the living room wall.(Very unusual for a brand new place!)They were having a house built that was supposed to have been completed the same weekend that we were married and we were going to take over their apartment. But their place wasn`t ready on time. Two months later,it STILL wasn`t ready,so we decided to get our own place.

Didn`t really miss my parents because they were only a mile or so away-saw them all the time.
 

Went off to college at 18, with my cat in her carrier, and everything I owned in a duffel bag. That was it, I was on my own, from then on. I loved my freedom, but I kept in touch with my folks and sister. I lived in a dorm, got kicked out because of my cat, and then lived in houses near campus.
 
Falcon said:
1944 (rgp)
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WoW!...your 95 ? Happy B/D when ever 96 comes around.

I ask because my ex-father-in-law was a waist gunner on a B-17 during the war. He was stationed in England with 8th Army Air-Corp. I forget the town. He didn't go-on about it, but he did tell some stories. After I was married about a year to his daughter , he showed me some photos of his plane & others after certain missions....He always bragged about the airplane itself & what it could take...and still bring them [home]..and he bragged much about the pilots that flew them as well.

Doubt that you knew him but......His name was Richard Beebe, he was a sargent [I think]....hell that's been 50 years ago....:)
 
I moved out at 18; marrying my high school sweetheart. He got a good job at a local refinery and was in the Naval Reserves. We had a darling apartment and I felt very grown up, buying cookbooks and learning to take care of my own home. After 5 years our oldest son was born; followed by another son a couple of years later. In the meantime, my husband and I both managed to get our college degrees and we moved to the Houston area for career opportunities.

I always felt proud that at 18 we were responsible, never asked anyone for help of any kind. We bought our first brand new house at 23. Our families are close and our parents were supportive, but we did it all on our own.
 
Mom died when I was 12,Dad when I was 14.
Spent a horrible year with the woman he had married wound up with an uncle and grandma until I met my husband to be
 
I married my Husband when I was 20yrs old and he was on leave from the Navy. He got out when I was 23yrs old and we bought our first home with help from my parents. My parents lived close to us and I was happy they did.
 
moviequeen1 said:
I was last child to move out of my parent's house when I was 25.I wanted to live on my own with some independence. My siblings already lived out of state
I had a job so I could afford my small 1 bedrm apt,which ironically was located around the corner from my childhood home
It was harder for my parents since they were used to seeing me all the time.I would call and ask for their advice,but I liked living on my own
In '86, my parents bought a co-opt apt,2 yrs later I moved into same building.We had a rule,we didn't see each other until Sun when we had dinner together.It worked well,but I could always tell they had been in my apt,would find things in my frig LOL!
In '92,when they moved to a retirement community in Hanover,NH,that's when I really missed them.I had no family living here anymore.I'd see them couple times over the yrs until they died Sue
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That sounds just about perfect Sue. You couldn’t have asked for better.
My brother stayed with my parents until he was in his late twenties. It worked for him .
 
I was just turned 22. Went to work for Cities Service Oil Company, in Midland, Texas.
I had been working in the oilfield since I was 18 and had been chasing ms. gamboolgal all over East Texas while living at home.

We married a couple of months after I got settled in a apartment in Midland. Been chasing ms. gamboolgal around the 4 poster buck neckid ever since.....

We are planning to retire at end of this year after ~42 year in the oilpatch. Ms gamboolgal has followed me all over the world - she has been living full-time with me in Africa since 2008 in not so nice places that no ever goes to vacation at.

We still have that old 4 poster bed in our home back in Texas.....and I still like chasing her around it, but she's fast !
 
I did not move until I graduated college and worked for about 6 months. I commuted from home to school. Saved money. Parents didn't mind me staying home (as long as I had a j-o-b). I was happy to get my first apartment --- basically starting another phase of life. I still saw my parents pretty regularly anyway.
 
hollydolly said:
My mother took her own life unintentional overdose they called it, but it was her 3rd time trying over the years from when I was a toddler .. age 39 she finally managed to escape my abusive father..

No contact with father..

I was removed from school at 15 to work and give all my wages to the spawn of the devil who called himself my parent so my education was limited.. no further formal education after that except within my workplace

I have never been surprised about anything when I found myself on my own, since a very small child, I've been expected to look after myself...
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My childhood was not easy, but after reading about yours, Holly, I realize my life hasn't been
all that rough .. and that includes a marriage that put me through a decade of depression.

I'm glad you are now living a good life. You deserve happiness and contentment.
 

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