So when did you move out of your parents house?

[Mad Mike]

I signed the lease on a house today. I'll be moving out on my own in 2 weeks. Its a nice place with a private stocked pond, and its closer to my job and a lot of my friends.

Sorry I'm just proud of myself. 26 and finally moving out LOL

[Elbow]

I don't ever plan on moving out.

[quickdodge®]

I moved out in 1988 right after high school. A friend of mine and I went down to Fort Lauderdale during spring break of 1989 and loved it so much we left that summer and moved down there. Bought a boat (that was our apartment) that we kept docked in Miami, got a job and went to college down there.

I actually now live in my parents house again. But it is an inheritance. Later, QD.

[Me86Rob]

A year ago

[cactusEG]

Congrats mike. Sounds like its going to be a nice place !

[loverboy_gnd]

when i got my first degree, i moved out of Grenada realising that there wasnt much i could do with my life there, left all my friends and family back there, and went back to Brooklyn,(where i was born) worked as a technician and made some money while working towards my 2nd, then moved down here to Atlanta.

edit: Congrats on the place man

[Echonova]

I was 17... Sooooooo couple months shy of 20 years ago.

[jesus bonill]

i want to move out, but then again, I DONT!!
i love my mom and she always needs a ride to the doctor, and im the only person there everyday with her
....congrats on the new house, we should throw a party

[loverboy_gnd]

i want to move out, but then again, I DONT!!
i love my mom and she always needs a ride to the doctor, and im the only person there everyday with her
....congrats on the new house, we should throw a party

ONLY reason to be a grown man living with your parents imo, props to you for taking care of your mom

[jesus bonill]

ONLY reason to be a grown man living with your parents imo, props to you for taking care of your mom

yeah man...besides, she bails me out everytime
LOL

[sti_cham]

ONLY reason to be a grown man living with your parents imo, props to you for taking care of your mom

x2 taking care of mom ftw, id give you reps if i could lol

[bdydrpdmazda]

ONLY reason to be a grown man living with your parents imo, props to you for taking care of your mom

X2, I moved out when I was 18 and moved from GA to Alaska to be in the Army...

[Mad Mike]

i want to move out, but then again, I DONT!!
i love my mom and she always needs a ride to the doctor, and im the only person there everyday with her
....congrats on the new house, we should throw a party

same boat here. My mom is single and I have a younger brother and sister. I was going to move out and get a place with a friend but my mom got sick so I stayed. We then moved into a nice house and she couldn't afford it without me. Well shes better and is back on her feet and is wanting a smaller house so I'm moving out.

thanks everyone

[jesus bonill]

same boat here. My mom is single and I have a younger brother and sister. I was going to move out and get a place with a friend but my mom got sick so I stayed. We then moved into a nice house and she couldn't afford it without me. Well shes better and is back on her feet and is wanting a smaller house so I'm moving out.

thanks everyone

just about the same, exept im the baby in the house, everyone else is older than me

[SUBY_RUE]

I was out at 17 :/

[1990wade]

i mean i can...but then i wouldnt have any money to spend on myself or my truck lol..

[quickdodge®]

i mean i can...but then i wouldnt have any money to spend on myself or my truck lol..

Kind of sad really. Later, QD.

[1990wade]

Kind of sad really. Later, QD.

sowwy i live a sad life

[Elbow]

i mean i can...but then i wouldnt have any money to spend on myself or my truck lol..

That's called growing up. Face it. Get a better job or find a new way of income (legally) to afford hobbies.

[1990wade]

That's called growing up. Face it. Get a better job or find a new way of income (legally) to afford hobbies.

yea i know...might get some friends to go in on an apartment

[quickdodge®]

sowwy i live a sad life

Don't apologize to me, it's your life, man. Here's some words from someone who has been there and been on the very bottom and came back. Taking my small as hail check and putting it in my car and living a shit life. I was all about that, like you are now. But I spent myself into homelessness. I spent almost two years of my life living, literally, on Peachtree Street and Buford Hwy. Sleeping in bushes, abandoned, broken-into buildings, under awnings and just wherever I got too tired to walk from. Talk about rough. And all for not wanting to better myself to afford my life and a hobby. Or just my life alone. I finally wised up and got myself on track, got a damn good paying job to where not only can I afford restoring an old car, but I have a wife that hasn't worked in 10 years.

Think about it, man. Your life is so much more important than any car. Get your life on track the days of working on cars will be that much more enjoyable. Later, QD.

[1990wade]

Don't apologize to me, it's your life, man. Here's some words from someone who has been there and been on the very bottom and came back. Taking my small as hail check and putting it in my car and living a shit life. I was all about that, like you are now. But I spent myself into homelessness. I spent almost two years of my life living, literally, on Peachtree Street and Buford Hwy. Sleeping in bushes, abandoned, broken-into buildings, under awnings and just wherever I got too tired to walk from. Talk about rough. And all for not wanting to better myself to afford my life and a hobby. Or just my life alone. I finally wised up and got myself on track, got a damn good paying job to where not only can I afford restoring an old car, but I have a wife that hasn't worked in 10 years.

Think about it, man. Your life is so much more important than any car. Get your life on track the days of working on cars will be that much more enjoyable. Later, QD.

i really dont know wat to say....i mean i got a good paying job now really for my age and in this economy..it just my dad just bought me a brand new truck and i have to pay him back the payments and insurance arent that bad its just im waitin on gettin a better job soon..hopefully in the next 2 months i will have it..my interview is the 21st of may lookin forward to it..

[5speed]

Don't apologize to me, it's your life, man. Here's some words from someone who has been there and been on the very bottom and came back. Taking my small as hail check and putting it in my car and living a shit life. I was all about that, like you are now. But I spent myself into homelessness. I spent almost two years of my life living, literally, on Peachtree Street and Buford Hwy. Sleeping in bushes, abandoned, broken-into buildings, under awnings and just wherever I got too tired to walk from. Talk about rough. And all for not wanting to better myself to afford my life and a hobby. Or just my life alone. I finally wised up and got myself on track, got a damn good paying job to where not only can I afford restoring an old car, but I have a wife that hasn't worked in 10 years.

Think about it, man. Your life is so much more important than any car. Get your life on track the days of working on cars will be that much more enjoyable. Later, QD.

Listen to this man. I have been in the same boat. I lived out of a Mercury Sable with my mom and two brothers for a year. It's not fun and isn't a joke. My dad was in jail for countless charges, so my mom was the only one working. She couldn't even keep a $600/month rent and food for us with $10/hr. When I was 16 I was a little over 6 feet tall and weighed 130lbs. My two brothers and I ate one Totino's pizza a day. Split between the three of us, not each. I tried to find a job all the time but no one would hire me. Maybe me being closer to your age helps. I know how us young guys don't take heed on advice from our elders....lolol, QD. It sucks going from having anything you could ask for to absolutely nothing but a car for shelter.

[Humphrizzle]

Been on my own since 18.

[Elbow]

As for me I was kidding I moved out when I was 20.

[SUBY_RUE]

really sad

[Humphrizzle]

My mom moved to Utah and sold her house, leaving me homeless. I found a job and got my own place.

[Humphrizzle]

you'll regret an apt. houses are cheaper. and you can make noise.. and have a garage.. god i hate my apartment. it's nice looking but not what i want anymore.

[Elbow]

you'll regret an apt. houses are cheaper. and you can make noise.. and have a garage.. god i hate my apartment. it's nice looking but not what i want anymore.

X2, or even a duplex isn't bad if it's in the right area.

[punkr6]

moved out at 18, just as soon as I got a good enough job to do so. It's really weird seeing all these 20+ guys still at home these days...

[Humphrizzle]

me too.. i had a few snags and stayed with my dad for a couple months while getting back on my feet but i've, for the most part, lived in my own place since hs.

[loverboy_gnd]

yes getting an apartment is not smart imo, better route would be to save enough for a downpayment on a cheap auction house, and work your way up from there

[1990wade]

might look into gettin a house...

[punkr6]

might look into gettin a house...

15 yr loan FTW...

[Echonova]

15 yr loan FTW...

There is more truth in this one post than all the truth's ever posted on IA prior. If you can't afford a 15yr loan... You can't afford the house you're in.

[Humphrizzle]

zillow.com.. bunch of foreclosures. HOA helps out with down payments as well.

[jdm-civic]

i moved out right after i graduated college.......best decision ever!

[Humphrizzle]

Hope i get the job I just applied for.. then i'll be buying a house.

[quickdodge®]

I'm not saying you don't have a good job or a good paying job, BUT it can't be that good if you can't afford to move on your own and play with your car at the same time. Like I said, you have plenty of time to play, man. Do you really want to be 30 years old with a perfectly restored '67 Mustang but still have to let your Dad know you're going out for the evening? Being a teenager, it's different as you're not expected to leave the nest. But, according to your age, being 20 is getting into the next step. You're not to the point where you should be ridiculed for still being at home, but you're getting damn close. At 20, the focus should be the rest of your life and how it starts now.

Think about it. Buy a house now, at age 20, with say a 20 year loan. At 40, you're a homeowner outright. Still very much young enough to play (maturely of course). Not to mention having a lot of extra money to spare because of not having a house note anymore.

Trust me, you'll get much more satisfaction, have much more pride when you pull up in the driveway of YOUR house...no matter what you're driving. Not to mention the social life aspect. Do you really want to take your girl (or guy; depending on which side of the plate you bat from) to a motel because you can't take her home because your parents are there? Any kind of girl with class and self respect wouldn't like it, this I can assure you. Later, QD.

[1990wade]

yea i have had this talk with my parents before......its really starting to sink into my head.i need to stop living in lala land lol