[dutchguy]

How did you guys move out ?

I'm 22 right now , sometimes I hope that a new environment can help me to improve SA.
I'm still living with my parents, I want to move out but its very difficult for me.

How did you experience moving out?, was it a good choice ?

 

[kos]

im still at home but i think when you feel the time is right then the time is right. Or in other words when you get pissed off enough by your parents. Thats when you move out.

 

[epril]

I moved out when my father kicked me in the *** in front of my grandfather. Lived with grandpa awhile, got my own place at 17.

 

[kos]

I moved out when my father kicked me in the *** in front of my grandfather. Lived with grandpa awhile, got my own place at 17.

god dam that must have been alot to handle at 17.

 

[Kelly065]

I am currently searching for 'the right place' to move in. But somehow I always find something wrong with every place I look at.

 

[Hippo]

After college graduation I immediately found a cheap apartment/roommate situation in a crappy area, for $235 a month. I was delivering pizza and then got a job at a Starbucks.

I was extremely motivated to find a place of my own and not move home because there was a girl in the area who I wanted to be around and therefore I was very motivated to stay in the area and not move back home.

If you are poor, then you might have to live with roommates and perhaps live in a bad area, but so what? If you live with your parents till you are 39 (like a friend of mine has) you are going to feel even worse about yourself.

 

[epril]

god dam that must have been alot to handle at 17.

made me a wee bit stronger

 

[outcast69]

I was 21,me and this girl got an apartment together.I lived there for 3yrs.,moved back home for a year to save.Then bought my own house.

 

[Emo kitty]

I had to live in a hostel for a while as me and my mum didnt get on
at the time i have my own place now with my husband

 

[shadowmask]

Long story short: my dad put a machete in my face and said "get the hell out". That was motivation enough for me.

 

[Aurora]

I never really 'moved out', I spent most of my teens with an ex (more like a friend) bf who was much older (parents disapproved), I basically lived with him and his family, then when my parents separated/divorced and I went to live with dad who worked shifts alot, was never home, I kinda was left on my own, I met a new bf at 17 who lived on his own, I moved in with him. He devoloped a serious drug habit and I dumped him when I was 19, it was messy, I had no where to go.. my parents arent very accommodating.. So as a last resort, I ended up applying for a job interstate in NT on a resort where accommodation was provided through work. Thats where I met my current partner, who was from another state alltogether, I decided to go with him back to his home in QLD. Rent was so expensive up there and so we moved down to melbourne where my partner started an apprenticeship. We stayed at my mums for a few weeks until eventually we fought and mum kicked us out with nothing, I frantically tried to get us a place to rent as we had better odds down here of getting a rental. We almost went trailer trash.
Lucky my partner had already rented back in QLD and had a good rental record. So we got a tiny 3rd floor unit across from the beach in a crappy suburb. Then we moved to a bigger unit, which is where we are now. Now my dad is building an investment property and wants us to move into it.
It was hell not having a 'home'. Even still, nothing ever feels like home because Ive moved around so much and havnt had a 'family' home since I was 14.
I dont want my unborn child to leave home until they are atleast 21! Freedom from parents feels great when your young, but without parental support and guidance can seriously **** you up.

 

[Aurora]

Long story short: my dad put a machete in my face and said "get the hell out". That was motivation enough for me.

omg thats terrible! Why do parents have to be so nasty about kicking us out?

 

[kos]

Long story short: my dad put a machete in my face and said "get the hell out". That was motivation enough for me.

dam you must have pissed him off pretty good.

 

[shadowmask]

dam you must have pissed him off pretty good.

Nah, we were just having a good ol' father-son boxing match. I told him "no weapons allowed", but apparently he's not a stickler for the rules.

 

[kos]

well atleast you won by default.

 

[_AJ_]

i just recently moved out.

ive noticed now a new sense of control ove rmy life. before i was just at my parents house, sitting around doing nothing, not caring about anything, powerless.

now I control everything that happens in my home. I decide who stays or leaves. I can do whatever i want, invite who i want, eat in bed, play music loud, dance in underwear, use all the hot water i want in the shower, set up the furiture anyway i choose.

I also have to maintain the food and cleaning myself. I control everything! i think that feeling of control is slowly spilling into my social life where im taking a more active leadership roles, but Im not satisfied with the results yet!

with me, the parents were the cause of the sa, so moving out feels like a breath of a fresh air, like ive broken out of the chains. I think its a good choice, worth all the expenses!

I mean before i was saving money, but throwing away life! id rather save less money to live freely

 

[Iced Soul]

I haven't moved out, but I did live on my sister's couch for a while when my mom was just being too much to handle.

I definitely want to move out and my mom's been hinting at me (nicely, for now) about it more and more, so I'd better figure out how to move soon.

I can't believe how some of you, um, got the... motivation to move. Parents can be... not right sometimes.