Age you moved out ?

Norwayviking

MJ23 wrote: »

When did you leave home?
Or is mammy still doing you washing and making your dinner?

15 started working on fishing boats and offshore ships,havent been home since.:D

iamstop

19, moved to the US for 3 yrs. Moved back and was only in the gaff for a few weeks to find a place.

cruiser178

16 moved to london,worked and lived there for 6 years,a real eye opener i'd recommend it to any young person to give it a go,the night life is fcuking amazing.

christina_x

17. Go back home now and again but dont think i'll ever move back home again (unless i can't afford to live on my own anymore of course!!)
Have a part time job + a grant to pay my way. Wouldnt feel right asking my parents for money to allow me to live independently.. because well.. its not living independently then is it?!

Mrs Garth Brooks

Shame on me. I was 27, a week away from my 28th birthday. Only a few weeks ago. I do miss home. I miss having the animals sleep with me. Snuggle up in bed beside me. I only have a teddy now. Not the same.

VinnyTGM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Shame on me. I was 27, a week away from my 28th birthday. Only a few weeks ago. I do miss home. I miss having the animals sleep with me. Snuggle up in bed beside me. I only have a teddy now. Not the same.

Huh?

Ickle Magoo

I was 16 - which isn't even an option on yer poll.

deman

Even though I answered 20-24, I first moved out and moved to Dublin for work when I was 19. But back in with my parents for a little while when I was 22.

hondasam

moved out at 17 and have never lived at home again, could not wait to move but Id nearly move back now and let my mother spoil me like she spoils my brothers who do not appreciate it.

futonic

15...boarding school, does that count?...

anyway, there's no poll option for me :-(

Micky Dolenz

I was 16, nearly 17.

xxshebeexx

I-Shot-Jr wrote: »

I hate hearing people blame the "recession" on all their woes.

Well, I can't even get a part time job at the moment, with the sheer number of people applying for everything going. I try, but it's not happening. Partly because I'm in college too, so I can't work the hours some people are looking for. You need a job to move out. End of.

Tar.Aldarion

17 - living with friends is amazing

faceman

17. Moved 5,000 miles from me family to be back home here. Had trouble getting a library card tho cos they said I needed my parent or guardian's signature to join and I had neither in Ireland at the time!

FortuneChip

I'm 24 and still at home. But I did spend 18 months abroad when I was 22+.
I do my own ironing/cleaning etc, and cook most dinners for the family on days when I'm not in work. Not actual rush to move out just yet. I've enough freedom to not need it.

liquoriceall

2 days after my 18th birthday!!!

Helix

initially 20 to move to england, then back again til 26, then off to another country where ive been since

murrayp4

17

Seanchai

I'm 37 and still at home. I moved out when I was 18 but, life not being all a perfect tale, I moved back with my parents again when I was 35. Sorry we can't all be perfect like you.

I still love me Ma's cooking. And the parents are so much cooler together than they were when they were trying to raise us all (we've a very large family). They're over 50 years walking out with each other and they are so obviously still in love with each other. That, to me, is super brilliant. Everything is so much cooler at home these days.

kelle

At 19, I left home to study in London. It was great!

Princess Peach

An age older than I am now

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Princess Peach wrote: »

An age older than I am now

ha?

squeakyduck

I moved out at 18 for college, lived in student residences for first year and paid it myself. I'm now 22 and living independently. When I do go home, I feel like I'm under my parents feet and we all get frustrated!

Love my little home!

DubArk

Left at 13 to go to boarding school.... moved out for real when I went to college at 17+

Nemanja91

Still at home at 19, would love to move out but there isn't much point considering I'm a 10 minute drive away from college!

kfallon

Gone when I was 21, my parents wished it was earlier

maximoose

Left home in Co Antrim to move to Dublin when I was 18 with no job and only knowing like 3 people in the city. Thankfully it worked out well

Scuid Mhór

Give me a break - I'm only sixteen.

Rahc

Moved out when I was 19. I'm 22 now and been completely independent financially ever since. I pay two rents in two different counties September to May because of college because I still want to keep my "home".

I don't buy it when people can't afford to move out because of college even if they only have a part-time job. It's called budgeting and saving during the holidays!!! Where there's a will there's a way!

Mr. Manager

I somewhat accidentally moved in with my GF but am dead happy about it. Went to Vancouver at 19 and wanted to get my own place ever since I cam back to Ireland. I'm 23 now and happy to say I'm living out of home. What makes it even better is the fact the my 24 year old brother, 26 year old sister and 30 year old brother still live with my rents

Kimono-Girl

i moved out in the 17-20 range


in my opinion people have no excuse living at home after 21!

Aswerty

Is moving out early some grand achievement? Though fair dues to those who pay their own way through college at a young age. Not something I'd have done, would have gone the way of an apprentice instead I'd imagine.
23 and living at home. I'm guessing this makes me an underachiever.

in my opinion people have no excuse living at home after 21!

Maybe they have reasons instead.

readyletsgo

I moved out when I was 27, two years ago. But was living at home and looked after my father up until that time as he was/is not top notch.
Paid rent and bills to him, as you should do from the age 18 really.
Mammy died when I was 21 and she stopped washing my stuff when i started to sweat lol.
Is there still mammys out there in this day and age that do everything for their 35 year old? Is there still 35 year old who are working still living at home? lol

Wagon

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

i moved out in the 17-20 range


in my opinion people have no excuse living at home after 21!

Ah yes. The classic boards "I moved out so everyone else can do the same" attitude.

Personal circumstance isn't exactly accounted for by many people it seems.

Mr. Manager

readyletsgo wrote: »

I moved out when I was 27, two years ago. But was living at home and looked after my father up until that time as he was/is not top notch.
Paid rent and bills to him, as you should do from the age 18 really.
Mammy died when I was 21 and she stopped washing my stuff when i started to sweat lol.
Is there still mammys out there in this day and age that do everything for their 35 year old? Is there still 35 year old who are working still living at home? lol

My brother is 30 and still lives with my parents. Gets all his washing done. In fairness to him though he does make a whopper dinner for the 5 of them... Also he doesn't work as he is studying for his accountancy finals

evercloserunion

17, for college.

Princess Peach

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

i moved out in the 17-20 range


in my opinion people have no excuse living at home after 21!

Eh, poverty??

Novella

I moved out when I was seventeen because although I get on really well with my mum and she's a good person, she has a lot of problems, really bad OCD etc., and living with her was doing neither of us any good.

Giselle

Wagon wrote: »

Ah yes. The classic boards "I moved out so everyone else can do the same" attitude.

Personal circumstance isn't exactly accounted for by many people it seems.

I moved out at 18 for uni and found it very scary at first.

Having done that, I find it hard to respect a person still living with their parents at 30 through choice and not circumstance. Anyone can wind up at home again for a time, its choosing to stay that way I don't understand.

I moved out at 18 and haven't been back for more than 2 months at a time since then, so that's over 7 years now. Have paid my own way, bar the odd bit of help now and again. I felt really guilty asking for rent money one month when I had just finished college and was starting a new job in Dublin and hadn't been paid yet, got a big spiel about how I should be responsible for myself. Strange to see so many people my age are still living at home (not meant as an insult, just an observation). Overall, I like living by myself, although I do often miss the home comforts. That's more to do with the fact I keep moving around and thus have basic accommodation with no luxuries, though. I do miss my family a lot as well.

Gunsfortoys

17. Never want to live at home again.

readyletsgo

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

My brother is 30 and still lives with my parents. Gets all his washing done. In fairness to him though he does make a whopper dinner for the 5 of them... Also he doesn't work as he is studying for his accountancy finals

Lol lucky him! But if he can make a Burger King than thats A1 to me!!!

Copper23

22. Just finished college and moved half way across the world at the time... unreal kick. Been back and forth since but always had my own place.

For me 22 was a good age. Any older and I'd be outstaying my welcome but I was at least able to look after myself and had earned a bit of money to set myself up. I think it's good for kids who leave at 18 to go to college in another county and stuff, fair play for that. You need to be mature though, I've seen people just throw teenage hissy fits with parents at home and leave but they are rarely mature or responsible enough to actually support themself.

veruca salt

Moved out at 20.If the IMF have their way I will be back home with Mammy and Daddy in the New Year, bringing a husband and 3 dogs with me :pac::pac::pac: :eek:

I-Shot-Jr

veruca salt wrote: »

Moved out at 20.If the IMF have their way I will be back home with Mammy and Daddy in the New Year, bringing a husband and 3 dogs with me :pac::pac::pac: :eek:

I thought the IMF were giving us all 20 grand each? I've already snorted half and spent the rest on hookers with my credit card. Did I miss something?

filthymcnasty

to those who moved out at 17- 20:

Was this proper moving out or moving out lite when you head to dublin, cork, galway etc to college mon-fr, financed by grants /parents.
Then back to mammy on friday/holidays with big bag of dirty laundry.

kudos to those any who did it independently, its a big step at that age.

fakearms123

I suppose 18, I moved out for college in Dublin, came home most weekends though to meet up with the girlfriend cause she was in Cork and went home every weekend, I'm just turned 23 and I'm living at home, have a good job at the moment and it so happens that the job is in Kerry where my parents live so really no point getting a place of my own in these times, saving up to move to cork in next september and continue my study with a hdip in education, then with my savings I'll move away for many many years to teach abroad. :cool: Fool proof plan! Or I'll still be living with Mammy till I'm 40 :(

Rubberlegs

Moved out at 21, it was time to considering I'd an 18 month old daughter:D. Went back home few times over first few years when OH and myself weren't getting on. Hated it though, once I had that first taste of living away from home, never wanted to go back. Only did out of necessity, much better than doing time for murder:p. Have a friend of 31 who has yet to leave home:eek:.

BraziliaNZ

home recently, they live in France though, so have the place to self till xmas. I'm 30. Lewwwwzer!!!!

WooPeeA

17 - when I was still in high school. Came to Ireland having nobody here. Wouldn't do the same these days.