What age did you move out of your parents house/leave home?

[jwslam]

Bump from the dead.
Saw this article today
http://www.fmylife.com/article/paren...se_274880.html
https://country105.com/news/4224851/...-parents-home/

I left at 25 after buying a house greater than my financial means. It's still a PITA to be paying for so much that I don't need, but I no longer have to put up with the bull#### my mother dishes to everyone.

[rotten42]

Common...we all know most of the "experts" here still live at home in the basement.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Grew up in the Okanagan, left home at 18 to go to SAIT in Calgary and lived with my brother for a year until finding my own place. I thought that was normal until I met a bunch of people born and raised her who still lived with their parents into their mid-twenties. And then of course I had go to and marry and Asian girl, so I'm resigned to knowing that our kids will likely live with us until they're married

[rotten42]

Originally Posted by prarieboy

Off topic but I know what your talking about.

During the 80's this was very common. An address would be passed around and all #### would break loose.

I remember those type of parties. I don't know why but the majority of those seemed to happen in Huntington Hills. Pretty much every week during summer there would be a rager at some poor souls house.

[OutOfTheCube]

I was 24 — finished University and was out a couple months later. Married a few months after that.

[OMG!WTF!]

I left at 12. Then 17. I lived in my car. Then The Tod Motel in Vegas. Then a garage. Then a boxcar. Then the wonderland of rocks. Then a basement. Then jail. Then back to my car. Then a house with 14 people. Then a teepee. Then Camp iv. Then Debbie Reynold's house in Palm Springs. It just gets weird after that.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!

I left at 12. Then 17. I lived in my car. Then The Tod Motel in Vegas. Then a garage. Then a boxcar. Then the wonderland of rocks. Then a basement. Then jail. Then back to my car. Then a house with 14 people. Then a teepee. Then Camp iv. Then Debbie Reynold's house in Palm Springs. It just gets weird after that.

Are you Johnny Cash's ghost?

[afc wimbledon]

came home to find my bags packed at 19

'time to move lad, schools over, you're working'

[Cheese]

Originally Posted by omg!wtf!

i left at 12. Then 17. I lived in my car. Then the tod motel in vegas. Then a garage. Then a boxcar. Then the wonderland of rocks. Then a basement. Then jail. Then back to my car. Then a house with 14 people. Then a teepee. Then camp iv. Then debbie reynold's house in palm springs. It just gets weird after that.

omg! Wtf!

[CliffFletcher]

Went backpacking around Europe solo at 19. Moved into my own place when I got back- a tiny bachelor suite in South Calgary. Felt like a king.

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Grew up in the Okanagan, left home at 18 to go to SAIT in Calgary and lived with my brother for a year until finding my own place. I thought that was normal until I met a bunch of people born and raised her who still lived with their parents into their mid-twenties. And then of course I had go to and marry and Asian girl, so I'm resigned to knowing that our kids will likely live with us until they're married

I wonder how much of the trend towards staying at home longer is due to the different cultural values of new Canadians. The 'move out as soon as you're an adult' approach seems to be an old-stock anglo Canadian thing.

Originally Posted by rotten42

I remember those type of parties. I don't know why but the majority of those seemed to happen in Huntington Hills. Pretty much every week during summer there would be a rager at some poor souls house.

The parents-away-address-passed-around-school-house-party was definitely an 80s thing. In grades 10 and 11 ('85-'86) we went to a different one every weekend. When word got out to the 2 or 3 schools, the parties were insane. 200+ kids trying to get into a house. By grade 12, though, they pretty much died out. I guess there were so many bad experiences that even dumb 16 year olds thought better of it.

The weirdest one we went to was in a house party in Haysboro where the parents weren't there because they were moving and the house was temporarily vacant. No furniture, nothing. And when the cops came, the person 'hosting' the party fled, so those of us who got rounded up were threatened with charges of tresspassing, B&E, etc.

After the house party thing died off, the next stage of parties was when a high school kid would rent a community hall and a DJ and charge $5 a ticket. With all the underage drinking, vomiting, etc. those didn't last long.

We were fortunate to live near the reservoir, and had firepits back in the bush every weekend weather permitting. No driving, no cops, no party crashers. I come across our old pits when I'm walking with the kids, but I never see any signs of recent parties. I guess that's not a thing anymore.

Makes me wonder where 15-17 year olds go for kicks these days.

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by jwslam

Bump from the dead.
Saw this article today
http://www.fmylife.com/article/paren...se_274880.html
https://country105.com/news/4224851/...-parents-home/

I left at 25 after buying a house greater than my financial means. It's still a PITA to be paying for so much that I don't need, but I no longer have to put up with the bull#### my mother dishes to everyone.

I saw this story and I feel there just has to be more to it somehow.

But maybe not. It sounds like he doesn't want to get a job but he also doesn't even want to live with his parents. Not sure what he does all day and every day but the reference to his gun collection might be a clue.

[Tron_fdc]

It used to be so easy to move out. I feel sorry for kids these days; I was making $15/hr working full time and was paying $250/month (my half of the rent) for a condo.

I turned 18 in May of '93, and was out of the house a week after I graduated in June. I didn't even tell my dad/stepmom I was leaving; I just packed what I owned (clothes), bought a pullout couch for $50 and left.

A lot of alcohol was drank over the next 10 years.

[pseudoreality]

I graduated high school at 16, skipped a year, and moved out then. I took a summer job in the Yukon and then off to uni in the fall when I turned 17. I haven't looked back. I kind of understand people who go trade school/college/uni in the same city and stay at home for a year or two, but the people who are like 24 and still at home blow me away. I was the youngest of the original 5 my parents, they starting adopting later, and I could not wait to grow up. I got my driver's licence as soon as possible, moved out a week after finishing high school, etc. Sure I made mistakes on my own, but that's part of growing up. I think everyone needs the experience of being dirt poor and living in a crappy overcrowded place to appreciate the value of a dollar.

I'm not going to let my kids live at home forever. Also, 1000%, my daughters are never going to live in my house with their boyfriend. The guy I bought my house off of had that. I swear he sold the house as the only way to kick his adult kids and their partners out.

[-TC-]

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Anybody else get luggage for their 18th birthday?

Note: I wasn't actually kicked out until 21.

19th, and I was out shortly thereafter

[puckedoff]

Originally Posted by Hockey Fan #751

I saw this story and I feel there just has to be more to it somehow.

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Sounds like his parents were cooking with cheese.

Spoiler!

[pseudoreality]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

I wonder how much of the trend towards staying at home longer is due to the different cultural values of new Canadians. The 'move out as soon as you're an adult' approach seems to be an old-stock anglo Canadian thing.

There are definitely some cultures where having multi-generational households are the norm. However, I think the divide in Canada is more rural versus urban. People growing up in rural areas typically have to travel far for school or job opportunities and therefore living at home is not an option. People in big cities have schools and job options close to home. Housing costs are high in some of Canada's larger cities and hence there is more of a financial incentive to stay at home.

I'm probably biased here, but I feel that people from small remote areas are more eager to get out, see the world, and make it on their own. However, some big city people can't imagine life outside of a 6-block radius of where they grew-up. It's like when people in Toronto complain about never being able to own a house. The concept of moving to where home ownership makes better financial sense doesn't even enter their mind.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Hockey Fan #751

...Not sure what he does all day and every day ...

Video games, porn, masturbation, fighting for social justice on internet forums. It takes time to do all the right things!

[burn_this_city]

That neck beard male infant has to be one of the most ridiculously entitled people out there. The worst part of the whole story is finding out he has a kid.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by omg!wtf!

i left at 12. Then 17. I lived in my car. Then the tod motel in vegas. Then a garage. Then a boxcar. Then the wonderland of rocks. Then a basement. Then jail. Then back to my car. Then a house with 14 people. Then a teepee. Then camp iv. Then debbie reynold's house in palm springs. It just gets weird after that.

omg!wtf!

[Minnie]

Left 2 weeks after graduation, had turned 18 the month prior. Escaped is probably a more apt term though.