What do you think is the best age to move out of your parents' home?

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30 1
Over 30 4
Below 18 11
Never 16
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  • bananaface
    11 years ago | pl

    The age when you're ready. Some people aren't self sufficient or financially independent at 20, and if others are and choose to move out at that age, then I don't think that means that everyone else that age should. It depends entirely on the person.

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  • anti-hero
    11 years ago

    When they die and you take over the house.

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  • AmyMay
    11 years ago

    I got kicked out at 16, by the age of 18 I was fully independent with my own home and now at 20 I am looking into mortgages. The best thing my parents ever did for me was make me homeless. It gave me a sense of belief in myself.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    When you can no longer stand them

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  • GODofGod
    11 years ago

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  • GreyWulfen
    11 years ago

    18 for me, but that depends on the person.

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  • dom180
    11 years ago

    I think failure to move out by the time you're, say, 30 years old, isn't a *itself* problem but it's a sign of a problem, probably either emotional immaturity or financial insecurity. Living with your parents isn't a problem, but it is an expression of a problem (at least in a Western culture; there are cultures where 3 or 4 generations living together and never moving out isn't uncommon). That isn't scientific though, and I only say that because my uncle who didn't leave his mother's house until he was over 40 had both those problems (although his mum also had the problem of not wanting him to leave).

    I think if you haven't moved out by the time you're about 25, that's a sign of at least one of the two problems I mentioned. It's just something that happens with time, so - as much as I know it's a cop-out answer - there really is no optimal age.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    I'd say most folks should probably be moved out by 30.

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  • Magenta_W
    11 years ago

    Get out, and get out FAST. As soon as I turned 16 I was out of there like fucking Sonic on Speed.

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  • volozi
    11 years ago

    As soon as you can afford it.

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  • BlueJeansWhiteShirt
    11 years ago

    I was 18. I was so excited and couldn't wait to get gone. I finally moved and panicked because I felt so alone and more than an hour away from my home town, family and friends.
    Sometimes, being thrown in the deep end is a good thing. I got over it. Grew independent. Made a new life for myself. And now I love it. Wouldn't change it at all.

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