how old were you when you moved out of your house?

wow, eleven... you were still so young then. but it speaks a lot about learning to become independent at an early age... people tend to be more self-reliant, self-sufficient, resourceful and grow up faster. hehe i was 16 when i first moved out of our home from the province to study in the university. although back then i get to go home every month. but as i got older, home visits were less often. even more so when i started work and my 2nd job had a lot of traveling entailed. yes, living away from home gave me enough freedom to do things the way i want and started to look after myself and rely on my decisions. it was great when the family supported me in my decisions knowing that i'm responsible for all my actions. i became independent at an early age, long before i left the home base. so it wasn't so hard to live away from the family... eventhough we are very tight knit.

I had a year in college in Germany when I was 20 - 21, but I didn't move out full time until I was 24. I'm slow...

Hi abitcurious, Wow...11 is so young to be on your own. At 11 I was wanting to be independent but had a ways to go...quite a ways. I know my main goal was to be independent and on my own. I moved out once I graduated highschool. It was way tougher than I'd imagined but I loved it all the same. I think I was born desiring to be independent. "Even as a little kid, I remember building forts and pretending to be on my own.

I moved out from our house when I was 10 years old because I studied in town and my parents where living in the province. Until high school and college I stayed away from home much more when I finish my studies and get a job. I live away from my home just visit my parents every vacation time. It is nice to be independent. I had that when I was young at 10 years old.

I went through the same thing as you, I study in an school specialized in science and math, this was high school, so I live my home at 15, we lived also in a dorm, and we would go on weekends to visit our families, then by the age of 18 I went to college living away of home also. So I guess i have been on my own since I was 15. At that early age it can be a little bit difficult to live away from your parents, but I think it is doable.

my dad kicked me out of our house a week after i turned 17 years old. i was still in high school. and i was working full time. dad and i just didn't get along, he said i was too much like my mom. needless to say, mom and him were divorced for years. so i moved into my mom's house, so i could finish school. i was there about a year. then i got married. and moved in with my new husband.

I was 18 when I moved out. My mom and I didn't get along very well so I had to get out of that house. They gave me 6 months, said after that I'd be wanting to move back home. I moved in with my boyfriend and 2 friends into a house. It worked okay for a month or so but then I broke up with my boyfriend and he moved out. I ended up falling for our male roommate. Then the other female roommate moved out because she was homesick and she felt like a 3rd wheel. We didn't live far away from my parents house though, about 4 miles. At one point when we were still dating we moved out of state for a few months, but we hated it, so we moved back. We got married and had kids and ended up buying a house a few blocks down from where we first lived together. I love gloating at the fact I never had to move back home. Especially since my sister went back 3 times lol.

Hi, abitcurious. I moved out of my grandmother's home when I was about 20 or 21 years old. I got so tired of being tied down. I wanted to get out there and experience all of what life had to offer me. She was very strict on all of the girls in the house. I was the first one to ran away from home. And then my other three cousins followed after me. Then lastly, my sister was the one to leave as well. In 2006, she got her own apartment. I also stayed with my aunt in another city but in the same state. I stayed with her for about 10 months and then I had to come back home. I was forced to by my grandmother. I liked it there where I was living at. It was very peaceful and I had more better opportunities than I did when I came back to my old hometown.

I moved out when I was 12, I was studying in Junior high school. I went home at weekends. When I was in Senior high school, I went home once a month. I went to study college at 18, and I go back to home twice a year. I studied in another province, it's about 25 hours by train away from my home. It's really a challenging experience, I learned a lot via living outside of my home. Great topic, Thanks.

I moved out of my parents' house, when I was 21 years old. I completed my post graduate degree and got job through campus selection. So, one month after the exams, I decided to move to a different city out of my state to take up the new job. I was happy to move out of the state because it was the first time I stayed outside my house and also in a different state.

I was 17 when I decided to leave my parents' cradle. JUst like you, I am a homegrown province lass but decided to study in the university in Manila. I lived in a boarding house and was only privilege to visit my family in the province during Holiday season. When I graduated, I did not consider going back home but instead found a job in the city.I get so used to being so independent that the thought of living with my parents again after 17 years of being on my own is quite scary for me. (My parents are really conservative and they think that when you are living in their house you have no right to be doing your own decision. It must always have their approval.) That's why I am doing my best to buy a house for my little family. :-)

I was in highschool when i moved out around the age of 16. I think it helped me to be independent more but in some ways i think i was nowhere near being ready to live on my own and should have waited. Now i have children of my own and they are at the age to move out but seem they are not ready to be on own. I think since the economy is alot worse now it is harder for kids to move from home younger.

The first time I moved out in our house when I was 20 , 20 years and 1 month to be exactly. I worked Abroad, at first I find it hard to live all alone, but thinking that I need to work for my family makes me stronger. Just like you.. I think living alone can have more freedom. Isn't? Though it's hard to live alone, but I would say that, It was my best experience ever. I returned back after 2 years. I finally left my home and my hometown when I was 23, I got married at the age of 22, moved away after a year. I missed my family and my hometown. But I'd able to coped up now. It's been almost three years since then and now I think im fine with my new home. Happy lotting.

I had to leave my home at the age of 18 for graduation and later on PG. It was very hard for few months without family and old friends. I missed my parents toooo much specially my mother. The food that we used to cook was not very good, we learned cooking being out of house. Still I am out of family but we are 4 brothers staying together,so its like a family without any women. We all are happy together and expecting a women in the house soon :)

I think i was 8 years old........... not sure friend