When did you decided to move out from your parents
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
Calgary, Alberta
April 25, 2012 1:36pm CST
[if you still live with your parents, this discussion is not for you]
I was 19 years old then and I have a Job, I was pissed off because I cant watch TV because My mom and her maids are so into soap operas. Then I was pissed that my mom and dad still nags at me even if I didnt do anything, they nag at me in front of my nephews and nieces, how will those kids respect me if My parents nag at me on their front.
Then My mom still kept on criticizing my choice of clothing, My dad kept on accusing me I am stealing his money, while he just misplaced his wallet, the worst time he accused me of stealing is when the money he is looking for is on his pocket.
Then i cant stand the tantrums of my nephews and nieces, Then what pisses me the most, They were hardcore strict to me but they spoil the heck out of my nephews and nieces.
I cant stand it anymore, I moved out of that house, Lived in a crappy apartment and slowly climb my way to the corporate ladder. well I am in good terms with my parents now but I will not live with them.
I remember How pissed off my mom when I visited them with me having tattoos and piercings, they thought I am doing drugs.
My relationship with my parents is better when I am away cos they miss me.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
25 Apr 12
When I was like pretty much 19 to 20 I wasn't really living at home because of having college so I was away for like 6 months out of the year. After my sophmore year I think I lived at home maybe total of about 5 months with my husband and we moved out and moved to Kentucky where we lived with his grandparents till I was 5 months pregnant with our duaghter. It took us that long to be able to find a place that we could afford as soon as we moved to Kentucky where where looking for jobs and a place of our wown since we where 21 we have both been out on our own in our own apartment.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Apr 12
It seemed like you dont really have a hard time to live with your parents and you just decided to move out because of college and you got hitched.
@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
27 Apr 12
I really didn't want to go to college any so I lived there and worked part time as the same place my mom and brother were working at part time as well. My husband got kicked out of his mom's house and he hates living with his dad and his dad wouldn't let us stay with him. So my parents kind of let him move in with out with out us even asking. Us getting married had nothing to do with us leaving and moving out. My brother has been married for nearly 5 years and still live with my parents in there basement. We tried and looked hard to live up there around both of parents and friends but it was unliveable and we would have been stuck with family for ever like my brother and his wife and son are still.
So we packed up our things one day with out telling others and left and moved 9 hours away and stayed for 7 months I believe with his grandparents. We really when we moved out of there place couldn't afford the apartment we moved into but it was the lowest thing we could get with help from my parents. So they helped with most of our rent if we couldn't pay for it and slowly over a year my husband has gotten a better job. The main reason why we moved out of his grandparents house is one they drive me nuts to the point I would either kill them or myself. Two I was pregnant and I didn't want them helping us raise or baby they really didn't seem interested in her. There where times my husband went hungry and didn't eat for a few days or not that much when we lived with and with out his grandparents.
So for our daughters sake at the time before she was born we choice to get our own place with the help of my mom. At 5 months pregnant we got our own place had nothing to put into it didn't have every much food to bring in and my husband and I where still dirty poor. With a lot of hard work and the fact he lost his job when our daughter was 6 months old he got this new job that he has almost been with for a year now. We are now some what more stable to pay for our own rent, and stuff for our family ever few weeks I have to ask for help with either bills or mostly food. We get help from the government in small ways. Where we live now life is more affordable then it was where our parents are. Everyone is proud of the move we made even though we are so far for them and wish we where closer and beg us to move back to where they are at and we tell them no not unless they want to buy us a house or one hell of a job for my husband where he can afford things like we can here.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Apr 12
In my case, my relationship with my parents is kinda dysfunctional and rather than me hurting their feelings and them hurting my feelings I decided to have a life of my own. I think in a way it improved my relationship with them now. Ever since I moved out, I felt more loved by them since my conversations with them at phone or skype is much more compassionate, Instead of the angry talk we use to have everyday.
Also when I visit them,its like a special occasional, I felt more appreciated as a son and I appreciate more as my mother and father. No more arguments and complaints, the family relationship is more harmonious.
@dare2defyy (138)
• United States
25 Apr 12
I decided to move out before I even had the ability to. When I was in high school, I hated my hometown, I hated everyone in it, and I thought I was more than ready to be out on my own. So I went to college, and did kind of a 'living alone with a safety net' kind of ordeal, because I was in the dorm and it was paid for in my school loans and whatnot. Then I relocated and am in an apartment, sponsored by school. Now that I have a job, my next move, in 2 months, will be to an apartment that I'm paying the rent for. Definitely not going back home!
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Apr 12
In my country, college students still lives with their parents, I decided to move out when i cant stand their strictness anymore. I felt chocked with their bible thumping. In my country people will live with their parents until they get married.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
26 Apr 12
When I was sixteen years old I went to live at college in a halls of residence. I came home at weekends and in the holidays. I adored having a sense of freedom and went out in the evenings late with my friends. I had a wonderful lifestyle there living with a view of the River Thames. For my second year my college had closed down so I transferred my course to London. I got a room in a halls of residence in South London. I went out sightseeing as much as I studied when I was there. At eighteen years old I worked as a children's nanny in Finland before working for a shipping company in London. At nineteen years old I bought my cottage in a village three miles south of Canterbury. I love seeing my mom but I am happy to have my own place to live. I now live in a bungalow in a different area to where I grew up. My mom and my sister live nearby.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
I would have liked to still live with them then have them get a share of my earnings, but the way they treated me makes me decide I want to be away. I just get tired of feelings getting her over arguments that doesnt make sense, Its just generational gap. Its just that I will never be a good son in their eyes.
@shaggin (72131)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I was either almost 18 or had just turned 18 when I moved out of my parents house. I hated living there. My mother was obsessive over my sister and basically never seemed to care about me. My sister moved out and my mother cried and cried and would say I cant live without her and I said well I'm still here you have me. She said you dont understand I need Rachael. Well that was the last straw she didnt care that she had me living with her still all she cared about was my sister so I moved out and never regretted it. Well soon after that my sister got pregnant and her boyfriend kicked her out its been 10 years and shes still living with my parents.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
26 Apr 12
Hi Captain
The first time I moved out of the house was in the early 1990s when I had to stay at the hostel during my graduation. Then I returned in 1993 and stayed with my parents. I moved out again in 1998 and have been away from home since. Though the relations were all messed up during the 1990s and continued to be that way till 2008 when I was bedridden for 8 long months. But we still dont stay together and probably would never be together again
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
what makes you not want to stay with them? My sisters seemed to be closer with my parents,I remember both of them said,if they won the lottery, they will quit their jobs and live with my parents. My parents I think see their sons as failures. My brother for getting married before finishing college and me for my choice of appearance.
@jvincent_129 (4994)
• Philippines
26 Apr 12
I don't know when I decide to move out from my parents. I guess when I can save a lot of money and sustain myself, I can already decide to move out. But it's different here in my country, most people live with their parents even if they have own family. We value family and we practice close family ties.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
we live in the same country so I kinda know about that, Its just that I am not the favorite child among siblings.I am an unwanted child, mom mom tried aborting me but my dad stopped her, basically mom mom only wanted 3 kids.
@jvincent_129 (4994)
• Philippines
27 Apr 12
Don't say things like that. Your mother and your father loves you. Why did you say that you were the unwanted child?
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@jvincent_129 (4994)
• Philippines
3 May 12
Well, just be positive and don't dwell on your mother's feelings. She may not love you but I think your father does love you very much. And also your relatives and friends loves you very much.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
25 Apr 12
My parents were quite strict. My mother was extremely strict and critical also. I hated it so much...so much. I started counting down the days of when I would graduate when I was 12 or so. It was my goal and what motivated me to get work when I was that young. I babysat and stashed my money or most of it anyway. I got a regular job at age 15 and had a good paying job all lined up for when graduated high school. I started working immediately and before my 19th birthday I was out and on my own. I look back and thank my mother for it all.
These days it seems that kids stay home longer and longer. I know that financially its harder for them to get by but it seems as if a lot of them don't even have that desire.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Apr 12
I have friends who still lives with their parents, well if they were only not super religious and strict , I might still live with them. but they still treat me like a kid,They keep on giving me advice that I dont need.
also my mom hates animals, I cant have pets if I still live with them.
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@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
26 Apr 12
good for you
Well i have a family but currently i am with my parents.. it was bad before, we tried moving out but we end up moving back..first because atleast my parents are there to look after my children, second they find it boring without my children..
so now we kinda work it out. so when did i moved out? i haven't yet
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
anyway I had been away from them for 8 years, but I visit almost every month. Its just that I am their opposite in many ways and I dont want arguments and fights.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
25 Apr 12
hello capt,
Exactly! Relationship sometimes becomes better when they misses you :P
I was 15 when I started living in a dormitory.
Although it's not living alone because it is still my parents who are paying my rent (lols)
I am also 19 when I start to live on my own after finding a job and stopped from my studies which they (my parents) never supported me.
So,I decided to live on my own after finding a good job.
I also had a great relationship with my parents- and still lives away from them (more than 200 kilometers away)
And only got to chance to visit them twice a year or sometimes once a year during X-mas and summer vacation.
But this year, we won't be having a vacation with them coz my mom is not coming home for a vacation too.
I prefer to visit my hometown when my mom is around to pay all the expenses (lols) "bumabawi lang" hehehe
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Apr 12
Indeed my parents becamenicer to me when they miss me. I remember when my brother is unemployed and still lives with my parents, I saw my mom nagging at him in front of his sons and she nags at me in front of his sons too. I dont want my parents nag at me if I became a parent. No way....
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
How many times do you visit your parents in a year? I kinda visit them once a month and they always give me phonecalls.
@jricky1 (6800)
• China
26 Apr 12
Sometimes distance could make us closer but sometimes our relationships becomes further.I moved out of my house before going to college.My college is in the different province and we usually communicate through telephone and also internet.But now i do really miss them.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
indeed, My parents are nicer to me now and I was more respectful to them ever since the relationship with them is long distance.we dont have fights anymore. they make more effort connecting with me as their son. also no more nagging, no one gets emotionally hurt anymore, no more fights.
@lmw814 (124)
• United States
26 Apr 12
I moved out as a teenager off and on living with relatives, but then finally moved out for good at 18. My dad was just too controlling. He would make me pay rent to live at home, but yet would get on my back about what time I would come home at night. I was working 2 jobs, going out with friends, etc., and since I was paying rent, I didn't think he had the right to dictate how I chose to live my life. I'm positive that I made the right choice to this day. I wouldn't have done it anything different.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
29 Apr 12
My dad is controlling too and he is also perfectionist, he is a chef and chefs are hot headed perfectionist people who will complain and criticize a minimal flaw.
@Iynna12 (67)
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25 Apr 12
I have never been pissedoff by my parentsfromhome.they constantly talk tomeabout expenseshvingone'sown flatwhich I never bought because of this.i am till single andI feel great being at homewithmy mum.i have my breakfast donelate in theevening.igotothelibraryandwok 4 hourstwice a week.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Apr 12
so you still live with them. It seemed like you get along with your parents better since you dont seemed to have a plan to move out at this moment.
@melissa831 (4)
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26 Apr 12
I was 18 when I could no longer deal with being bossed around by my mother and made a discussion to move out on my own. I was an adult and wasn't being treated like one. I was expected to pay rent but I couldn't voice my own opinion or do the things I wanted. Moving out was one of my best decision I ever made.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
The nagging and being treated like a kid is also a factor why I decided to get out of the hell hole. also they were borderline too conservative, I cant breathe cos they make me felt choked with all those rules.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
25 Apr 12
I've lived off and on with family. This is now an "on" time and I can't stand it. The conditions are horrid and I just don't get the peace I want. I'm working on saving up for my own place, and this will be my first place of my own without anyone else with me. It will be scary but well worth it. I want the peace and quiet that my mind and soul really really deserve.
In any case family can be so cruel but for mine it's best when I am away from them and only come to visit once in awhile.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
25 Apr 12
I know, sometimes instead of helping me with my self esteem,my parents makes it worst, they kept on nagging about my mannerisms, I have adhd and those mannerisms are part of my condition. geez i cant stand it at all. They always try to make drama out of small things too.
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@alberello (4752)
• Italy
26 Apr 12
I could start this review in the same manner in which you have concluded, in the sense that even in my case, my parents would be very happy if I went to live independently, in a appartenento alone. Anyway, I must say that this is also what I hope is realized as soon as possible! Unfortunately at this moment, I do not have the opportunity to leave my parents' house, I am 37 years old, but the future remains to be built. Slowly, I will succeed.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
My sister in law, nephews and nieces still live with my parents, My brother works abroad to send her money, I notice my parents are nicer to their grand children./
@almond24 (1248)
• Hungary
26 Apr 12
I moved out from my parents when I was 18 and went to college. I started studying and working, I supported myself. After many years I had to go back for a while though. My relationship with my family is much better since I moved out. It bothered me that when I was at home I never had a single minute to spend alone, but it didn't change much as I moved out, because I always had to share the room with others to be able to afford the bills.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32697)
• Calgary, Alberta
26 Apr 12
Our case seemed to be similar, I never had arguments with my parents ever since I moved out. They are also more excited to see me when I visit them. Unlike before its all about nagging at me on how I was not good enough.