It's official, I am moving out on my own

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: illusion88
IS the extra freedom really worth all that extra money?

if you have to ask that question...then you don't get it either...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
*cue "omg u lived wit ur rents mang I left home when i wuz liek 14 and made it on my own" crowd*

:laugh:

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

If a simple act of living on your own makes you more "mature" then somebody--then their metric of what is mature is pretty screwed up (simpletons).

I dunno. I think those "simple acts', like paying for your own gas, electric, sewer, food, washing your own laundry and dishes and cleaning your own bathroom, just might make you more mature? If you did all those while living with your family, more power to ya.

I think most people who live with their parents after high school or college do pay rent and help around the house. But the marginal cost to your parents of having you living there is much less than it costs to live on your own, so you can save a lot of money that way.

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: Old Hippie

After 24 years of living with my family

:Q
It must be different now. I see these "extended family stays" more and more. It's not that I didn't feel comfortable in my family's house when I graduated HS in 1970, but I wanted a seperate life. You know, the kind where you could do what you wanted, when you wanted, with who you wanted.

Oh everybody wants to move out and enjoy themselves, but the vast majority stay because it's practically impossible to do. If you want a proper education at a good school you either have to go into mountains of debt or live at home. Part time and summer work helps, but amounts to little more than spending money.

School is expensive and getting more and more so every year (my program cost 30% more in the final year than when I started, and that's WITH a government tuition freeze for 2 of those years) and housing in large cities is quite expensive (600+ for a decent room).

Out of everybody I know, only 1 person lived on his own without his parents paying anything, and he didn't do well in school because he worked so much.