Has anyone never lived alone before?

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I’ve gone from living with my parents to living with my dh

You?

I technically didn't live alone as I had a flatmate, but she was never there. She stayed overnight about 12 times in the year we were there and my flatmate before her worked alt shifts with me so I was often there on my own. It was really nice as I was dating DH at the time so I always had the option of having him over if I wanted company and friends would often come visit too.

At age 58 I have never lived alone - home, uni accommodation, shared flats then married for 35 years. I do like being alone in the house though. I wish DH would hurry up and get back to the office!

I did for about 18 months after my marriage broke up. It was great, peaceful with me and the cats. No having to put up with other people’s mess, noise or annoying habits. I would totally recommend it

Most people can't afford to live alone nowadays, it's shared accommodation with friends or family.

Alone without another adult, yes but without children, no. I've lived without another adult (in total) for 13 years. I won't live with another adult again.

I've also never shared with friends. I went to university later in life so never lived in halls.

No. Went from family home with parents and siblings to getting married and sharing home with dh.
Have been the only adult after dh died, was on my own with 2 dcs for several years. They are now grown up but I will probably still never live alone as ds1 is disabled, and isn’t able to live independently.
I think I’d find it very strange, and I’m not sure I’d like it!

Yep, parents then with DH since age 18. Now approaching 50 and would very much like my own space

I spent three years officially living with H but with him not there a lot of the time, so I dealt with the bills (in the days before internet) and ate and slept at my own convenience.

I also considered my nine terms in uni halls to be living on my own: I shared bathroom and kitchen space but all my financial and practical arrangements were independent.

I've lived alone for years at a time, I much prefer it to living with someone and no way ever could I live with my parents, I'd go mad in 5 minutes. Luckily I can afford to own my own home, many can't.

I’ve never lived with anyone, other than parents and left at 16, I’m now 32 and have never lived with anyone so I’m the opposite

Never lived alone, really really wish I'd had the opportunity. Think I would have loved it!

I did for a few months at 17 and again for a few months at 20. Rest of the time has been either parents , house share or with my partner. I found living alone quite boring and would always have friends round etc.

I lived alone after divorce for eleven years.

By the time husband moved in I had six Alexas.

I've never lived alone and thinking about it the only friends I have who have are those that are single now, in our mid-30s - we all lived in shared houses in our 20s out of both necessity and choice.

Yep. When DD left to go to uni, it was 7 years before I lived with anyone else. If you don't include DD then I lived "alone" for 15 years.

I lived with my parents until I met my dp and we moved into together after 4 months. I think I'd be very lonely living on my own. It would be lovely to decorate a house solely how you like without having to compromise etc

Mums, to travelling, to house share, to flat share, back to mum, to living with DP.
I'd LOVE to live on my own now though, ha!

Me

Me, I moved from parents to XP, then to my own place with DS1, then in with DH.

Own place with a toddler is probably the closest I've ever felt to living alone.

Me, went from living with DM to living with my now DH. DM came with me!

Parents/boarding school/Uni accommodation

Flat share

With DP in his flat

With DP in jointly owned house

Own house ten years bliss

With now DH I jointly owned house ok

I would not live with someone who move straight from parents to sharing with me.

DH was divorced for being a selfish arse. He learned the lesson and is lovely to live with.

Parents
Live-in jobs
House/flat shares
Moved in with DP

Don’t think I’d want to live alone to be honest.

I have lived on my own for the last 26+ years. I am fine with it and enjoy lots of aspects of it but I think there are swings and roundabouts, advantages and disadvantages. I has one period of 6 months where a good friend stayed with me while her home was being rebuilt. I enjoyed that too but I think I'd find it hard to share permanently now without a lot of my own invaded space.

@NicolaDunsire

I would say it’s fairly normal, a lot of my friends went from uni to shared houses to living with a partner. I did.

Different for my friends. Of the ones I have where I live now, I don't think any of them have never lived alone. We're not in a city where houseshares are common beyond student years so when I had very little money I just lived in a studio. I tried sharing again in my early 30s and it was really hard. Once you've had your own place, you can't go back to sharing.

I lived with housemates at uni, so not alone but was alone in the sense I had to do everything for myself.

I think given the cost of housing in this country its probably not unusual to not have lived alone.