How old were you when you moved out of your parents’ house and why did you?

[Junaluma]

I was 25. I lived at home during university but I met my then DP while I was at university. I guess I moved out as I wanted to start a life with my now DH! Still see my parents on once a month or so.

What about everyone else?

44 - when I met my husband. My parents were the best parents ever, they were my best friends, my rock and my safety net. I don't have my parents anymore unfortunately but my husband is the loveliest, most caring man.

18 to go to uni. I returned for about 6 months when I was 22 when I was trying to find a graduate job. It was a horrible environment to the point of damaging and I'd wanted to leave much earlier. I still feel anxious driving past the house.

Two weeks from my 18th. Moved to go to uni.

I went away to uni at 18 and then got a job after my postgrad and moved to a rental for that at 23

18 when I left for university.

There were a few weeks here and there where I was stuck at their house, such as student halls being closed. It was awful . I grew up with abuse and going back was hard. I did it as rarely as possible.

i never considered living at home post-university an option. I made sure i had a plan to support myself immediately when i graduated.

15

23/24 when I moved out permanently. I'd done a 4 year degree course, then came back to live with my parents while I did my teacher training (commuted to uni / school from there). Why did I move out? It wouldn't have occurred to me not to tbh. I wanted to live and work in London, so I applied for jobs there and moved when I got one, and found a flatshare.

I moved out for uni, did a four-year degree and came back for a few months to work locally before moving abroad for a new job. So I moved out completely at 23.

I think DD (20 this year) will be similar. She’ll be 22 when she graduates and I can’t see her coming home for long, she wants to be out in the big wide world and enjoys having flatmates her own age. We’d cramp her style! 😂

Not including university, I was around 26... and only applying for jobs that were sufficiently far away. Having grown up in a village that my family had inhabited forever, it was a relief to be able to pop to the shop or the doctor's without everyone knowing my business.

Unfortunately, I was quickly made redundant. I half-wondered if it was the Village Curse at work, as almost everyone who moves out always moves back in! Within six months, I escaped again and never intend to return on a permanent basis. I like having my independence far too much to go back!

17 - still at school. Got a flat with my boyfriend and moved in once alevels were over. We’ve been married 57 years

Same

19 to go to university.

19 when I moved in with the father of my children, we had only been together a few months. My parents weren't overly happy about it and I ended up being estranged from them for a while, but they respected my decision and have been supportive with the kids especially once I split with their Dad years later.

I was 22. We lived in a lovely area but too far from our nearest city and public transport was one bus an hour. I was that person who always had to get the last train home, I got fed up of it and moved to the city.

I was 21. I got married.

33. To move into my own mortgaged property. This was over a decade ago. In my culture it's normal for adult children to live with parents.

18 for Uni and 22 properly straight after I graduated (Scotland 4 years Honours Degree).

I was 12, almost 13, and went to boarding school. But at the stage I did also really leave home. My DM has passed away a few years previously, and my DF's new partner did not like where we lived (rural, on a farm, looking back she must have been very isolated). They were going to work in Germany with DF in the army and he's previously spent a few years there. His GF has a job in advance too.

I always knew I was going to boarding school, but I was upset that they were going away too. I went to visit them on most holiday times initially, but that was not easy either. His GF struggled to settle there. I often spent holidays with boarding school friends too, as it was more fun.

10 - moved 5,000 miles to my birth country to boarding school. My parents and siblings stayed behind.