How old were you when you left home?

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i was 18

17 - almost 18 - moved to a job with accommodation

moved again at 18 to a bed sit in London - 1988

14 and my parents didn't even care

15. No regrets as it has made me very independent and I appreciate everything I have worked hard for all by myself with no help or input from parents.

I first left aged 18 for university.
Moved back in at 21 when I graduated, then moved back out at 23 to live with a boyfriend.
We split up, and I moved back home at 26.
I then met DH and moved back out permanently at 28.

We now own our own home together.

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19

21 moved out completely. 18 to uni but home in the holidays

Half moved out when I went to university then left properly at 21 - I didn't move home again after university just went straight on to a rented room in shared property.

Went away to university at 19 but came back in the holidays. Officially left - got married, changed address on driving licence, looked for jobs miles away, didn't leave stuff in bedroom - at 23 (1992).

16, soon as I feasibly could

16, but I hadn't had a home since I was 9 really . I was in various children's homes until I was 16 then they said I had to go and live in a bedsit to make way for more younger children. It was difficult..

@Sugarplumfairy65 that's awful, every child deserves a loving home, I'm so sorry that you didn't have one.

I left for Uni at 19 but officially left home when I bought my first house at 24 (almost 25)

19, for a year, then 22 properly

17 for Uni. Never lived at home again.

18, went to uni and never went back except for the first Christmas break. No regrets. It was 1989 and rent was cheap, I never paid more than £25 a week in my uni town.

Spent a year in Paris aged 20, my parents weren't in the least concerned and never phoned or visited. I can't imagine being like that with my DC.

I was 23 and moved in with now DH. Had lived at home whilst at uni as it was London and commutable but was itching to move out so as soon as we became serious, we looked for a new place to rent together. Seems very quick but we got married the next year!

19

Just 18

17 - house share.

19, I was 6 months pregnant!

I was 19 when I moved from my mother's to my Dad's (very much like living alone) then 24 when I bought my first house with my now husband.

15. Moved with a man twice my age to another part of the country 😔

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