18 year old moving out

[Kareng74]

Hi my son wants to move out and it's looking like the rent will be about £750 a month. He hasn't got an amazingly paid job but would get by. I'm devastated and just think it a waste of money. Has anyone experienced this?

Is he moving out alone or sharing with mates?

What's giving you the wobbles?

Is he intending to move out far away or will he be local so you can still check in regularly and be there for support if needed? Let him earn and learn.

Many children move out to university at 18. It must be so hard to let go and no less of a feeling so for you.

Sounds a bit daft if he could stay home a while and save. He is likely to end up in the rent trap for years.

He's 18 - lots of 18 year olds are moving out to go to university. It's absolutely right for an adult to spread their wings, and it's not wasted money if they get their independence as a result. As long as he's considered all the other costs, and done his sums, I think it's admirable, and he should be applauded for wanting to get stuck in to adult life.

We are looking to move 2 hours away and had hoped he would come. When he said he wouldn't be coming with us it put me off moving.
I thought if it had been his choice to move out I'd have to accept it but I didn't like the idea of forcing him out.
Anyway he has now got the idea in his head that whether we move or not he wants to get a place on his own. He will either be in a shared house (with strangers) or a small place alone.

Ah thank you, that's a really positive way to look at it

If he's living in a shared house that will probably be a really positive experience. I lived in a shared house with mates as a teenager and had the best time

It will be the making of him!

Thank you all, I guess I'm feeling too emotional to actually think how this will be for him. I'll put my big girl pants on and be excited for him