How old were you when you moved out of the house

[professorpinasheep]

I moved out just after I turned 20. I went to school for a semester and a half and left (which I regret) and picked up a full time job. My parents told me I'd have to pay them rent to help pay for groceries and such, but it was FAR less than what I'd have paid to get an apartment of my own. They also knew I was saving to buy a house, which I did after about a year and a half of devoting large chunks of my paychecks towards savings, so they weren't worried it was going to be a long-term thing. Back a few years ago, I would've looked down on someone in their early or mid twenties who still lived with their parents.. but the way things are now with a crappy economy and school tuitions skyrocketing, I don't think it's as big an issue anymore. It all has to do with intent and motivation as far as I'm concerned.