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re: At what age did you become completely Independent from your parents.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:46 pm to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:46 pm to BottomlandBrew
Joined military at 19
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:47 pm to 0x15E
parents kicking you out huh...
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:49 pm to 0x15E
19. www.goarmy.com
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:53 pm to 0x15E
20
Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:54 pm to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 6:57 pm to 0x15E
Dad owned a video store.
My parents’ finances from my age 5 to 18 were like the scene from the Pirates movie where Jack Sparrow steps on to the dock right when the top of the mast finally went under.
My parents’ finances from my age 5 to 18 were like the scene from the Pirates movie where Jack Sparrow steps on to the dock right when the top of the mast finally went under.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 7:23 pm to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 7:45 pm to 0x15E
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Posted on 3/15/21 at 7:54 pm to 0x15E
18. Left for boot camp 6 weeks after graduating high school.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 7:55 pm to 0x15E
22 for sure, but really 18. While in college I stayed at their house when I was in town. Plus, for the first couple of years I drove their car. Maybe 20.
That was in 1982, though. My own four kids were completely independent when they finished college. For two of them, that was 22; for one, that was 24; for the oldest, it was when she completed her PhD at 27, but she had two independent years between 21 and 23 after she got her undergrad.
That was in 1982, though. My own four kids were completely independent when they finished college. For two of them, that was 22; for one, that was 24; for the oldest, it was when she completed her PhD at 27, but she had two independent years between 21 and 23 after she got her undergrad.
This post was edited on 3/15/21 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:07 pm to Salmon
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In many countries kids continue to live with their parents until they are married and some even after that.
I wonder why Americans are so different.
its our weird "self made man" culture
No, it’s not. It’s because we’re rich. In rich societies kids leave. In poor societies, they have to stay at home.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:23 pm to 0x15E
When my dad kicked me out the house at 16.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:23 pm to Johnny Roastbeef
What is it with girls having their dad pay their rent at their luxury apartments well into their late 20s. I've known several. I was seeing this girl who is 34 who lives in a $1700 1br apartment in Charleston and has her dad paying her rent. Insane.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:25 pm to Mootsman
It’s insanity.
Fun girls to date though.
Fun girls to date though.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:28 pm to 0x15E
18. When I got a full time job I moved out. I was just ready to explore what the world had to offer
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:29 pm to 0x15E
Technically 18. But by age 16, I was paying for my own food, clothes, gas, insurance, etc. etc. The only thing my mom provided was a roof.
It's amazing how fast you learn to cook for yourself when you're working until 9 or ten most nights and your mom only cooks for herself and your sisters, leaving you on your own.
It's amazing how fast you learn to cook for yourself when you're working until 9 or ten most nights and your mom only cooks for herself and your sisters, leaving you on your own.
This post was edited on 3/15/21 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 3/15/21 at 8:36 pm to 0x15E
My parents both were killed two weeks after I turned one. So you could say I gained my independence from them at the age of 1. My grandmother who raised me died when I was 14. Once she was gone I really was on my own and have been ever since.
Posted on 3/15/21 at 9:06 pm to TigerBR1111
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18. On the morning of my 18th birthday my mother walked into my bedroom and said “You are 18 now. Get out!”
Tough woman my mom. She had enough of my shite.
Did you go stay in grandma’s trailer next door?
Posted on 3/15/21 at 9:15 pm to 0x15E
Officially 17 when I left for basic training 2 or 3 weeks after graduating high school (turned 18 on a bivouac at Ft. Jackson, SC). Unofficially I was on my own a year or two before going into the Army. Father died in 1966, when I was 3 1/2 and mom passed away in 1986, when I was 24, and I had been out of the country for 95% of the time from 1980 till when she passed away.
Independent streak may have started when I lived at Gulf Coast Military Academy (GCMA) in Gulfport, MS in 1971/72 for 4th grade.
Independent streak may have started when I lived at Gulf Coast Military Academy (GCMA) in Gulfport, MS in 1971/72 for 4th grade.
This post was edited on 3/15/21 at 9:39 pm
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