How old were you when you left the house for more than 6m the first time? (college, father)
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My parents helped me with college by saying I could live at home without paying as long as I was in college so that's what I did - but since I was also working, I decided to try roommates and an apartment when I was 20, then moved back for the summer, then I decided to study in Mexico the next year, then moved home for a year since I had used up all my money doing that and then moved away for good about 2000 miles away.
At 17, in my senior year of high school, I moved into a family friend's home. My Dad was taking a 6 month short term assignment out of the country, and being senior year, it was a tough time to move school systems. (I did have to change schools though, which sucked.) After graduating, I moved back in with my parents, who were now back from the assignment, for 2 months over the summer, then at 18 I moved out for college and never moved back.
At 16 I moved across country for reasons I won't share and stayed there for just under a year. I went back home when I was 17 and my step father sold me (gave it really, it was so cheap) his fire bird and I packed up and drove across country and settled in MPLS. I stayed with a friend for a few weeks and then got my first apartment. Two years later I was on the road for a several year road trip.
Maybe this poll should be, "How old were you when you started supporting yourself completely?"
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