When do you wanna move out? Why?

[Bri MT]

I would absolutely love to live on campus, but I'm not sure if it will be within my financial means.  I may end up commuting from the family house first year and be independent second year.

In regards to chores, today will be the 4th day I've cooked dinner (for my family) this week; so I have every intention of bulk cooking and portioning when I have the freedom to design my own system. 

I love my mum but I function better when I'm alone. 

[Joseph41]

I think I'll probably move out in 2019. Feels a long time away, but I just don't think it's financially a smart thing to do to move out prior (the person I'd move out with can't realistically move out this or next year, so it wouldn't make much sense).

Interesting times ahead, friends!

[Shadowxo]

My parents have basically said I can live at home for as long as I need, especially as I'm studying. But, when I get a full-time job there will be the expectation of me moving out sometime after that (but my family agrees housing is way too expensive so I can stay at home and save up).
At home currently, my degree of freedom is good enough for me. Have to be quiet after my brother goes to bed and I can't cook late, but it's not that important. Also it's nice having other people run the house and cook food for you
I'd rather save my money so I can put a deposit on a house and ideally not have a mortgage to pay off. My plans are to stay at home until late 20s (as I'll be at uni for 3-7 years) and move out either when I've found someone to move out with or when I've saved up enough and have a good enough job to be comfortable with my finances. My parents can be annoying at times but really, I'm saving upwards of $800 a month = $10,000 a year by staying at home. I don't want to sacrifice future financial stability to move out (I am lucky that my parents are quite kind though). It's a good location, family has gotten used to me being an adult and I don't have to pay anything

[geek123456]

The story of every other household:
Me: Mom,so I was thinking about moving out after finishing vce.....
"few minutes later"
Mom: I have talked to your dad,he thinks it is time we sold this old house and move to a bigger one,ohh and he already found a great deal!
Me:umm Mom,I was thinking about moving out of the house by myself,you know be independent!
Mom:(where is my shoe,where is the red one with those 12 inch heels)YOU CAN NOT EVEN GET A 99.95 ATAR AND YOU TALK ABOUT MOVING OUT?

[Joseph41]

To those who have moved out: what's been the hardest part?

[Calebark]

To those who have moved out: what's been the hardest part?

Again, my story will be a bit different due to a difference in circumstances, but mine was budgeting. I'd never had full control of my own finances before, nor had I ever had to pay for much responsibility, so it was a bit of a struggle to make sure I always had enough, especially since working was a bit of a struggle, so it was hard to get money.

To be more specific, the hardest part was eating spaghetti mixed in with tomato paste and hot dogs four times a week

Talking about finances might be a bit cheating for this question -- it's obvious there'll be some adjustment. Perhaps knowing that I could do whatever I wanted was a bit of a shocker for me? I could listen to loud music. I could cook whatever I wanted. I could watch what I wanted. I could go out at 2pm and come back at 2am. Additionally, I could procrastinate doing dishes or laundry or other cleaning, and I'd be allowed, but I'd still have to deal with the consequences.

Edit: What do you think is going to be the hardest part about living iindependently, Joseph?

[K888]

To those who have moved out: what's been the hardest part?

Isolation & responsibility.

Responsibility:
- at home, if I hadn't had dinner, I had mum/dad to get on my back about eating, dad packed my school lunch, etc. so I always had someone making sure I ate
- even if I was a little shit and forgot to do chores/couldn't be bothered, my parents would pick up the slack and do them
Now I live out of home, I have to do everything. I can't be bothered cooking/organising dinner? I go hungry. I don't do my dishes? I have no plates/cutlery/etc. I don't do my washing? I have no clean clothes.

Also, shopping. Have to manage finances and be responsible about buying stuff. If I wanted unhealthy stuff at home, my parents could easily say no, because they were paying for it. Now it's up to my self control to buy healthy food, not impulse buy and all that.

Don't get me wrong, I love being independent, but there's certainly drawbacks.

Isolation:
- I now live 2+ hours away from family. I have needed the space, and it's been great, and I'm lucky that I have other family living relatively close by to count on in emergencies, but if I need my parents, they're 2 hours away
- I'm now away from friends, so can easily go without social interaction for a while. Big change from seeing friends daily for 6 years.

Can get a bit lonely.
And plus, when you live independently, and you have friends that still live at home, you can find that you have quite different experiences, and it can be a bit of a dividing factor - they just don't understand, sort of thing.

Oh, and I have like, no money, constantly. Or perhaps more accurately, I have to devote money to living expenses, rather than buying trivial or self-indulgent things have to be a lot more savvy - last year, I just divided my 60%+ of my paycheck into my savings, and the rest went into my spending account for buying whatever. Now I need to figure out how much I need to budget for food, petrol, etc. as well.

God, I made that sound so glum.
I truly, truly love living out of home, and wouldn't go back. I'm learning how to be an adult in a relatively safe manner (I still have the support of my parents for rent, as well as living expenses if I'm struggling for money). I have a better relationship with my family now I live out of home, and I love the independence - if I want to go somewhere, I never have to ask permission. But it's not without its challenges

[strawberries]

I could pretty much echo K888 on most of the stuff she said above ^

responsibility:
- no one to cook for me
- no one to clean after me
- no one to do chores (yeah soz I sound like a princess, but that was the way I was raised. Was never really allowed to do chores haha. Now that I'm living alone I'm just so lazy and cbf)
- also shopping. my parents would always buy groceries and now I'm lazy. I run out of food very quickly, but if I buy in bulk it goes off really quickly (but the upside is I can buy all the junk food I want xD)

also on isolation: I don't really have any friends and it feels so lonely (even though I live at a place with like 500+ others). Also yeah in case of emergencies too...

and also money: have to be more responsible now.

[quinn_03]

I get to move out when I get married.

(read: asian) 

[GalacticProcess]

I get to move out when I get married.

(read: asian) 

Is that something that you don't like?

[quinn_03]

Is that something that you don't like?

Well, I like the idea of being independent, cooking my own food, doing my own shopping, ya know. 

[Calebark]

Well, I like the idea of being independent, cooking my own food, doing my own shopping, ya know. 

Have you ever listened to your favourite song so much you began to hate it?

Well, beware, because when you move out and start cooking your own food, you may begin to hate it after the 1,000,000th time that week

[Bri MT]

Have you ever listened to your favourite song so much you began to hate it?

Well, beware, because when you move out and start cooking your own food, you may begin to hate it after the 1,000,000th time that week

I set my favorite song as my alarm for the years and still liked it, but can confirm getting sick of own cooking  (at times) even despite living at home

[strawberries]

Well, beware, because when you move out and start cooking your own food, you may begin to hate it after the 1,000,000th time that week

^^this omg.

[Calebark]

^^this omg.

Please tell me the dish in question you got sick of was just strawberries cut into happy faces on a plate