How old were you when you left home?  


Did you go flatting? ...get married? .......??

Age 12, I eloped

I hope to get out of home as soon as I finish my degree... I'm hopin to move to Sydney or Melbourne

I was not allowed to follow my friends to the ACT or Sydney at ages 17-18 so I got engaged and was married by the time I was 19.  
Remember all you young'uns, get some money behind you before you move out of home.  

I voted for the first time I left home; the last being at aged 32 when I moved back as my home was being built.

I left at 17 to shack up with the love-of-life at the time.


Seems guys are staying at home with the parents till a much older age nowadays  ..well into their 20's.

I lived at home until just after my 21st birthday...........then bought my first home and got married, I never have rented...........

My uncle is 29 and still living with my grandma lol... I definately want to be independant of them by max 25. I should have gotten a decent job with a big enough savings balance.

Good for you Matt. Some people stay way too long with their parents these days. Some people stay so they can bludge. I moved back in with my folks at age 23 after my 1st marriage broke down and Mum insisted. I spent a couple of weeks with them with my daughter who was a tot then, before I raced down to the Housing Commission Office to sign up for a 2 bedroom bungalow for us. I got that within 14 months and had to beg and borrow furniture. It was the best time of my life then. I am sorry about your experience Tasman, you were very young.

Hey Matt do you have to pay rent yet?

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I am sorry about your experience Tasman, you were very young.

Oh no, it was FANTASTIC!!! I couldn't wait to leave home.  

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Hey Matt do you have to pay rent yet?

Did pay "board" for a while, we own our home so no repayments need to be made, I paid it out of my Youth Allowance, but once it got halved and I started driving parents said not to worry about it cause otherwise I'd be left with about $20 a fortnight to do stuff with, which is hardly anything.

You  have scholarships so you have no expenses, lucky Well Matt get a job I don't have to pay rent either, we have paid off our house too But I will have to pay rent once I start uni.

Lol I have car expenses, rego is like $250 for 6 months, just got my full license which was $285 for 10 years, petrol is around $45 a fortnight, gotta get an oil change soon. Jeez cars are so expensive.

So who pays to feed you guys???  

Do you do your own washing and cooking???  

My parents pay for food, and I do the dishes/clear up on Saturday nights that's all, and my mum does my washing and cooking   

Parents buy all the food, they do all cooking and washing, all I do is wash dishes 3 times a week

I'm starting to realise how hard my life has been  

Lol tasman
I have to pay for doing stuff though, and sometimes clothes. Lucky now I got a go-card I always tell my mum I need more $ on it and she does it online, so I don't have to pay for buses

I paid board when I was 15-18, more than half my wages per week.   I believe if you don't pay board you should at least contribute toward the grocery bill. If you can't afford that then help around the house more. Your folks would be blown away if you vacuumed and/or washed the dishes frequently. I always had to hang out and bring in the washing, fold it up perfectly and iron often My daughter has been buying her own clothes etc since she landed a job or two at 14 years of age. She also finished year 12. My son paid all but $70 per fortnight of his income to the rent food etc. I think you guys have it pretty damned easy really.   Your folks may of paid off their homes BUT they have to pay... phone, Internet, electricity, council rates, water rates, petrol (running you places) and yes cars are expensive Matt. The original outlay is nothing compared to ongoing costs. I did it tough and no doubt other mature members on here did it tougher than even I did.

Lol I know where you're comin from Suzi, Gen Y are so spoilt , but if I can make a little statement a little spoiling is good if we have to solve the mess you guys put us in lol

I started work when I was 16/17 and always gave my folks 1/3 rd my pay packet for board and keep right up to the time I left home........it still left me enough to rum my motorbike, then later a car and keep me in cigarettes and beer. I also saved enough to put down a deposit on a house when I was 21......

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Lol I know where you're comin from Suzi, Gen Y are so spoilt , but if I can make a little statement a little spoiling is good if we have to solve the mess you guys put us in lol

Lol we are Matt And true XD
And Suzi, some of us (not Matt!) have to pay like $30000 for uni so have to save our money for that!

I love this from LB above...  

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left me enough to rum my motorbike

So was rum cheaper than petrol? Heheheheheh. *runs off snickering*

I have to pay $30000... just not straight up HECS-HELP ftw!