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Originally Posted by anon85pd
Everything is great at home, I'm not paying rent right now, and my parents are cool about letting me stay there, my Dad got kicked outta his house at the age of 20 and he had a hard ass time, so he's told me that I can stay as long as I need to. Up until now I've just kinda been floating along, which is cool I suppose, but I feel like in a year or so I'm really wanna move out, so I figure now is a good time to head towards being more independent, saving up some money (and learning how to keep it, lol), just looking for some tips on making it happen. As far as the girlfriend issue goes, perhaps what I said came off wrong, I don't necessarily want her to be dependent on me, and wouldn't mind either way I suppose if she lived with me or not. Of us both, I am the only one who will be ready to make this move anytime soon, financially that is. I am just looking for other people's opinions and experiences on moving in with their gf.
And trust me, I'm not necessarily in any rush to be paying all my own bills or anything, I'm enjoying the expendable income, I'd just like to head in that direction.
- Dave
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I'm one of those people that beleive your parents are responsible for you til you turn 18 - -then you have to work on your own responsibility, if you have a job, you should pay rent, whether it be to a landlord or your parents, you shouldn't get a free ride if you are working.
Maybe you want to cut some sort of deal with your parents... you pay them rent, plus maybe a portion of the utilities and they put a portion of that money aside for you when you are ready to move out on your own... That way you are paying rent, being responsible and all that, but you also know that you are forcing yourself into saving that money you will need when you move out.
Moving out on your own for the first time costs a big chunk of change (you generally need first and last months rent, some places demand an additional security deposit, utilities companies will often want a deposit, plus there's the matter of furniture and other incidental living expenses.