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How old were you when you left home?
- Barely 18, I graduated high school early and the last day of HS, I moved for college.
What was probably one of the biggest challenges that you had when living on your own? Juggling school and work? paying bills? room mates?
- Paying bills was hard at first because it was tough to find a job with no car. I've been paying my own bills for years, but of course I never had to pay rent until I moved away and I was stressed out about it at first.
How has the experience made you feel thus far? What would you change about it?
-I feel great about it. I pay for things on my own, aside from my health insurance. Sometimes my parents send me money from my school account for school expenses, or to take my cats to the vet, though that's less and less frequent. I wouldn't change anything, but I want to point out that I still miss my parents and talk to them almost daily. I never go back home though. Maybe twice a year...
What advice would you give to a parent faced with the prospect of a child that has to leave the nest?
-Don't worry! There's a learning period, but people have been leaving home forever.
Under what circumstances would you let your child return home or you would give them help?
-I don't have any children so my advice is probably silly, but I would always try to help my kids out. My parents can't work due to disabilities but they still do everything they can to help me and let me know they're here for me.
Which do you think is harder to cope with: a daughter learning to live on her own or a son facing the same thing?
I think both are hard. My boyfriend had to learn how to do laundry and my male roommate never learned how to do that or clean up after himself but I'm not going to say girls wouldn't have that problem either...
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