How old were you?

I kinda ooozed out.  I was living with my dad after high school graduation in June of 94 and that November, he took a job in California.  So my sister moved back to our childhood home and she and I lived there until she got married the following June.  I sure thought I'd be able to live there by myself but not too long after Lana left, I turned chicken and ended up moving in with my mom.  That lasted maybe a year.  I say lasted, it was more like I was just ready to get out and explore.  I was commuting to college and working at a dry cleaners and my co-worker was looking for a roommate.  It would be a first apartment for both of us and we were so excited.  I was 19 at the time.  Long story short, this arrangement didn't last so I talked dad into helping me with my own apartment.  I was 20 by the time that happened.  Turns out I did like living by myself afterall.

I graduated high school a month after turning 16.  My dog & I moved out the day after graduation.  For me, it was a very good thing.  My mother & I probably would have killed each other had I stayed any longer.  It was also nice to be able to get through college a few years ahead of schedule, & I do feel like leaving early has helped me to get ahead, career wise.

I graduated after my first sememster of senior year. I stayed living at home for the second half of the school year and went from working part time to full time to save up some money. I moved to Milwaukee with a friend in the summer. I was 18. I had a good relationship with my parents, but they were both going through mid-life crises at the time. I was glad to get out, but I felt bad leaving my little brother in the middle of the mess.

A few years later, after college, (future)DH and I moved back from Colorado and moved in with his mom. We lived there a couple of years and were able to save up a big chunk of change for a down payment on a house. It was a little uncomfortable but well worth it. 

 I left home when I was 22/23.  I wish it could have been sooner.  I lived at home, working, going to school full time AND I paid rent to live at home (while putting myself through college) PLUS I was expected to do 99% of the household chores despite working a lot of hours and going to school full time.  I love my Mom, we're very close...moreso now that I am out of her house.  I couldn't afford though to get an apartment and go to school fulltime, and nor did I want to room with a million people just to afford to do so. 

 I got married and left home when I was 16.  I was still in school until I had a surgery that didn't go too well and I had to miss a lot of school and the way things go here, you miss so many days, you have to repeat the grade.  So I dropped out and finished my schooling at home. 

 Moved out for college just before I turned 18.  My DH lived with my parents for a summer when we were still going out but I never went back.

22.

I graduated (community college) at 20 and worked two years, saving every penny I could, until I had enough for a substantial down payment on a 1400 sq. ft. home on an acre of land.

I went away to college when I was just 18 (lived on campus) and immediately after I graduated at 19 I moved out within 10 days of getting home.  I live  almost 2000 miles from my parents and THAT is how we get along the best.

I was 20. Had finished high school a few months before (german school is an extra year and i was schooled late).

Left on good terms. My mom had left her city to go work at 16 and was always the independant type, so when i brought it up, she understood and even helped me find a place. My relationship with her got better after i moved out too. In my family we are all hot headed, and even though we weren't on bad terms before, things just got so much easier after i moved out.

I was 19.  I HAD to live with my parents as a freshman or live on campus (I went to college in my home town), so I moved out during May of my freshman year. My dad and I nearly killed each other!

I moved out when I was 25.  I met my now DH and he moved in with me...we broke up and both went our separate ways.  I went back home and he moved out of state.  We got back together, he moved home and I stayed at my parents until we got married when I was 28.  I have always had a wonderful relationship with my parents...I would move back with them now if they would let us

 Went to college in another state after high school.  I went home for summers a few times but by senior year was staying in MA instead of NY.  Never been back for more than a visit since.