Post 4489747 - (Does anybody who is going to college still live at home?)

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Tauri
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:28 pm Post subject:

I do, sort-of by choice. My university is only a few miles away from home, I'm still quite young, and I only have a student-worker-type job, so I can't afford an apartment at the moment, anyway--but, again, my university is only a few miles from home, so having an apartment at this point in my life would be kind-of superfluous. Also, living at home has allowed me to spend less time working and more time studying. By living at home, I've saved enough money to do a second major with relative ease, and paying for graduate school (next year) won't be nearly as much trouble. I would love to move away soon, but living at home does have its benefits.

melmaclorelai
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:07 am Post subject:

I live at home. Before I started college, I was absolutley desperate to move out and was willing to live in a closet, if that meant not living with my biological father. However, now that I've started, I'm not as desperate to move out as I once was. _________________ "Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." - Albert Camus.

Ettina
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject:

I live at home due to delayed self-care skills and lack of emotional readiness to leave home. My parents are great - they said I can stay at home until I'm ready to leave, they won't push me out because of age. But I would like to move out because I now live too far away to attend my preferred university, so I have to go to a different one I don't like as much.

ToastableNeko
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 2:24 am Post subject:

I live at home still and I'm 20. I enjoy being at home while going to college, for the most part. It can be tough to get work done, since I have two 3 year old brothers, but it's worthwhile to be able to see them grow everyday. ^.^

falonsayswoah
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:09 pm Post subject:

I am living at home. I'd really like to move out and live alone, but that's just not possible right now because I don't have a "real" job. I'm giving guitar lessons, but I don't make near enough money to move out. I don't particularly like living with my dad and uncle a lot of the time, mostly because I like to be alone.. But I don't think I would do well in a dorm with the college lifestyle, I can't afford to live alone, I don't have friends to have as a roommate, and I wouldn't like living with a complete stranger in an apartment, so.. it's just not happening right now sadly. _________________ Diagnosis: Major Depressive Affective Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Mild PTSD, Agoraphobia with Panic Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder of childhood with hyperactivity (more inattentive, though), Mild OCD, Social Phobia, Tourette's Syndrome

RubyWings91
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:51 pm Post subject: I lived at home whiler earning my associates degree

While earning my assocates degree, I lived at home. I just left this semester.

MDD123
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:46 pm Post subject:

I'm living at home because it's impractical to pay rent to live with some guy you don't get along with. I leave my iPad and electronics at home and walk to school. When I don't feel like living at home, I sleep in my car and have a shorter walk to school.

AnonymousAnonymous
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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:45 pm Post subject:

Yes, I still live at home with my family as I take classes because I don't have a job and I am going to a community college. _________________ Silly NTs, I have Aspergers, and having Aspergers is gr-r-reat!

tcorrielus
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Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:20 pm Post subject:

I lived at home with my parents during college because the college dorms and apartments were so expensive that my parents were too reluctant to pay for the college housing bills. Second of all, I had trouble finding jobs during my college years (thus, I didn't have any money to pay for housing).

Homer_Bob
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject:

I always have. I went to a community college for two years that was 10 minutes away from my house. Now I got to a state college twice a week that is 35 minutes away. It's well worth the drive and I would never even think of living on campus Plus I work 30 hours a week anyways. _________________ I have to feel sorry for myself. I’m the only one who cares. Just like I’m the only one who’ll have sex with me. Excuse me. I’m going to go wander the streets alone. Invisible, unwanted and unloved, a pathetic shadow in a city with no heart. -Raj

sage_gerard
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:04 pm Post subject:

I'm at home, but not for long. Heading off to live on campus. I have not decided where to go yet, but New Mexico tech is $9k/year, including housing. _________________ "Sex, streams, friends accessing private members... Either I am just discovering unintentional innuendo or Stroustrup is a pervert."