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17 to get married

Morning Daniel, I would have been errm. just thinking back! :)) 22 and a half, just married! :) just adding to say how much I love your cat photo's, they really are gorgeous!. :)

First at 18, to join the WRENS, came home after 2 weeks trial, not for me. Second time at 22 when I married, still married 45 years later.

when I got married (21). Daniel don't rush it, cheaper at home than on your own. My daughter will be 28 next month and sure she left for 8 months , ended up coming back home to save money. She was sharing accommo then friend decided to move so daugher couldn't afford the place on her own. She's been home a year and hasn't saved a plum nickle thou. lol. She is in the process of moving out again thou. Hope it's for good this time.

Went to College when I was 15 and 4mths - stayed in digs, part of rent was paid and I worked nights and Sats to cover rest. Once I left College, a year later, I got a bed-sit and needed two jobs to pay rent etc. Met my husband when I was 17 and we married 6mths later (Nov 1969).

Left at 18 when I married my ex,had first son at 21,second son at 23,first daughter at 25 and second daughter at 26,by 27 was seperated from ex,best thing I ever did. He was a womanising control freak and I was well shut of him.

I can understand wanting to move out. My brother (17) is desperate to do so but I have tried to pass on my experience not that a. he will listen or b. it will make a difference (Dad is moving abroad). I moved out (was asked to) at 21 and although I now love my independence it's been a tough learning code. My rent, council tax and bills are AT LEAST £700 and I've always had at least 2 jobs (up until yesterday). It's hard being responsible for everything, making sure all bills are paid and also being on your own. I think loneliness was (and still is) the hardest part of living on your own. Move out when you want to, but just be prepared to become an adult and TOTALLY responsible for yourself (most of my friends are my age and still live at home!). xx

Never did leave home.Now 41. Got engaged at 29 and dad told me he would move out(we had bought the house together). Called of the engagement 2 years later and dad didnt move back in. Now have 2 kids and been married for one year, yesterday. Spud

Twenty got married daugther 31 and still at home Val

58 years ago. aged 24, to get married. Does it count that I was called up into the army at 18? Len

19 to get married - not a good idea - fell out of the frying pan into the fire. Ann

I was an old 28! Didn't feel any need to leave earlier, as I had a lovely home with lovely parents who, as long as I abided by certain guidelines were fine. In the end I thought 'if I don't go now I never will' and moved out, but still visited them 3-4 times a week! AL

I left home when i was 17.......i cudnt share a room with my brother any longer....so rented a house with a few mates. Moved back in after a few months because my brother was killed and my mum needed my support. I stayed about 3 months but had to have my own space......lived with a mate and his partner for about 6 months....but spent most of my time at my girlfriends. She lived with her dad in a rented flat and he decided to move away....so i moved in with her.......that was 1986.....still with her now. Nick

When I was 20. I had the opportunity to share a flat with two mates from college. It was nearer college and also nearer boyfriend (now husband). It was a bit ghastly - first time away from home, and one of flatmates was away every weekend as her father was dying of cancer. 2nd flatmate was sharing her bedroom with a much-older chap who was married and a lecturer at our college. I was a bit of a gooseberry, till said chap grew tired of hints about divorce and remarriage and moved out. then it was just 2nd flatmate and me until boyfriend and I got our own place. It's different for boys. Husband left home to move into flat with me when he was 24. His brother finally left home when he was 30. My brother left home when he was about 35 but is now back with mum. nell

21 when I got married 38 years later and we're still together Linda

21 when I got married and never went back.........a bit different today though isn't it?

18. Had to move back when I was 22 and it drove me mad but it only lasted 6 months.

Home left me when I was 15 - just before my GCE's. Dad worked in Saudi Arabia and mum went to join him! I didn't fancy being unable to go out when I wanted, and walking 9 paces behind dad when we did, so they bought a house for my sister & I in Southampton and made her my legal guardian at 19 - like she had authority lol. Moved away from that house to Southsea when I was 16. maggie

When I got married at 19 but had to move back a year later. I was pregnant & children weren't allowed in the one bed flat we were renting. We stayed for about six mths after my son was born. Vivienne xx

Hi Dan I left at 18 after about a million fights with my mum, she didnt approve of my new boyfriend, i moved in with him and am still there 8 years laters. Hope everything works out for you i remember being scared when i first 'fly the nest'. Debbie