Did you move out yet?

I went away for college for 4 years, coming back home every summer, but I truly moved out a year after I graduated and spent a lot of time working and building up a big nest egg. Four of my friends and I moved into a big duplex apartment in a shitty part of Brooklyn NY. One of my friends had to leave 4 months later because he couldn't find a job, but he was replaced with my buddy's fiancé shortly after.

After moving into a basement apartment for 4 months after that lease expired, I've finally settled in a beautiful apartment in Astoria, Queens despite a lot of drama that came with it. Sometime this fall my girlfriend and I are planning on moving in together, the only question is where. I want to stay in my apartment but I need to convince my landlord to let us have her dog there too.

Moving out has been the best thing for me. It was difficult leaving my folks' place but I needed the independence and I craved being in the city. I can't imagine living anywhere else at this point in my life. When I start a family I'll want to move upstate or to Long Island but until then, I'm loving every second of my life.

Moving is the worst, though. Next time I move I'm hiring people. U-Hauls are the worst, not to mention the travesty that is finding a place to park in New York. I can pinpoint the three worst days I've had in New York and all three of them were the days I moved.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

past a certain age, kids should be paying rent to their parents.

I think this really depends on the situation. If your kid is legitimately trying to get him or herself off the parental teet then I think living there for free is fine. If they're being lazy slobs who aren't amounting to shit, then rent should be charged as a way to light a fire under their asses.

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