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 Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:08 am
I'm not sure if all you have had this, but my dad brought this up to me last night. I turn 18 this year, and you know how things change once that age comes to reality. Since my parents are divorced, my dad was wondering if I was going to continue to go back and fourth between my mom's and my dad's house every other month. What do you think I should do?
Dad
-The conditions are not as great, less food. Less family orientated activities. However, more privacy time in my own room have younger brothers to teach and hang with.
My Moms
-A safer neighborhood, stricter standards. More comfortable and more food. More pressure and less private time and more family time.
And I'd be ok for awhile longer if I go to school and not have a job, but still..
What did you do when you hit the age of 18? Party? School? Work? If divorced parents, which parent did you decide to live with and why?
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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:10 pm
I was 17 when I graduated high school. I had been living with my father and taking the bus to school.
I started college when I was 18. I did not have my license. My father could not drive me to college based on his work schedule but my mother could, so I moved in with her. My parents lived about 20 minutes away from each other, so I went to my father's on weekends to visit and do laundry.
So I'd say think about work and school. Which place is closer to the local college or to places you might end up working soon? Which place will be a better environment for studying?
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:43 pm
LorienLlewellyn I was 17 when I graduated high school. I had been living with my father and taking the bus to school. I started college when I was 18. I did not have my license. My father could not drive me to college based on his work schedule but my mother could, so I moved in with her. My parents lived about 20 minutes away from each other, so I went to my father's on weekends to visit and do laundry. So I'd say think about work and school. Which place is closer to the local college or to places you might end up working soon? Which place will be a better environment for studying?[/quote] Good answer.
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:44 pm
LorienLlewellyn I was 17 when I graduated high school. I had been living with my father and taking the bus to school. I started college when I was 18. I did not have my license. My father could not drive me to college based on his work schedule but my mother could, so I moved in with her. My parents lived about 20 minutes away from each other, so I went to my father's on weekends to visit and do laundry. So I'd say think about work and school. Which place is closer to the local college or to places you might end up working soon? Which place will be a better environment for studying? I guess my mom's house would be then, even though private time is less. And yea, both my mom and my dad are only about 15-20 minutes apart as well. I just feel that if I stay only at one house, that I'd be hurting the other parent's feelings. It sucks when I try to please all evenly, just doesn't work sometimes. I know how the government feels at times smile
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:17 am
If you sat down with them both and talked to them about it, I bet they would understand and not be hurt. Once you're 18, you need to think about what's best for you. smile
I graduated when I was 17, a couple months before I turned 18. I moved out at 19, but my parents weren't (and aren't) divorced. I worked a janitor job in the local mall and rented a room in a friend's house. When I was 20, I moved with a now-ex-boyfriend to a city about 6 hours away, and ended up staying there for another year and a half after he broke up with me. I went to the local university while I was there and had a good job, so both of those things weren't issues for me.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:03 pm
I didn't have to get a talk. My bro who is now 21 got the talk on his birthday. His dad was and irresponsible drinker and died from a car accident. Nothing really had to be said...I was told to follow my brothers footsteps and I only ever drink socially....I have to be responsible...BUT every now and again we all SLIP.... sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:50 am
God, when I hit 18 it was the worst for me until Summer. I'd sit at home doing nothing all depressed, all the time. Then I got a job during the summer, met my love there, and every since then it's been happy-days. Well, mostly. xD
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