Do you remember how you felt when you left home for the first time?

Loopy

I remember feeling so sad leaving my Dad on his own*. He raised us and I was the last to leave. I cried for days and the guy I moved in with was so happy to get away from his narky cow of a mother that he was amazed by my tears. I missed my Dad's fabulous meals, his stimulating conversations and amazing sense of humour.

How did you feel and did you miss anything?


*incidentially, he is now shacked up with a French Chick who's younger than me, so he's never been happier!

o1s1n

Loopy wrote: »

did you miss anything?

The food.

Loopy wrote: »

How did you feel?

Hungry

smash

Loopy wrote: »

*incidentially, he is now shacked up with a French Chick who's younger than me, so he's never been happier!

Your dad is awesome!

Poor Craythur

I felt free.

Duggy747

I was free from the wretched constraints of those cursed apron strings. A few years later I had to move home after being laid off but I quickly left again...........if I didn't one of us was leaving in a body bag :pac:

I do miss my dog though, loveable mutt.

Poor Craythur

OP, how did your Dad pull someone younger than his daughter? Curious how it came about!

Orando Broom

Loopy wrote: »

I remember feeling so sad leaving my Dad on his own*. He raised us and I was the last to leave. I cried for days and the guy I moved in with was so happy to get away from his narky cow of a mother that he was amazed by my tears. I missed my Dad's fabulous meals, his stimulating conversations and amazing sense of humour.

How did you feel and did you miss anything?


*incidentially, he is now shacked up with a French Chick who's younger than me, so he's never been happier!

If you liked your Dad so much why didn't you marry him?

WindSock

Poor Craythur wrote: »

OP, how did your Dad pull someone younger than his daughter? Curious how it came about!

He's a paedophile. OP is 17.

biko

Bit much there Windsock

Ricardo G

Loopy wrote: »

I remember feeling so sad leaving my Dad on his own*. He raised us and I was the last to leave. I cried for days and the guy I moved in with was so happy to get away from his narky cow of a mother that he was amazed by my tears. I missed my Dad's fabulous meals, his stimulating conversations and amazing sense of humour.

How did you feel and did you miss anything?


*incidentially, he is now shacked up with a French Chick who's younger than me, so he's never been happier!

Loopy i was in the same boat so i know how you felt !! My old man raised 3 of us on his own and this was back in the 80's when things were a little tougher but i always felt he was more like a bigger brother than a father. Felt awful leaving home at the age of 18 (the first week was dreadful) never felt so alone in all my life OR BROKE

Loopy

Poor Craythur wrote: »

OP, how did your Dad pull someone younger than his daughter? Curious how it came about!

He's a looker, and he's obsessed with anything French.
So one day he's having a few pints in the boozer on a Sunday morning listening to a Jazz Band while waiting on his mate's. The French chick was walking past the pub, heard the music and rambled in (she was feeling very depressed as she was homesick and had just moved here from Galway where she had lost her job). She like's older men - they caught each other's eye and she went over to him. Once he heard 'Allo', that was it - they were both smitten.

That was 2 years ago.

Super-Rush

My mammy.

Gunsfortoys

WindSock wrote: »

He's a paedophile. OP is 17.

Banned

Oh wait...

minidazzler

Loopy wrote: »

He's a looker, and he's obsessed with anything French.
So one day he's having a few pints in the boozer on a Sunday morning listening to a Jazz Band while waiting on his mate's. The French chick was walking past the pub, heard the music and rambled in (she was feeling very depressed as she was homesick and had just moved here from Galway where she had lost her job). She like's older men - they caught each other's eye and she went over to him. Once he heard 'Allo', that was it - they were both smitten.

That was 2 years ago.

Your dad is my hero. Give him a hi-5 from me!

pragmatic1

I was actually a bit sad for about an hour. Then I started drinking.

Son Of A Vidic

Loopy wrote: »

He's a looker..

Qedipus? Is that you?

NothingMan

I did it kind of gradually. When I was 18 I moved into the garage converted into a granny flat and was there til I was 24 when I moved in with a gf. It didn't feel that strange just felt a bit bad for leaving my Mam down rent I was paying, but I couldn't stay there forever.

Novella

When I first left home, I lived in on-campus accommodation at college. My parents dropped me off, helped me unpack my stuff. My mum did some emotional stuff, and as soon as they left, I watched their car drive away and texted my boyfriend at the time, "Yeah, you can come over now, I'm finally alone!". Felt pretty great tbh.

stovelid

I really missed the cat.

Poor Craythur

stovelid wrote: »

I really missed the cat.

Me too.

Poor Craythur

NothingMan wrote: »

I did it kind of gradually. When I was 18 I moved into the garage converted into a granny flat and was there til I was 24 when I moved in with a gf. It didn't feel that strange just felt a bit bad for leaving my Mam down rent I was paying, but I couldn't stay there forever.

I'm sure she was expecting it.

NothingMan

Poor Craythur wrote: »

I'm sure she was expecting it.

She was, and since then my sister has moved back with her 2 kids. She's always complaining but I know she'd be lost if they weren't there. Still try and come up with excuses to give her money every now and then though, she's proud so I have to be more and more elaborate.

Elisabeth Fritzl

It was very bright out...

Poor Craythur

Elisabeth Fritzl wrote: »

It was very bright out...

Loopy

Elisabeth Fritzl wrote: »

It was very bright out...

Wow, you joined boards for that!

kudos

extra-ordinary_

I remember - I was going down the shops to spend my 5p pocket money...

ToniTuddle

Moved in and out of home good few times now over the years. Happy as Larry leaving each time:D

Love my family but can't beat being on your own two feet too.

Next move I make will be into my own rented place no more sharing.

stovelid

Elisabeth Fritzl wrote: »

It was very bright out...

Cheap Thrills!

I was ecstatic but slightly regretful I hadn't arranged anywhere to live....:D

kelle

I left home at 18 to study in London. Initially I was sad to leave home.

But within a couple of days I quickly realised it was great to be able to leave the house without having to ask (normally I'd be required to mind younger siblings/ clean the hovel), only have to tidy up after myself, go to bed when I wanted and have total peace and quiet while studying. It was bliss!

starbelgrade

I never officially moved out, so there was no great moment where it dawned on me that I had fled the nest.

Basically, when I was 17, I went on a holiday to Spain & loved it so much, that I didn't come back for 3 years.

By the time I came back I was well used to feeding myself, so I never moved back home.

Alter-Ego

The day I got my apartment for college I was outa there like a fcukin' bat out of hell.

I'm back here again for the last few months. Not fun, but i'm on the dole and it's cheap.

Abi

Loopy wrote: »

How did you feel and did you miss anything?

I felt mostly worried because I was still in my mid-teens and had no where to go, the aul one fucked me out. I was a bit of a wild card, and the hen is a strict and interfering aul witch. I suppose I just out-grew the family home. Once I got set up with my own flat, I was much happier. Of course the hen hated that I was able to stand up on my own two feet, and asked me to come home several times. I told her to kiss my hole.


The only thing I miss about home is my Dad

pawrick

oddly I missed having my own space and the freedom to do what I liked when I moved out, suddenly I had a proper job and bills to pay!

Sanjuro

No. I was way too young and tucked up in a pram, I'd imagine.

Cheap Thrills!

Abi wrote: »

I felt mostly worried because I was still in my mid-teens and had no where to go, the aul one fucked me out. I was a bit of a wild card, and the hen is a strict and interfering aul witch.

Same as that, my Ma told me to get out (I was the b!tch to be fair, not the Ma, she was a saint) So I took my ....erm ...'illegal crops' in a plastic bag and flounced off to my boyfriends.

Like a big thick teenager!

bluto63

Moved over to London for college. Was pretty scary but at the same time was very happy to get out of the house. No emotional goodbyes. Didn't even get a ride to the airport...

daenerysstormborn3

Absolutely ecstatic. Moved out the day of my last leaving cert exam and about 2 weeks after my 18th birthday. Was feckin brilliant!

No emotional goodbyes. I never had a happy home life. My parents now wonder why I very rarely return home My dad didn't even say goodbye to me :rolleyes:

RichieC

I do miss me mas daily cooking, it's really fked with my chakras not having them.

though I have it once or twice a week.

I also miss my washing not magically disappearing off the floor and reappearing in strange little neat folded piles on my dresser.


I never figured it would be so expensive to keep a fridge stocked with interesting stuff before I moved out either.

/heads off for his tin of beans dinner

Ruu_Old

Went to England after college to work, did not work out that well so moved back home then a while later got my green card to live and in the USA.
My Dad did not take it to well, promised me the house and the works. He got up early to go to work for a few hours on the Saturday morning of my flight, I went over to shake his hand and pulled him into a hug.

A man I have never seen any emotion just let out a long sigh and a few tears and just said "go on, off with ya, you'll miss your plane". I don't think he'll ever get used to me being away. He often asks when I am coming home for good when I call the house. I always feel like crap when I go home for a holiday and then have to leave. Takes me a good while to get used to things in the US again.

Poor Craythur

Ruu wrote: »

Went to England after college to work, did not work out that well so moved back home then a while later got my green card to live and in the USA.
My Dad did not take it to well, promised me the house and the works. He got up early to go to work for a few hours on the Saturday morning of my flight, I went over to shake his hand and pulled him into a hug.

A man I have never seen any emotion just let out a long sigh and a few tears and just said "go on, off with ya, you'll miss your plane". I don't think he'll ever get used to me being away. He often asks when I am coming home for good when I call the house.

Aw. Poignant.

Dudess

It was only about 10 miles away so didn't feel that different. Moving away from home though, I felt a bit homesick all right. For about half an hour. And that was moreso a hangover...

Aw Ruu... sniffle...

Snakeblood

Sanjuro wrote: »

No. I was way too young and tucked up in a pram, I'd imagine.

YOU STOLE MY BIT.

Grasshoppa

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

Banned

Oh wait...

Is this the online equivalent of 'imaginary card waving'?

ScumLord

I only moved two minutes away in the same town, my mother still cried. I kept bringing my washing down to her once a week though, so she could still feel like a mammy.

Poor Craythur

ScumLord wrote: »

I kept bringing my washing down to her once a week though, so she could still feel like a mammy.

Oh how kind of you. :rolleyes:

1966

ScumLord wrote: »

I only moved two minutes away in the same town, my mother still cried. I kept bringing my washing down to her once a week though, so she could still feel like a mammy.

You really are the Bestest !!

Debthree

I feel really guilty looking back at it. I think my Dad was upset but couldn't express it. I wanted to leave home since I was 16, finally did at 20. Couldn't wait to get out. Now when I look back I think I probably really hurt their feelings in my desperation to get away. You can't beat becoming a parent to realise the nice things your own parents did for you.

Loopie

Ah I remember it well...moved all of about 10 minutes drive from my parents home. Remember doing loads of runs between the two places, with clothes, they arrived home from hols to find me...or not find me as the case was! I kinda lived between the two for a while and now I get bollocked for not calling in to them enough!

Brenireland

stovelid wrote: »

I really missed the cat.

Anyone else here having a Chinese this weekend?

crazygeryy

the day i left for austrailia for the year.at the airport.i didnt mind seeing my mother crying but when my father welled up.christ i was in bits.a sad day but a great year.
i wasnt long missing all my ironing cooking and cleaning being done for me.jeez i miss it now lol