There's no place like home

[cityboy-stl]

No. I lived in the same home from time I was born until I moved out on my own. Moved around a few times then but now I've lived in the same house that I own for 25 years. I am not sure it is a good thing actually but I do own the house mortgage free.






So are you and Bender having a fight?

 

[Maklaar13]

All my life my family moved around every few years so I've never allowed myself to grow attached to things. I didn't have a permanent "home" where I felt safe and secure to relax and settle in, that's not to say my parents didn't do their best. I hope one day I will have a place to call my own, where I belong and get comfortable in.

How about you? Did you move around a lot, or have you been in the same spot for most of your life? Do you like where you are?

I can definitely relate to your situation and feelings. My family also move around a lot and my parents were not good communicators, out of the blue, we would find out that we were moving to another place, or come home from school to find that we were moving again. The first house I ever remember living in was torn down to make room for a freeway, very sad and another house that was my favorite place, was demolished too. I have never had a room of my own and it is my dream in life, to have a room all to myself.

 

[FPNY]

My dad was a career navy man, we moved all the time. I've been in the same house now for 25+ years. I've turned into a real home body. I love having my own home and hope to own where I live forever...

 

[Falcon16]

I was born in Colorado and moved east to Massachusetts when I was 10. But there were several moves and different towns and school systems before finally settling in one spot. But since high school, I've been on the move quite often, never staying put more than 5 years or so. This is now the longest time in one residence since high school for me, 7 years. I'm 56.

 

[backagain]

I grew up in one spot. My parents brought the house when I was born. Lived there until I became an adult.

I've moved a few times as an adult. I am on my 5th apartment. I've been here 11 years.
Won't be moving soon. Love my apartment and the location. Just 6 miles outside of Boston.

 

[sixthson]

We moved into our family home right after I was born and I grew up there. My parents died there.
Despite never moving around, I never felt safe and settled because the house is not the home, the family is. My family was not
safe and secure.

But my partner and I have made a home for ourselves and our children that is warm and welcoming and protective for all of us. I can truly say there is no place like home now.

 

[T-Rexx]

How about you? Did you move around a lot, or have you been in the same spot for most of your life? Do you like where you are?

Yes, we moved around a lot. Never lived in one place for more than 3 years from birth through college and graduate school.

Now, I am faced with homelessness.

You don't really appreciate the value of having a place to live until you don't have one.

 

[JPGhost]

Same here.. but the most important thing that you keep intact with your family and you guys treat each other well, that's what you call "home" inside- Im not talking cliche here, it's true with me.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

in the last five years I've lived in five different places

not because i wanted to or need to be out .

just best because i like to move.


I guess I'm odd

 

[umjreon88]

I grew up in the same house til I was 19, then we moved to another one just down the road for a few months before moving to yet another where I settled in for the next two years before I came to London. So I guess I did have a place I called home for 16 years of my life, comfortably and socially in a familiar setting where neighbours were friends.

The current premise is one I call my home till I move again in the future... I am sort of a nomad...

 

[ibill1]

I guess I have an anchor tied to my ass. I grew up in the same house with 5 brothers and lived there until I went off to college at 17. Spent 5 yrs. there where I met Steve. After graduation we moved here and bought this house where I have lived for 35 yrs. So, besides college, I've lived in only 2 places. However, now I'm a widower and live alone for the first time in my life. Besides losing Steve, I quite enjoy living alone for the first time.

 

[ronboy]

For my first four years of life, I lived in a three family house that my grandfather owned in the city of Rochester. In the 1960's, it was still a beautiful neighborhood with nice stores within a three block walking distance. My parents paid dirt-cheap rent because my grandfather wanted them to save up money for a down payment on their own house. Around the time my brother was born, and I was getting ready to go to school, my parents had a house built in suburban Gates. I would have gone to the same city elementary school that my father had attended, but my mother was concerned that, as a five-year-old, I would have to cross a major, very busy Rochester street called Mt. Read Blvd. to get to the school. Where we moved, I was bused to school, a brand new school that opened the year I started kindergarten. I grew up and still live in Gates. It is a typical suburban, small town where you always bump into people you know at local businesses. Unfortunately, my ex, Dave also lives in this town too, for better or worse, so we do bump into each other fairly often.

 

[ravenstar]

My parents built their home in the early years of their marriage and it was where I was raised. I moved into my own place and loved it, but a health situation cost me everything I'd worked for and wiped me out financially. I ended up moving back to my parents place. I have nightmares about never being able to afford my own place again and inheriting this place and living here until I die lol.