Do you want to move out of your parents' house?

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^^^ $740/month is about what SSI is. It means that most people need at least one apartment/house mate to be able to afford to live independently.

I left home at age 15. It is amazing what one can do when one is desperate. I did get help from a variety of different sources, but nothing due to a disability and no government help until college when I got Pell Grants and other scholarships.

You can live on $740 a month in at least some parts of the southeastern United States north of Florida. You can get a decent apartment in some places, in decent areas, for about $500 per month including all utilities.

Or in some rural areas far from cities in areas which are not most of the Northeast or the Pacific states.

It won't be a "middle class" existence by any stretch of the imagination. You can't save any money. And your car can't break down.

One thing to consider: one Zloty (her currency) is worth about 25 US cents.

True, it's really not very possible, without knowledge of both places, to know whether 740 Zlotys has the same "spending power" as $740.

We would find 740 Zlotys to be very little money, indeed. But I wonder if, in Poland, prices are commensurately much lower than the US, thereby increasing the actual spending power of the Zloty.

I never felt secure at home, and starting from age five, began to realize that the things I needed to learn were not taught or even known there. So, I didn't mind drifting towards a "don't come back" at 17. Mother had left two years earlier, and didn't get around to asking why I left 'till she was dying.

You had a very precocious mind at age 5.

On my 5th birthday, I couldn't even say a word, nor really comprehend anything.

I've wanted to leave my parents since I was a late teen.

I have lived in abuse all my life. Still do.

While my mom was good to me for most of my life and still is, she gets angry if I don't do things right and it seems like see wants me to do many things and that she controls my life.

My mom will do many things for me or get me things, but will also refuse to help or take things from me.

I don't have a job and my mom won't let me. She would probably get mad at me and tell me to leave.

I am going through Harbor Regional right now to get help and will hopefully get the help required to be able to leave.

But even if that does happen I may not leave. I want to work things out with my family.

Yes, eventually - although it may take a few years for me to put away a sizable enough deposit that mortgage costs will be minimal.

I lived away from home for three years between ages 18-21, with an ex-partner - although once this relationship ended, I could no longer afford to live away from my parents' house. I was jobless at the time, rent is high in my area, and social security/benefits are facing serious cutbacks.

I'm fortunate enough that my family are willing and able to let me stay whilst I save for a deposit on my own place.

You're still quite young. Just continue to save.

Before you know it, you'll be 27......and able to move out!

I moved out when I was 17 to go to college. But it was thanks to my family for they covered all my financial needs and they still help me financially when I'm in need.

Same thing eventually.

Me too. Although as I was able to live in a family property that was vacant so I didn't have to deal with financial independence. Living alone from 15 saved me. Everything got better after that point.

Exactly. I was about six and can still remember the moment I realized my parents could not take care of me (literally)

I didn't realise until I was 14-15. I think my mum did take good care of me until I hit the teenage years and then it was all too much.

I've only been to Poland once, but it certainly was a very cheap place... even in the city I went to that gets a lot of tourists. Rural areas are probably even cheaper... then again, the wages there are most likely low too compared to here, so it cancels it out a little bit.

As for me, I already live on my own. I moved out from my parents' place a month after graduating, at the age of 18.

I wanted to move into an apartment for at least a year prior to it finally happening last month. I was 23 at the time. I've got to say - while I was worried about some things regarding the move, they got settled pretty quickly, and I've enjoyed living independently.

I would like to live on my own eventually but my parents don't want me to and constantly tell me that I'm not capable so I just have to deal with that.