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This is optimal Finance Daily episode 1043, seven things I learned about money after I moved out,

by Nick True of mapped outmoney.com.

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Seven things I learned about money after I Moved Out Money.com

I moved out when I was 18 years old to start college. I lived on campus and while I was technically on my own I still spent the summers at my parents and always had them to fall back on if I needed.

Although I took care of my normal expenses while in college, I didn't carry the emotional weight of being on my own.

For me, officially getting out from under my parents coincided with my marriage.

I moved from my campus dorm into an apartment with my new wife in the summer of 2014.

My wife and I wanted to be totally independent

and didn't get married until we had the ability to do so.

And while we did it, I'd be lying if I said it was easy.

Doing life without your parents help to lean on is tough.

There's so much stuff you don't think about until it happens.

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