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Is moving out on your own worth the isolation?
Replies: 15 — Last Post Aug. 1, 2012 2:44pm by Run with the wolves
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Dolce
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Hm?

Is having your own place worth the trade-off of having less social life or even no social life?

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I think so, but I'm relatively introverted.

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you get more of a social life, often. i moved out at 16. i can't even fathom living at home, even if that meant having a drastically limited social life.

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if you have 'no social life' simply by living alone then you aren't doing it right.

living alone absolutely does not mean forfeiting your social life. you just have to balance your alone time with going out with friends, having people over and attending other social functions.

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Quote: from polio at 10:56 am on Aug. 1, 2012
if you have 'no social life' simply by living alone then you aren't doing it right.

living alone absolutely does not mean forfeiting your social life. you just have to balance your alone time with going out with friends, having people over and attending other social functions.


That's no what I meant, but I see your point.

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Quote: from Luxe at 8:00 am on Aug. 1, 2012
Quote: from polio at 10:56 am on Aug. 1, 2012
if you have 'no social life' simply by living alone then you aren't doing it right.  

 living alone absolutely does not mean forfeiting your social life. you just have to balance your alone time with going out with friends, having people over and attending other social functions.


That's no what I meant, but I see your point.

I'm curious what you did mean then (because I took it the same way as polio and agree with him)?

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If it means getting away from my emotionally abusive mother, then yes. Well worth any trade off

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How does moving out mean no social life? *Just read the below

If anything it means your social life will grow, especially in your situation.

Yeah, it's worth it. And you'll have interaction with other people to make up for it even more. But that's just me, the complete freedom of it alone would be good enough to overcome a loss of seeing/interacting with my family.

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Quote: from JennyColada at 11:07 am on Aug. 1, 2012
Quote: from Luxe at 8:00 am on Aug. 1, 2012
Quote: from polio at 10:56 am on Aug. 1, 2012
if you have 'no social life' simply by living alone then you aren't doing it right.

  living alone absolutely does not mean forfeiting your social life. you just have to balance your alone time with going out with friends, having people over and attending other social functions.

 
 That's no what I meant, but I see your point.

I'm curious what you did mean then (because I took it the same way as polio and agree with him)?

I didn't mean that by moving out you forfeit your social life persay.
I more meant that if you didn't have much of a social life to begin with, being on your own and living with out your family and their stuff is having less.

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seems like this is based on how much somebody personally values privacy, freedom, and interaction
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i don't think my mental health would ever permit me to live alone

for some reason i am perfectly content when others around, but as soon as ive an hour or so in the house alone and bored, i start to feel really depressed

i know this doesn't really answer your question, but if you are anything like me then it's worth considering

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how does that mean you would have no social life? you can alter and change and do anything when you are living on your own. all you need is the will.
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I suppose that depends on your household.  I don't think "social life" is really the term you wanted though.  I mean, human interaction might go down if you aren't living with people any more... but in many cases, moving out can increase your social life because you have more freedom to go out and do whatever.

For me, definitely.  It's not like I was with my parents all that much when I was at home anyway... and I was just stressed the whole time I was home if they were home too.  I like being by myself at home...

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this is the silliest thing ive heard. social life only goes up at that point.

and surely you would prefer living alone anyway as opposed to living with ur parents regardless of social life... i mean at least i would..

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I never heard of someone's social life doing anything but improving once moving out of their parent's homes.

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