Hello. I'm turning 17 July of 2016. My mother already approved of me moving out when i turn 17. Im planning on moving to North Carolina with my boyfriend who's 21. Please dont bash me and tell me im too young to be dating him, because that's none of your damn business. I just want to know how much i need to be saving up between then and now, hopefully get some insight on people who moved out at my age... your experiences with moving out at a young age... what steps i should be taking. Dos and donts... THANKS!

Can't your Mom or another adult give you any input as to expenses you'll need to play house?

DO - Save all you can. Spend for necessities only.

Get some kind of skill so you will have a marketable talent.

Graduate HS - don't quit school.

Stay on friendly terms with Mom so when you want to return she'll

Take you back.

DON'T - buy joint property, car house anything you'll fight over when the

The honeymoon is over.

Get pregnant !

go to womens homeless shelter to learn from them be4 u get Burned.

u legally can not live with him even in NC.\

So u / he get to live with family friends minivans etc.

in 10 yrs u will see how uninformed u were.

SAVED up has zero to do with moving out.

smart children go to colleges school to get degrees,

licenses, certification that lead to employment

paying 35000 - 60000$ the first yrs.

After they got work for 1 -2 yrs then they move out

and do not end up as a Statistic.

in 1900 - 1940s u/he had a chance of making a 'life' for your self.

NOT now.

Where's Dad? What does he say?

Are you in counseling? If not, you should look into it. Every community has needs based therapy (cost). Your school will be able to help you find some (or are you not in school either).

You have my sympathy. It must be really tough to have a mom who could care less about your best interest.

Hopefully, you have another adult in your life (Dad? Aunt? Grandparent?) who is more up to the task of parenting a teen.

$5000