Moving out of your parents’ house is a rite of passage for most young adults.

This person has been wanting to move out for a year, but they feel guilty about leaving their parents with all the responsibilities.

Should they move out anyway?

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WIBTA if I move out, “leaving” my parents to their responsibilities?

I (20) want to move out of my parents’ house.

I want to move to a city, 30 minutes away from them.

That is where I attend university.

However, the situation at home is kind of busy right now.

This person’s house has been quite busy lately.

My grandparents were moved into a retirement home.

So now, my mother has to organize doctors’ appointments, and she’ll have to arrange a lot of financial stuff for them.

She has been on sick leave the past months to do so, but she will be returning to her job right when I’m planning to move out.

There are loads of chores to do.

All the while, we also have a dog to take care of.

And of course, there’s a lot of chores around the house.

I’m heavily involved in these chores because our household only consists of my mother, stepdad, and me.

They’ve been wanting to move out but there’s always something.

I have wanted to move out for almost a year now.

I don’t have the best relationship with my parents.

We aren’t very close, but they always found something that would hinder me, the latest being the situation with my grandparents.

They feel guilt-tripped into staying.

I honestly feel like I am being guilt-tripped.

I got called an “egoist pig” recently.

And now, I’m considering just moving out despite what my parents tell me.

I’m in the financial situation to do so.

They want to move out, but still help out.

I don’t plan on completely abandoning my parents.

I’ll still live close enough to help them out, if needed.

But me leaving home will make life much more stressful for them.

This college student is all grown up and wanting to be independent. There’s nothing wrong with that.

Let’s see what others have to say about this on Reddit.

This person thinks being independent is a good thing.

This person shares their honest opinion.

This user offers some helpful advice.

Good luck, says this person.

Finally, here’s a valid point from this person.

Parents’ responsibilities are not the kids’ responsibilities.

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