2010-12-06, 04:06 PM
I was in a different situation when my girlfriend moved in with me but we were the same age as you. I was living away from my parents in an apartment with a couple of friends at the out of state college I was attending. It was also a different situation because it really wasn't something we planned out, it just happened. She was over at my place more often than not and when it came time for her to plan out what she was doing for a place to live the next year (college towns have a lot of people moving in/out the same month of the year due to the school schedule) we both thought it didn't make much sense for her to pay for a place to stay maybe one night a week.
I really don't see why everyone is saying a full-time job and college don't mix. Sure you may have to lose out on your weekends to make it work but it's definitely doable. People do it all the time. Sure most of the cases you hear about are people going back to school and maintianing their full-time job but I've done it and I've known several other people who have as well. It really cuts down on the amount of debt you walk out of college with if you aren't fortunate enough to have scholarships/other funding for school.
The big issue in my mind is if you can actually live with this other person. Especially if you have been living with your parents (seems like it from the first post) and don't have much experience living with other people much less someone who is going to literally be a roommate. It's an entirely different situation.
It's a lot more responsibility and yet it's a lot more freedom.
Getting out into the world is nice.
I really don't see why everyone is saying a full-time job and college don't mix. Sure you may have to lose out on your weekends to make it work but it's definitely doable. People do it all the time. Sure most of the cases you hear about are people going back to school and maintianing their full-time job but I've done it and I've known several other people who have as well. It really cuts down on the amount of debt you walk out of college with if you aren't fortunate enough to have scholarships/other funding for school.
The big issue in my mind is if you can actually live with this other person. Especially if you have been living with your parents (seems like it from the first post) and don't have much experience living with other people much less someone who is going to literally be a roommate. It's an entirely different situation.
It's a lot more responsibility and yet it's a lot more freedom.
Getting out into the world is nice.