Engaged & Living with Parents

We planned on staying at my parents, but now I'm knocked up. So, we're renting a two bedroom apartment and moving out.

I didn't want to stay at my mom's house for too long because I want to start having a family right after.. Lol. But at least I wasn't alone being engaged living at my mom's. Congrats on the little bean !

I would move out before the wedding if possible. Rent a smaller place. You won't want to live with your mom as newlyweds... Awkward

That could be an idea but would be a struggle due to paying all the final dues for the wedding .. We have been living together with my mom for a year now. We are on the opposite side of the house.. If you catch my drift haha

Did you move in specifically to pay for the wedding or just to save money in general?

We live with my parents right now, it isn't easy, but we're saving up money to move long distance after the wedding. Unfortunately, FH has a car lease that won't be up for another six months after the wedding, so we're kind of just stuck until then. We could try to get out of the lease early, but having had a leased car myself, I know that it is very expensive. We also aren't looking to find a place after the wedding to move everything again half a year later.

I'm picking up what you're puttin down. Still. As soon as you possibly can. I'm a HUGE fan of walking around in next to nothing. As soon as it's just you and FH you'll feel umm... Free? lol

We were going to originally rent an apt but my mom offered to stay with her for the time being to save money for the wedding, which helped tremendously. We pay her monthly though.

Catlady -- no, it is not easy! Everything is ridiculously expensive. And very good point.

I asked my FH not to propose until we were both out of the house and on our own. I'm so thankful I did that. I can't imagine not living on our own. Kudos to those that can deal though, I sure as hell couldn't.

I live with my parents and he lives in an apartment. We plan to start looking for a house in January so we will have it before his lease is up and before the wedding!

I still live with my parents and they are helping with majority of the wedding but my fiancé has a house. So I'm moving in with him after the wedding.

@karen he is pretty close with his yearly allowance right now. I own my car, though so we could trade for a bit since I do much less driving than he does.

Currently, I live at home with my family and FH lives at home with his family. We plan on buying a condo/town house maybe 2-3 months before the wedding

@catlady11317 car leases are with the manufacturer, not the dealer. So you can turn in the car to any dealership, not sure if that's what you meant, but thought it might help.

We live with my parents because we are saving to purchase a house. Where we live, renting actually ends up being more expensive than buying in the long run. It's no big deal, we aren't going to be TTC for a very long time, if at all even. It's a really nice way to save!

My fiance and I just moved in with his parents.... We were living in a house that I bought and recently changed jobs that required us to move. It is currently on the market and if this contract goes through, it should be a done deal by September 12th. Once it is officially sold, we will either rent for a year to save up more money or continue living with his parents for a few months, save everything and look for a new place. We are in Northern VA so the cost of living is a lot higher than it was in Maryland. I prefer to be living in our own place for the holidays and starting off our newlywed life (wedding in January) in our own home.

Renting can be better than buying a house if you buy and sell the house within a few years. I bought my house 4 years ago and it's not saving me anymore money. But I also guess it depends on where you live and the inflation of houses in the area.

In May FH and I moved back to NY from CA - we now live with my step-dad. We live in a fully finished basement, so we have a lot of space. It's been great as far as wedding savings go and it will allow us to save for a house after the wedding. We plan on staying here until next May (so about 7 months after our wedding).

Most of our relationship we have lived on our own, so it's been an adjustment living home again. It's worth it to set ourselves up for a stable financial future.

I hope you're all paying rent to your parents.

In Feb we moved in with FIL and we will move out right after the honeymoon. we bought a duplex and will rent out one side and live in their other. it has been a struggle for me at times. I love his dad and there is plenty of privacy. but his brother (28 and has never had a job or lived out of the house) irritates me. and I want my own space. I've been walking on eggshells for 6 months while buying an investment property and planning a wedding. oh, FH works graveyard so I'm always alone. but we've saved a ton of money so it's been worth it.