I lived with my parents and older sister when I was 32. Later on at 32 I moved out for good. I had lived with them for a couple of years after being on my own didn't work out. I really felt lonely when I was living with them. Perhaps we just didn't communicate very well. At the time I lived with them I didn't have any friends in the area. Living with them was hard because they were abusive at times.

I told them that I was going to go on a vacation for a couple of months, since there didn't seem to be any jobs in the area. So I took that cross country drive as a vacation about 30 years ago. I never came back. I came to where I am now just to be here for a couple of months. I've been here ever since.

Believe it or not, I felt a lot less lonely after I moved out. I have lived alone for many years including now. There are times I get lonely still, but I would never trade in for what I have now to get back what I had being with my parents and sister.