I have been away from home since I was 17.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was 17, I decided I was going to leave home.
The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I could always go home if I needed to.
I tried to get as far away from home as possible after I graduated from high school because I had a hard time being a kid.
I left home at 17, traveled. I got married when I was 21. That's a young age. As it turned out, things were fine, then not so fine, and then it was a blunder. That happens all the time.
For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7.
I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.
I lived at home till I was 29.
My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.
I've been living, I've lived in New York since I was 18 years old and traveled pretty much all over the world.
My parents are really quite strict, so I have to be home at a certain time - even now, at the age of 25.