describe your childhood home

[Spinneret]

lovely home in a quiet area

 

[MIGrandma]

We lived in various apartments until I was in 4th grade. My Mom loved moving to new places. Then my parents bought a mobile home and we moved into a lovely park. It was small, with a living room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom. I lived there until I was 18 and got married.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Smallish, very 70s. Fake plastic bricks on one wall, paneling on the opposite wall. Yellow kitchen. Three bedrooms although the third one was only the size of an elevator. Bathroom like most in South Philly, very small. We lost that house right before my senior year in high school in a sheriff's sale.

 

[E&Cmom]

Split level home built in the 60s on a quiet street. Lots of kids around my age to play with. Great neighborhood.

 

[tvguy]

3 bedroom, 2 bath 1772 square foot Ranch style custom home on 1/2 acre lot in an area of custom homes. Backyard big enough to play whiffleball in.

 

[mamamary]

I’m sitting in it now as I’m visiting my mom. She has a brick home in a bustling section of NYC. It is technically a 2 family home but we have always used it as a 1 family.

 

[Caseheidi]

We moved a lot when I was a kid (like 11 times by the time I graduated High School at 17) which is a very long story. Most of these homes were typical 3 bedroom ranch built in the 60-70's. There were two apartment complexes for short times, but usually in great family oriented neighborhoods.

 

[indimom]

Updated 3 bed 2 bath farmhouse on 96 acres, with 6 barns and outbuildings.

 

[antmaril]

A 1,000 square foot ranch with three bedrooms and one bathroom. My parents built that home in 1954 when I was three years old. My sister and I sold the home in 2017. It was small and perfect.

 

[White Cat]

Very small. But with lots of love and warmth.

 

[ronandannette]

I grew up in the house (actually it started off as a single-room structure) my great-grandparents built when they pioneered in a remote, northern Canadian area that was giving away land claims in 1900. It was built on-to at least 5 times before I was born; electricity and plumbing were added as the utilities became available in the early 50's. 3 bedrooms and one bathroom; nobody I knew had more than one bathroom and there were a few homes in the area I can remember that still had out-houses.

 

[TippyThomas]

Most would call it very, very plain. No electricity, wood heat, oil lamps and no modern appliances or amenities. My parents were Mennonite so that is how we lived. I left the community not long after they both passed and there are times I miss it greatly. The simple way of life is much different than what I find in the modern world. I'm adjusting, but it's been a constant struggle to fit in and acclimate.

 

[nyy]

Small home on a rural back road, on the river. Spent my youth playing "down back", tubing (with real tractor innertubes), and exploring. My parents still live there and we bought our house 3 miles down the river.

 

[ronandannette]

Most would call it very, very plain. No electricity, wood heat, oil lamps and no modern appliances or amenities. My parents were Mennonite so that is how we lived. I left the community not long after they both passed and there are times I miss it greatly. The simple way of life is much different than what I find in the modern world. I'm adjusting, but it's been a constant struggle to fit in and acclimate.

You've mentioned versions of this many times; any chance you could go back? It sounds like you were happy there and the idea of simple, communal living has a lot going for it compared to today's crazy world (IMO).

 

[TippyThomas]

You've mentioned versions of this many times; any chance you could go back? It sounds like you were happy there and the idea of simple, communal living has a lot going for it compared to today's crazy world (IMO).

I've considered it many times, but I've grown accustomed to enjoying some things that I'd have to give up. I absolutely love getting out in my RV and seeing parts of the country I'd never get to see if I did. That freedom would be hard to give up. I could still figure out a way to do it, but it would be very limiting and no longer enjoyable to the extent it is now.

Yes, I do miss parts of it, but I"m not sure I would be happy or satisfied to go back. I don't believe in a way that would be required of me to believe in order to live that kind of life. I honestly think I'm too far removed at this point. I have a few acquaintances that I visit with still in the community, outside of their homes, but actually living it sounds too challenging at this point.

 

[ronandannette]

I've considered it many times, but I've grown accustomed to enjoying some things that I'd have to give up. I absolutely love getting out in my RV and seeing parts of the country I'd never get to see if I did. That freedom would be hard to give up. I could still figure out a way to do it, but it would be very limiting and no longer enjoyable to the extent it is now.

Yes, I do miss parts of it, but I"m not sure I would be happy or satisfied to go back. I don't believe in a way that would be required of me to believe in order to live that kind of life. I honestly think I'm too far removed at this point. I have a few acquaintances that I visit with still in the community, outside of their homes, but actually living it sounds too challenging at this point.

I understand, and I wish you well. I hope you find meaningful "community" for yourself; wherever that may be.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

Early 1900’s 2-story in a nice neighborhood. Three bedrooms, 2 baths. When my older brother, by 9 years, got married at 19 my dad renovated the upstairs into an apartment and added another downstairs bedroom. My sister and her husband bought the house from my parents when they decided to move and they have lived there for 36 years now. They got rid of the upstairs apartment though.