I would like to get an apartment & I'm not sure how to explain my plans to my overprotective father. Advice?

I have a roommate. We are actively job hunting. I think the right time would be to wait until about October (after I turn 18). I hope to have enough money and more saved up %26amp; hope that I can find a way to explain my decision to a father who doesn't believe in a person being grown up until they're 21! I don't feel that I'm grown up, I just feel that this is something I have to do for myself.I would like to get an apartment %26amp; I'm not sure how to explain my plans to my overprotective father. Advice?
You will just have to sit your father down and ask him to hear you out before he responds or objects. Detail the practical steps you have taken, and affirm your reasons for this decision, just as you did for us. Tell them you understand he doesn't agree with the wisdom of this move, but that you honestly feel this is something you need to try. Remind him that someone doesn't become an adult overnight - it is a gradual process, and the only way to learn is to try.





A few practical hints: create an emergency fund of 2-3 months' worth of living expenses before you move out. This cushion will protect you from the stress and danger of living paycheck to paycheck. Also, when viewing apartments with the landlord, write down anything you discuss verbally, and have him sign and date it. It will help you keep track of any repairs or changes that he says he will make before you move in, and create written proof that you can enforce if he ';forgets';.I would like to get an apartment %26amp; I'm not sure how to explain my plans to my overprotective father. Advice?
Good Luck! My dad is over protective too. He didn't want me to go to college. Then I got pregnant and he wanted me to come home. So I did, but my fiance and I have found an apartment and we want to move out of our parents homes asap. We're getting married in August and we don't want to be living with our parents while starting a family. You'd think my dad would understand that, but he just doesn't want me to go!


I'm hoping to try to tell him here in a few weeks right before I move. Then he can either accept it and help me, or I'll be gone and I don't have to deal with his anger. Kinda immature, but I just don't think he has a reason to be mad and I don't want to deal with it.
if you are old enough and have the means to do it, then he cant stop you. it is his opinion that you arent grown up until 21, but you are legally an adult at 18, so his opinion cant rightfully hold you back. just remember when you talk to stay calm, dont argue about it... show how responsible you are.