Living situations while in law school (original) (raw)

I'm going to start my first year of law school this fall. I lived at home for the past two years, through one year of AmeriCorps and another of working a clerical job. I can realistically commute to my school, but I am debating on whether I should be staying at home or moving out. What is/was your experience? Did you live at home, on your own, or both?

I had planned on living at home with a 30 to 45 minute commute to school. I know that a huge perk is living rent free, but I do not think that this would be plausible. I've been paying my parents rent for two years and buying part of the groceries. (Yes, even while in AmeriCorps). I believe my father is expecting me to take out loans to continue paying him rent. I've been trying to save up money for the cost of gas while commuting to and from school. Last week my mother "borrowed" half of this savings, only to tell me this week that she cannot pay it back. I know that if I continued to live at home, it would help my parents out financially. Obviously, it doesn't seem like living at home is really going to save me a ton of money, so I suppose its now a matter of guilt, right?

You don't have to give me specific advice or anything, though. But how did you or do you live through school?