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How many times have you moved since birth

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TrendyNannie6 Fri 22-Jan-21 17:34:12

Was just reading in a mag, that most people move 11 times in their lifetime, counted mine and it’s 9 , anticipate one more move downsizing( married Twice )

Nannylovesshopping Fri 22-Jan-21 19:09:30

11 for me

Lucca Fri 22-Jan-21 19:07:15

18 including stints in Paris and Milan

threexnanny Fri 22-Jan-21 18:50:43

Only once! When I married.

downtoearth Fri 22-Jan-21 18:47:58

17 for me

Blinko Fri 22-Jan-21 18:47:44

Eleven, I think. My father was in the Army so we moved with him, though not as frequently as some.

Black Country to Yorkshire. Yorkshire to Germany. Germany back to Hampshire, then back 'home to roost' in the Black Country. We've moved house three times since being married and have been in our present home for 30 years.

Katek Fri 22-Jan-21 18:44:07

31. RAF father!

olddudders Fri 22-Jan-21 18:39:42

A magnificent 5. My parents moved house once. I moved out into a flat, met first wife and we bought a house. We then moved twice more, the last being retirement when I was 55, 17 year ago. First wife died some years back, and current wife still lives in UK, while I am in La France Profonde - we used to visit each other before Covid, but now it's only Zoom! - and expect to die here, but preferably no time soon!

paddyanne Fri 22-Jan-21 18:34:40

7 ,3 as a child we moved when I was 2 then 12 and I left that house to get married in 1975 .We were allocated a brand new council house 3 bedrooms back and front garden semi detached.We stayed there 8 years until our business was stable ,then bought a flat in the town 1 mile away we moved to a chalet bungalow 18 months later and this house 5 and a bit years after that because we needed an extra bedroom for our new baby .We hope to downsize in the future ,I've never lived further than 20 miles where I was born in Glasgow and within a one mile radius of our first married home and never more than a mile from my parents and sisters ,How sad is the....lol .I do love where I live .

timetogo2016 Fri 22-Jan-21 18:23:08

At last count it was around 17/18.
I am bound to move again at some point for sure.
My dh thinks it`s hilarious as he has only lived in three homes.
His birth home, his first flat with his partner and 2 dc`s and where he moved to after which is where we are now.

MaizieD Fri 22-Jan-21 18:22:34

About 14, I think, but most of that was short stays in flats in the same city.

Been in current house for 26 years...

BlueBelle Fri 22-Jan-21 18:17:19

21 that I can remember I thought there was a few more
But been in my last home 30 years now and no intention of leaving

Sofa Fri 22-Jan-21 18:12:16

17!

Ellianne Fri 22-Jan-21 18:08:39

17

dragonfly46 Fri 22-Jan-21 18:04:48

And lived in 3 different countries!

BBbevan Fri 22-Jan-21 18:03:58

Eight
Wales to Wales with Hertfordshire in the middle

Calendargirl Fri 22-Jan-21 18:03:25

5.

dragonfly46 Fri 22-Jan-21 18:03:07

17!

Jaxjacky Fri 22-Jan-21 18:02:45

14, I think!

Urmstongran Fri 22-Jan-21 18:01:52

8 in total.

Born in Portsmouth (dad in RN)

We moved up to a rented flat in Old Trafford where sis was born (literally - had letters after her name even as a baba - BBA - ‘born before arrival’ at the hospital).

Then we moved round the corner into a rented house. Oh the space! We two sisters even had our own huge playroom.

Then into another house as mum & dad had saved enough for a mortgage by then. Mum worked full time in a factory and in 1965 she earned £8 p.w. and the mortgage was £32 p.m. they decided they could afford to buy.

After that in 1974 we married, bought our first house, then another and finally our ‘forever home’ in 1979.

Lived there with our girls and dogs for 32y then 10y ago we sold up, cashed in and downsized to this small apartment in the UK and paid the balance off our mortgaged small apartment in Spain.

So 8 moves in total. and an extra bijou place in the sun = 9

Given you a potted life story too! Apologies if I wittered on there.
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ginny Fri 22-Jan-21 18:01:34

5 times
First when I was 5 weeks old. Twice more as a child.
Twice since marriage. We have been in our current home for 38 years.
No desire to move again

PamelaJ1 Fri 22-Jan-21 17:59:50

Only 17! Sue you are top trumps so far.

Grannynannywanny Fri 22-Jan-21 17:59:26

6 for me. 25 years in this house and hopefully won’t move again. I could be persuaded by a lotto win to reconsider.

Lexisgranny Fri 22-Jan-21 17:58:15

13 - oh dear!

ninathenana Fri 22-Jan-21 17:50:36

smilesmile twice.
When I got married and once since

SueDonim Fri 22-Jan-21 17:47:57

A minimum of eighteen - I missed out some small moves.