No one likes to admit it, but adulting can be bladdy hard. Moving out of your parent's house is the most exciting step ever; it's a new start, a new place, undisturbed parties and FREEDOM. But sometimes, you just don't know what you've got till it's gone. It's true of break ups, tubs of Ben and Jerry's and leaving home. The days of Sky TV, wiped surfaces and back-up loo roll are over, and no-one told you how much you'd actually miss your humble abode (and a night in for that matter)! Sometimes all you need is a dog walk, Mum's pasta bake and Dad's hugs. Sound familiar?
1. People have very different standards of living
"Not squeegeeing the shower, or leaving a mug on the side can be considered akin to killing a first born."
2. Fridges don’t fill themselves
“Heartbreaking discovery.”
3. There are loads of niche cleaning jobs no one teaches you how to do
Cleaning the bathroom is so gross. And mould is ridiculously hard to get rid of. "When do you get your Mum skills?"
4. The biscuit tin is always empty
"It's a blessing and a curse"
- Holly Bannerman, Facebook
5. Roast dinners never happen
“You don't go to that effort.”
6. You need your Mum when you're ill
"She's just the best nurse ever"
7. How prepared you need to be
"There's always a backup toilet roll or toothpaste at home"
- Georgia Harvey, Facebook
8. How often you have to hoover.
9. Condiments are a total luxury
"The cupboard of chutneys and jams just doesn't exist."
10. How untidy you actually are
Things just don't pick up themselves?
11. How much you miss your dogs
Seeing a dog on the bus and nearly crying...
12. Milkmen don’t come as standard
You have to actually go to the supermarket????
13. Bedsheets don't clean themselves
Washing your bed linen is just the biggest slog ever.
14. Setting up bills is super stressful
Where the hell are the meters?
15. Vegetables go off before you eat them
“It’s like your money is rotting before your eyes”
16. It’s so cold
Yeah, students don't turn the heating on.
Sam Hunter, Facebook
17. Cake doesn’t make itself
“Tea time chats about nothing and everything and with actual homemade cake too.”
So what have you realised since moving out? Tweet @shs_street and let us know!
