My dad has basically already decided that he's kicking me out of my apartment. He's asking my opinion on it, but he's already planning on showing it to another tenant who needs a place by July and since our leases end in August and I am his daughter, it's real easy for him to move me on out of there and stick me back at home. His main reason is money: since Lauren is moving out it would be double the cost to keep me there by myself. I appreciate this and I would love to be less of a burden on the wallet but aside from getting a job, which I would have no time for, or finding some roommate off the street to live with me, living at home is my only option. My parents think this will be wonderful; we will make sacrificies but think of the MONEY WE'LL SAVE. I think that this will not work. I believe it is high time for a pro-con list.
Pro: I would have access to a car everyday instead of weekends
Con: I would NOT be able to use said car to drive downtown to class, I would have to a. take the bus b. get dropped off and picked up by my parents or c. learn to fly. My brother, who goes to school practically down the street and can easily be picked up or dropped off, would get the car. In my humble opinion, this is utter bullshit.
Con(cont): If I have to take the bus... here is what will inevitably happen: I'm going to end up not going to class. Often.
Pro: My meals would be prepared for me, I would have a million channels of television, I'll have a sewing machine again, etc, etc
Con: Constant distractions. Living with three other people is also very loud (especially in the basement) and it will be hard to get anything done.
Con: I will have to live in the basement, which will have a door put in so we can pretend it's a bedroom. The walls are brown and the carpet is brown. And did I mention that it's the basement?
Pro: It has a fireplace.
Pro: I love my parent's house.
Con: I love my apartment :(
Con: I will never be able to come and go as I please and I will never be able to skip class without them knowing.
Con: If I go out and come home late, I'll have to be super quiet and they will know exactly what time it is
Con: I won't be able to have people over even if I wanted to
Con: I'll have to do chores for four people instead of one.
Pro: They will have more money to spend on meeeee
Con: They probably won't
Pro: I will have company when I am feeling sad
Con: I'll always have to be around three other people at times when I prefer to be alone
Con: Most of the cons haven't been too bad, but this one is a serious issue and may be the only reason I don't want to move back home. My dad has a horrible raging temper. He always has, but once I left the house and came back only on weekends I didn't have to deal with it anymore. But EVERY WEEKEND there is always a fight. Screaming, yelling, throwing things, stomping around the house and they last forever. These always revolve around my brother, but I know if I come back I will not only have to cringe through those but they will start being about me as well. I'm not sure if I can deal with this. :|
In summation, I love being at home on weekends (moderation is key) but I've had a taste of freedom and I need to SPREAD MY WINGS.
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I have an idea! Instead, you can live in MY basement!!
Won't that be awesome!?
Erica..?
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY??
If you get a whole mess of pink or light blue, the brown could be cool. As long as it's a nice brown. Plus, the fireplace is pretty fucking sweet. You can hide shit in it! People won't go in because of the automatic mental "FIRE BAD" even if you never use it!
and by "people", I mean "me" because I am scared of fire.
Me living in your basement would be the most hilarious thing ever. XD I would become a mole-person, hiding in the shadows and scurrying around. And I would steal peoples laundry.
GREAT, a place to hide all my "SecretfromJoliethings". Because, you know... there's tons of them.
Like the remains of your FORMER LIFE.
*le gasp* Who told you about that?!
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