Thursday, April 12, 2007
Now there are some definate advantages to living on your own, you get to make your own rules, leave your dirty laundry all over the floor if you want, sing out loud to music at any time of the day, and never do the dishes until they start crawling out of the sink.
However, there are some disadvantages to living on your own, which I have realized as I am on my second year of braving the wild world of independence all by myself. Here are a few reasons why you may want to re-consider the entire candy-coated dream of living on your own:
1) When you are sick, you just have to pray that you don't die all by yourself without anyone realizing, and have a cat eat your face or something. (I think I've been watching too much CSI).
2) You cannot blame anyone else for putting the milk container back into the fridge with only three drops of milk on the bottom. It's all your fault when this happens.
3) You can't guilt someone else into doing the dishes when they are crawling out of the sink with the legs they grew after four weeks of inhabiting the same space.
4) You can't get all excited over all the mail in the mailbox - you live on your own, just face it, all you get is bills.
5) When people come over and notice that your house looks like a hurricane hit it, you can't blame it on your room mate, we all know that you're a slob and you haven't cleaned your apartment since the last time your parents came for a visit a year ago.
6) There's no loose change laying around that you can "borrow" for pizza. Either you have it, or you don't...and more then likely, you're gonna have to skip on that pizza.
7) You don't get room mates concerned parents sending care packages with food in it, because they are afraid their child is going to die. You gotta actually open packages and make food for yourself.
8) You have to get used to laughing out loud, and then realizing that you are only going to be greeted by silence. It makes movies less funny somehow.
Now, that may sound depressing...and perhaps some days it is...but for the most part, living on your own can be pretty great! You may develop some weird habits, like sitting in corners and humming or singing to yourself...but don't worry, as long as you're maintaining some level of sanity, the world is a happier place!
However, there are some disadvantages to living on your own, which I have realized as I am on my second year of braving the wild world of independence all by myself. Here are a few reasons why you may want to re-consider the entire candy-coated dream of living on your own:
1) When you are sick, you just have to pray that you don't die all by yourself without anyone realizing, and have a cat eat your face or something. (I think I've been watching too much CSI).
2) You cannot blame anyone else for putting the milk container back into the fridge with only three drops of milk on the bottom. It's all your fault when this happens.
3) You can't guilt someone else into doing the dishes when they are crawling out of the sink with the legs they grew after four weeks of inhabiting the same space.
4) You can't get all excited over all the mail in the mailbox - you live on your own, just face it, all you get is bills.
5) When people come over and notice that your house looks like a hurricane hit it, you can't blame it on your room mate, we all know that you're a slob and you haven't cleaned your apartment since the last time your parents came for a visit a year ago.
6) There's no loose change laying around that you can "borrow" for pizza. Either you have it, or you don't...and more then likely, you're gonna have to skip on that pizza.
7) You don't get room mates concerned parents sending care packages with food in it, because they are afraid their child is going to die. You gotta actually open packages and make food for yourself.
8) You have to get used to laughing out loud, and then realizing that you are only going to be greeted by silence. It makes movies less funny somehow.
Now, that may sound depressing...and perhaps some days it is...but for the most part, living on your own can be pretty great! You may develop some weird habits, like sitting in corners and humming or singing to yourself...but don't worry, as long as you're maintaining some level of sanity, the world is a happier place!
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