Going Home May Not Always Be An Option...
Bethany Hart
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: Humor
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Families seem to be full of contradictions. You love yet sometimes hate being around them; you find their quarks adorable, but are extremely embarrassed when these quarks are displayed to your friends; you tell your mom everything, but know just what events to hold back. The biggest one my parents and I have had to deal with lately is that they miss me, but for some reason they are a little over anxious to move me out of the house.
My family and I are very close. My parents and my siblings talk a big game saying things like, "What are you doing home AGAIN?" But underneath their sarcasm, I know that they really do miss me. My mom misses me so much that we have a tendency to talk daily for hours at a time. We talk about everything from the goings on at home to my schoolwork and relationship problems. She constantly asks me to come home and save her from the frat house that her home has become. Living with my dad, 11 year old brother, and overly athletic sister can't be easy; when you throw the dog in the mix things can get downright crazy. Between the burping, farting, and wrestling that happens on a normal basis I can see why she would miss my more feminine approach to things.
Despite all of this, she contradicted herself in a conversation we had this past week about the room my dad is finishing for me at home. We just moved last year and parts of our "finished" basement still aren't completely finished, including the part that is supposed to be my room. When I visit home, I have to sleep on the pull-out couch in the living room. And my family wonders why I don't come home that often. Could sleeping on the couch have something to do with it?
Anyways, my mom and I were discussing the progress and she says, "Well gosh, by the time he's done with your room you'll be graduating and moving out." I replied with nervous laughter and said, "Wait, you don't expect me to move out as soon as I graduate do you?" Then my dad says, "No, I want you to move back here so that I can charge you rent!"
I ask you, where is the love?! My family is always asking when I can come home again and telling me how much they miss me, yet they are already trying to figure out how to get me out of the house. I can almost guarantee that when I come home to pack up my stuff and move into the real world, there will be plenty of tears shed and numerous requests for me to stay. We'll see how tough they are when moving day comes.
My family and I are very close. My parents and my siblings talk a big game saying things like, "What are you doing home AGAIN?" But underneath their sarcasm, I know that they really do miss me. My mom misses me so much that we have a tendency to talk daily for hours at a time. We talk about everything from the goings on at home to my schoolwork and relationship problems. She constantly asks me to come home and save her from the frat house that her home has become. Living with my dad, 11 year old brother, and overly athletic sister can't be easy; when you throw the dog in the mix things can get downright crazy. Between the burping, farting, and wrestling that happens on a normal basis I can see why she would miss my more feminine approach to things.
Despite all of this, she contradicted herself in a conversation we had this past week about the room my dad is finishing for me at home. We just moved last year and parts of our "finished" basement still aren't completely finished, including the part that is supposed to be my room. When I visit home, I have to sleep on the pull-out couch in the living room. And my family wonders why I don't come home that often. Could sleeping on the couch have something to do with it?
Anyways, my mom and I were discussing the progress and she says, "Well gosh, by the time he's done with your room you'll be graduating and moving out." I replied with nervous laughter and said, "Wait, you don't expect me to move out as soon as I graduate do you?" Then my dad says, "No, I want you to move back here so that I can charge you rent!"
I ask you, where is the love?! My family is always asking when I can come home again and telling me how much they miss me, yet they are already trying to figure out how to get me out of the house. I can almost guarantee that when I come home to pack up my stuff and move into the real world, there will be plenty of tears shed and numerous requests for me to stay. We'll see how tough they are when moving day comes.
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