There are a lot of things that college students miss about home while we’re away at school, but our moms top the list. To go from seeing her everyday to only getting to spend time with her for a short time every three months can be sometimes, no matter how old and independent we've become. These are the 5 things college students miss most about our moms.
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1. Home Cooked Meals.
This is one we all took for granted before going to school away from home. Now that we’re used to eating cereal and leftover pizza for every meal, there’s truly nothing better than coming home for break to a home cooked dinner of all of our favorite foods made by Mom.
2. Always having someone to hang out with.
No one likes spending quality time with us more than our moms, so when all of our friends were busy in high school, she was always there to hang out with when we got bored. Now that we’re away at school, the closest we can get to hanging out with our moms is a quick FaceTime conversation that usually fails thanks to the unreliable campus Wi-Fi.
3. Being Able to Find Everything.
All moms seem to have this super power where they just magically know where something is when we can’t find it. Now, when we misplace our keys or cell phones somewhere in our messy apartments we end up being late to class, even though they were probably right in front of you the whole time.
4. Being Taken Care of When Sick.
Late nights and hard classes make it nearly impossible for college students to avoid getting sick. It’s inevitable, and not having our moms there to take care of us when it happens might be the worst part about being sick in college. Being sick before leaving for college, however, meant a day off of school for watching movies in bed and having our moms bring us medicine and food to make you feel better. We miss that a lot.
5. Being comforted.
Sometimes all you need is a hug from Mom. Whether schoolwork is piling up and you failed your midterm, your boyfriend just dumped you or you’re in a fight with your roommates, we miss having our moms there to make everything better when we're on the verge a mental breakdown.
The thing we miss most about our moms, however, is just that: our moms. As much as we might have argued with them in high school (during those dreaded teen angst years), there's nothing college students miss more while we're away at school.
