Let’s all take a minute and be real: college can be “a nightmare dressed like a daydream” about 95.5 percent of the time. College is the time to find yourself and become the successful adult your parents have been hoping you will soon become. Without a solid support system, college can be the mission impossible. Throughout your four years of college, there will be those times when you just need to cry and call your mom.

1. The mid-study cramming break down

You have an exam tomorrow and you do not know as much as you should at this point in the night. You have already projected your final grade to see how bad you can do and still pull out the B. All you really need is a good cry and some motivation from your mom to help keep your spirits somewhat alive. After having your 20-minute long talk with your mom, you feel like you can conquer world hunger and your test.

2. The I have 20 cents in my back account break down

It’s only Tuesday, and you have 20 cents left in your bank account and your next allowance does not come till Monday. You are feeling the stress of the possible hunger for something besides what is on campus. You are regretting the two sorority shirts you bought and your trip to Wal-Mart to buy things you wanted, but may not have actually needed. You feel bad about calling your mom, but you know you need the tough love and you may just get $10 out of it.

3. The Post Himes Testing Center Break Down

You have hit the submit button, and the grade is not what you were expecting to see. Your whole world is basically ending in your mind, and you do not know what to do next. Leaving the public eye before the tears start flowing is your next goal. After spending hours on hours studying and now it all does not matter; all you want do is just go to bed and have a good cry to your mom. Even though you feel like a failure, your mom tells you that she is proud of you and that one grade does not make your future.

4. The Break Up Depression

Going through a break up is never easy, and being away from home only makes it that much harder. No matter how much support you are getting from your friends, sometimes all you need is just your mom. Granted, you may not get the hug you need. You can always have the glass of wine and lots of chocolate; while FaceTiming your mom. Your mom is the one person who does not care how ugly you look when you cry or how long you cry.

5. The Home Sickness

It has been two month since you have been home or seen your parents, and you are feeling the homesickness kick in. You have at least one more month till parents weekend, and you won’t be going back home till summer. When you get to that point of being overwhelmed and the only thing that is going to get you through the week is just a good cry and talking to your mom.

Moms are just a mature version of your best friend, and that’s just what we need sometimes. Feel free to cry and vent to your mom if that is where you are in life right now.