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9 Stages Of Separation From Your People

"First of all, that's my bean bag. Second of all, get off of it." -Rebecca Garland

Laura Jo Peck
Nov 28, 2016
Friends UniversityKansas State University
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9 Stages Of Separation From Your People
Laura Peck

Living with roommates can be both the best and worst experience of your entire life. After an extended period of time, long movie nights, and impulse tent and matching outfit purchases, even the best of friends can clash, making holiday breaks welcome and predictable events. Separation from your people can be divided into 9 distinct stages:

1. Long overdue

You can only handle so many quirks, jokes, and annoying habits before it all becomes too much.

2. Fresh air

Free at last! Nothing is greater than loosing yourself from the grip of expectations from your people.

3. Settling in

You begin to settle into your own routine, content with life away from your people.

4. Reminders

A subtle feeling of emptiness coupled with guilt begins to take root. Can you really be happy away from your people?! Is this acceptable?!

5. The give-in

Of course you can't be happy. Your people, they need you. You need them. Who else is supposed to pick on them 24/7?! The first interaction occurs in this stage.

6. The explosion

The flood gates are released and you are all overcome with emotion in whatever way you tend to express it. How does life go on?!

7. Irrational thinking

There is no way you can be away from each other any longer. It is physically impossible. Emotional outbursts toward others become common.

8. Reunification

There is no better feeling than being together again! Leaving again is no longer an option. You are all surrounded by the people who get you and your jokes and your quirks and your habits.

9. Questioning

Routine sets in...maybe a break would be nice every now and again.

But let's be real, you wouldn't want any other people to call your own.


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