7 Reasons Living At Home Freshman Year Of College Was The Right Choice
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7 Reasons Living At Home Freshman Year Of College Was The Right Choice

Yes, I had to do my laundry and cook, no, I didn't gain the freshman 15.

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7 Reasons Living At Home Freshman Year Of College Was The Right Choice
Natasha Fradkin

1. I came home to good food every day.

The only place I ever ate ramen was in a restaurant. My mom made sure I ate well, even when she didn't cook, I still had good ingredients to cook with and the knowledge of which ones to buy.

2. I NEVER ran out of clean clothes

Even though we have someone to clean the house twice a week, the rest we do. It's a lot harder to keep an apartment clean when there are five us living in it--plus a dog who sheds. Even though I was home, I still did laundry and cleaned.

3. I was part of society, not an enclosed bubble

Commuting to school meant that I had to take the subway every day. This meant that I had to interact with humans that did not go to NYU and could care less that I had a statistics exam in less than an hour. There is no one in a worse mood than a Monday morning New Yorker when its below freezing and blizzarding, or torrentially down pouring, or above 90-degrees.

4. I always had someone to complain to

When I absolutely despised my professor, my mom would listen. Yes, I am 18-years-old and I still need my mom. No, I am not ashamed of it.

5. I actually got to see my brothers grow up in person

I have two younger brothers, of course we fight, but I wouldn't give up anything in the world to watch them grow up in person and not through a FaceTime.

6. I slept in a semi-comfortable bed almost every night

I may still have the same mattress from when I was five, but I still fit in it perfectly, its reasonably comfortable, and I never had to hunt for extra-long twin sheets.

7. I only had one roommate, my dog, and when he snored, I put him in the other room

You can't do that with a roommate. My high school graduation gift was a puppy. Whenever he falls asleep and snores, I can just put him in his bed. I have heard horror stories of roommates who try to set others on fire in the middle of the night; I never had that fear.

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