After months of freedom and engaging in reckless behavior while away at college, moving back in with your parents is a huge adjustment. It's great to have home cooked meals, go on family trips, and time with them again, but it isn't always easy to follow their rules. If there's anyone who understands what college kids go through each summer when returning home, it's Debbie Gallagher from "Shameless."
1. When they constantly ask where you're going/what you're doing/who you're doing it with
Warning: an unfavorable answer is "I don't know."
2. When you're constantly the center of attention
I understand you've missed me but I've gotten used to being able to isolate myself from everyone and everything.
3. When they ask you about friends who you lost touch with while away at school
...And let's face it. These people are just not people you want to be talking about.
4. When they call you lazy for sleeping in for the first 5 days of summer
We're just trying to catch up on the sleep we haven't gotten for the past nine months!
5. When they still try to baby you in some ways and you just aren't having it
Do they not understand that change is a good thing?
6. When, while living under their roof, you consistently need something to take the edge off
Sorry, not sorry.
7. When they're surprised that you have slightly matured enough to help them out with tasks around the house
Surprise! Living on your own actually turns you into a functioning human.
8. When you come back home and they try to find out all the juice from when you were gone
Some things are better left unsaid.
9. When you have endless food opportunities at home... Something you're not quite used to while living on your own
There's nothing more beautiful than a fully stocked fridge.
Although we give our parents a hard time because we've adapted to obeying little to no rules, being surrounded by your friends all the time and not having to answer their questions, coming home isn't so bad. We all need a break from college life for at least a little while, whether we realize it or not.
