Living in the same house all your life definitely isn't all it's cracked up to be. Still, it has its perks. One of them is never having to make brand new friends. Here are 12 more things you'll experience when you've lived in the same house your entire life.
1. Everyone knows where you live because it hasn't ever changed.
*Sees a friend that you haven't seen since 5th grade* "Hey come over tonight!" "Where are you living?" "Same place I always have!" Yup, typical conversation.
2. When you were younger you explored all the cool "secret" places on your property.
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As you got older you also decided to take cute pictures. Some of them were such secretive places that you wouldn't even tell your siblings. That was YOUR place.
3. You figure there are random secret notes hidden in every corner of the house but know they will never be found.
Someday when your house is old(er) and finally torn down, they'll find hundreds of love letters to your third-grade crush. It'll make such a cute movie.
4. Every room holds a happy memory and a sad memory.
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Some of those memories are now both happy and sad at the same time.
5. You can get anywhere in the house with your eyes closed.
This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Say hello to eating mindlessly at 3 a.m.
6. There are one or two rooms that no one goes in... because it's filled with junk you can't find a place for.
It's a mess, but absolutely no one wants to take the time to organize it and throw out the things you probably haven't needed for 10 years.
7. There are still decorations up from when you were a baby.
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Baby pictures, Elmo, Dora. You name it, you can probably find something related to it. Even if it's just in that storage room.
8. Moving away for college is kind of your sweetest dream and biggest nightmare.
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How am I supposed to pack 18 years worth of stuff into one car??? But also, heck yeah, I get to live somewhere new for a change!
9. You know all the little tricks for the things that don't quite work anymore.
Whether it be sitting on the washing machine or wiggling the toilet handle, you know all the little tricks to keep the house moving semi-smoothly.
10. You could tell stories about your house for days.
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There was that one time the chandelier fell on the table because we tried to kill a bug and when I split open my sister's chin on our piano and when we found a giant hole in the wall and the time we had a bat in the house and...yeah, there are more stories than you can even remember. (All true stories, BTW.)
11. You know where all the best lighting is.
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Me, casually sitting on the ground because I know it's the only good place in the kitchen for lighting after exactly 6 p.m. Yeah, you know the specifics.
12. You pray you'll never part with it.
In some ways it sucks to live in the same house your entire childhood, but in so many more it's the best gift.
What more could you ask for than your entire childhood in one wonderful place?
