Amayzine

If you suddenly live at home again at 24...
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Yes, I can't make anything else of it. The plan was of course to find a super cool house in Utrecht IMMEDIATELY after the big moving drama took place. Returning to mom with my tail between my legs absolutely shouldn't have to happen. No way. This chick manages her own house hunting stuff. Duh.

A week later, I'm standing with 24 exploded moving boxes at my mother's doorstep. Crap.

What do you mean fail. That whole house hunting thing, do you know how annoying that is? Just the whole aspect of making time. And time seems incredibly scarce in my head lately, which is of course a really bad excuse. And as cozy as it is to be temporarily back at the old nest, it still feels a bit embarrassing when I meet new people who ask where I live. With the answer “In Utrecht”, I now usually try to brush off the question. But when you deal with a genuinely interested person, you usually get a: “Oh, how nice, Utrecht! And do you live alone? Or with your boyfriend?” back in your face. “Uh, yeah well, no. Uh. It's complicated. At my mom's. And her boyfriend. For now.” Followed by a: “TEMPORARILY, okay!”

Somehow I notice that I start to behave like a little kid when I have to tell people that I live with my mom again. And why actually? Everyone goes back to Camp Di Mama temporarily at some point in their life, whether it's during the house hunt, after a sabbatical, or during a crisis, right? Exactly. So for now, it's time for a round of situations that you only recognize if you live at home temporarily again.

  1. Your mom suddenly knows more about you than ever before. About the love troubles of friends, your work, your breakfast routines, your love for pastel-colored bras. All of it.
  2.  You suddenly have to remind your parents five times a day that you are really an adult.
  3. You suddenly get the obligatory question hour. “What time are you coming home?” “Who are you with?” “Are you eating with us?”
  4. And secretly you find eating together fucking relaxing, because at Di Mama the food is always better.
  5.  You hear at least once or twice a week that you really look at your phone too often and that one day you'll get square eyes or something else scary with radiation.
  6. It remains a mystery why everyone in Huize Moeke is still awake so early on weekends when they technically don't have to go anywhere.
  7. They then think you're crazy for diving into bed at half past twelve after a long workday.
  8. There will be arguments about mess. There's no doubt about that.
  9. But you realize all too well that it's wonderful to come home and be able to sit down immediately. #EnIetsMetEenVolleKoelkast. HOEZEEEEEE.

P.S.: Truudster & Garster, I'll be gone again soon, okay. Really. And when I do find a palace of a house, you will miss me for sure, so enjoy it while you can.