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kiriel123An abbreviated list:
1. No one is around to baby you
2. You have to reschedule the microwave repair service because no one else is there to receive them
3. The throw up on your bathroom floor is waiting for you to clean it up when the world stops spinning
4. The cat wants to be fed and only you can feed her
5. The water is so far away and no one is there to bring it to you
6. You don't feel comfortable driving but also don't want to call any friends in the middle of a work day, because who are you to ask them to take half a day off to drive you to the doctor
- caveat, a non-sucky thing: if you are lucky, you have a local friend who calls you to gossip, realizes you're sick, and comes over your protest that you'll just order a ride share to take you to urgent care, waits while you're being seen, and then takes you to the pharmacy to pick up your meds. This takes just over 3 hours.
7. If you happen to be both a) sick and b) with a broken microwave, no one is there to cook for you
8. If you have a package delivered, you have to go down and get it yourself, looking like death, scaring all your poor elderly neighbors who think you have covid (you do not have covid)
9. the cat wants to be fed again and also misses attention
10. No one is there to do laundry of your now gross clothes/sheets (this pairs with 3 re - the bathroom)
There are some nice things about living alone, and I don't WANT to be in a relationship, but sometimes I wish I still lived with my family/friends.
There's a very clear "grown up" timeline of Go to college--> Get a job --> Live with people while you save --> buy your own place. And for a while I had friends who rented my second bedroom from me, but they all landed on the "buy your own place" step and I wouldn't want to live with a random person. I wish I could have just asked one of my friends to go halfsies on the mortgage and co-own but that is Not Done and weird. Ah well.
1. No one is around to baby you
2. You have to reschedule the microwave repair service because no one else is there to receive them
3. The throw up on your bathroom floor is waiting for you to clean it up when the world stops spinning
4. The cat wants to be fed and only you can feed her
5. The water is so far away and no one is there to bring it to you
6. You don't feel comfortable driving but also don't want to call any friends in the middle of a work day, because who are you to ask them to take half a day off to drive you to the doctor
- caveat, a non-sucky thing: if you are lucky, you have a local friend who calls you to gossip, realizes you're sick, and comes over your protest that you'll just order a ride share to take you to urgent care, waits while you're being seen, and then takes you to the pharmacy to pick up your meds. This takes just over 3 hours.
7. If you happen to be both a) sick and b) with a broken microwave, no one is there to cook for you
8. If you have a package delivered, you have to go down and get it yourself, looking like death, scaring all your poor elderly neighbors who think you have covid (you do not have covid)
9. the cat wants to be fed again and also misses attention
10. No one is there to do laundry of your now gross clothes/sheets (this pairs with 3 re - the bathroom)
There are some nice things about living alone, and I don't WANT to be in a relationship, but sometimes I wish I still lived with my family/friends.
There's a very clear "grown up" timeline of Go to college--> Get a job --> Live with people while you save --> buy your own place. And for a while I had friends who rented my second bedroom from me, but they all landed on the "buy your own place" step and I wouldn't want to live with a random person. I wish I could have just asked one of my friends to go halfsies on the mortgage and co-own but that is Not Done and weird. Ah well.
