in this economy i simply can't afford to move out... i make decent money at my current job and i still literally just can't afford rent. i love my mom and i'm grateful that i can live rent free with her but omg sometimes i'm so over it. at the same time i know that when i move out i'm gonna cry because i'll never be able to go back to the way things used to be even though that's a good thing. i just try to focus on each day as its own thing and not think too much about the future. i spend a lot of time either in my room or outside of the house like reading by the lake or walking so i have some alone time. when i was in college (still lived at home at the time bc i went to college 15 min away from my house) i would have friends over for sleepovers and they thought it was so fun that i still lived with my mom so a lot of my anxiety about it was assuaged by that
6d ago
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Im so grateful my mom gives me a place to live. Ive been finishing college but it gets boring. I barely talk to anybody on a daily basis. But i also dont get out enough, its hard to make friends as an adult.
Jan 29, 2025
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i’ll be 27 soon and still living at home because it’s expensive to breath at the moment. im grateful to have a mom that didn’t kick me out at 18 and helps me out so much, but i grew up really sheltered and she’s only loosened up fairly recently as my younger siblings get older. she very much had (has? idk) issue with seeing me as a teenager and not an adult. she was weird about me drinking, weird about dating, even weird about me using tampons for a while...she meant well but i think as her oldest it was hard for her to accept me growing up.
i used to dye my hair crazy colors and i finally got her to be like ok but no bleach and i said ok knowing full well i needed bleach. so i just used bleach. after years of me dying my hair she finally found out when i stopped dyeing. by that time it was too late to say anything. i wouldnt tell her the full truth about where i was going and what i was doing until way after i made it home in one piece. within reason though bc genuinely i wanted to respect her and the roof she helps keep over my head!
if she’s like “oh that shirt is very cropped” im just like “yes and i bought it.” little things like that. as long as im not a freeloader i dont see the issue with respecting my autonomy.
anyways my mom is very much not the kind to talk back to but if i could slowly push a limit, i would. you gotta let adulthood take the reign and they will have to just deal. it sounds harsh but also not nearly as scary as it seems.
6d ago
late 20s and thriving honestly because I moved back to my parents. no debt, no rent, no cooking. I just go to work, relax, and then work on myself and my business
my relationship with my parents improved so much as I got older. I think when they start respecting you as equally as you respect them, it’s always going to be good.
plus check out their backyard. they got hammocks
Jun 14, 2024
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i will never get over polyvore shutting down. i used it obsessively and had hundreds of outfits made on it and mine were ARTFUL not like the stuff people say they saw on wattpad with like skinny jeans and converse and shit like mine were gorgeous. and then they shut down and i wasn't able to back up any of my stuff so i lost it all. HEARTBREAKINGGGGG
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the man the myth the legend. the literal only person i watch on youtube. his vibes are pure and good and his quest is noble.
Jun 2, 2025
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there's a little stray kitty cat that i've been seeing around my house so i put some food out for it and the next day it was gone. today i saw the cat as i got home so i got more food and went outside and the cat was across the street. i shook the food in the bag and it heard it and turned around. i put the food out and went back inside and as soon as i was inside the cat came running over for the food. it was hungry! i tried to come outside for a pet but the cat started to run away so i stayed inside so it could eat in peace. i hope someday i can pet it
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