I've been home for 9 months now and though there are some good things to being home, I'm getting really tired of it...
You see, my stepmom is a real neat-freak, to the point of insanity. A good example happened just last night. Every sunday evening at around 11-12 at night, my stepmom will go around cleaning, vacuuming and tidying up the kitchen and ground floor rooms. She likes to do this with the kitchen TV on. My room is right above the kitchen so I hear EVERYTHING. When I used to sleep at 1am, I didn't mind but with the job now, I sleep around 11pm. The obvious solution is a) I move to the guest room to sleep that night b) she move her cleaning schedule to daylight hours
So last night I decided to sleep in the guest room across from my room. No big deal right? Wrong! Today I get in trouble because she doesn't want me sleeping in the guest room....sigh....says she doesn't wanna clean it. I offer to clean it up but it's a no go. Sooooo frustrating.....and if you're wondering, she wouldn't move her vacuum schedule either. Her solution? She wants me to pack all my stuff and completely switch bedrooms with the guest room...ridiculous! I feel like her argument today defied all logic and common sense. Why would I break my back for a full day to move my entire bedroom including all furniture to the guest room, and then move all the guestroom stuff to my room for the sake of 1 night a week of sleep. Does anyone else see logic in this?? Sigh....
So there you have it, my rave of the day, I feel like i'm an outsider in my own home sometimes...Anyone else ever have problems like this? It seems so dumb to me that this is a problem but I guess not everyone is easy to live with....I miss being on my own!!
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better not let her know you pee in the shower and don't wash your feet...
yeah my parents have a pretty rigid cleaning schedule, especially my mom (is it an indonesian thing??). i don't have any advice cuz it's gotten to the point where if i'm ever home on a wednesday afternoon, the dog and i will grit our teeth and hide in the basement to avoid the sound of the vacuum. booo.
Brian here:
I enjoyed cleaning up after you for a year. You slept later then though, ha ha ha.
Anyways, I too wonder if I'd be able to live at home long term now... It'd probably straighten me out a bit...
I wonder about the financial feasibility, but after awhile, it might be time to move out. Have you thought about bringing your dad into the argument. Perhaps another logical engineer could help strengthen your case.
Hey Rob...
Funny hearing you say this after living with you for 4 years. I'm also afraid of moving back in with the parents as well. There's this real sense of independence having your own place back in the university days, and coming back to a house where you don't get the upper hand is tough. I don't even know how the heck I'm going to do it. Well, I figured the costs:
Living at home:
Rent - free
Utilities - free
Internet - ?
Cable - free
Living in Toronto
Rent - 700 for ghettoness
Utilities - 50-100
Internet/phone/cable - 70
You're saving almost 850 bucks a month
So... if moving your stuff to another room saves you 10,000 a year... then... hmmm... hahaha.
haha, good point jess, I guess I'll have to grit my teeth and just bear it. For now, I'm wearing earplugs every sunday night to bed...it worked well this past sunday.
yeah and just steal free earplugs when you're onsite =)
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