Before you move out, beware!
So, you want to chill with the big boys? Moving out from your parent’s house is definitely a big flex. It is an identity badge for ‘confam’ independent adults that can sort their own bills. But is moving out really the proof of independence or is it a trap?
While the tribe agrees that parents can be extra, we also want to offer you a few chill pills before you make that bold move to leave their house. Let us reason the matter:
1. The End of a Balanced Diet Era
One dilemma that comes with staying alone is figuring out your meals for the day. You have to think about the food and make the food three times a day. If you are not the type that is enthusiastic about grocery shopping and house chores, then it’s safe to say; wahallur.
Not to mention the recycling of fast or starchy foods that is so common in singlehood. Why trade off the African delicacies at home for that?
2. Bills. Bills. Bills.
If you don’t have to worry about a landlord this January, you know not what God has done for you. Setting up your own space comes with a lot of billing.
You have to sort rent, furnish your apartment and pay for unstable light. Not to mention the emergency home repairs that show up like a thief in the night.
3. Home Sickness
Are you a mummy’s boy or a daddy’s girl? Leaving your parents home for your own space automatically puts distance between you and them.
Try hard as you may to do hard guy hard guy, you will get lonely and miss home big time.
4. Unforeseen Breakfast From Life
Life is full of high and lows and you never know when the low will come. When life surprises you with breakfast, will you be able to chest it? Or, are you liable to run back home like a prodigal child?
Although parents are usually a child’s number one fan, they will give you space to eat your breakfast as a bonafide adult once you move out.
5. Safety
Getting your own space also means venturing into a territory full of strangers and new beginnings. While this may sound adventurous, it also comes with a few security concerns given the situation of things in Nigeria.
Infact, if you are the type to jump in fright at the sight of a rat or a flying cockroach, we strongly advise you to stay with your parents.
#TheGoodStuff serves up some light reading with 2 shots of humor and a dash of sarcasm. This edition highlights five reasons you reconsider moving out of your parent’s house.
