At Home

Being a young adult living in your parents' home has many advantages. You  don't spend money on rent or food and the best part is that you still have mum to cook for you, to wash your clothes.

But being in your twneties and still living at home might be quite an ordeal. While you are under your parents' roof, you have to live by their rules. Of course, you are free to do whatever you want, but you have to come back early on week days, and go through an endless questionaire before setting foot on the street: who, where and when are just the starting point of a series of annoying questions you've been answering since you were twleve. By now you are fed up of having to give explanations of every little thing you do. And dad doesn't seem to realise you are not a teenager anymore, situation that leads to a terrible boundary-setting fight, the same you've been having for years.

What you want, what you need, what you crave for, is independence. You need your own space, sharing your room with a sibling is not as funny as it was, no matter how much you love your brother or sister. You're too old to be fighting over the computer, the remote or the radio, but you go on fighting because sharing has never been your forte, and it's your turn to use them. So the screams start, and even some punches come and go. You find yourself doing the exact same thing you did in your teens.

Living at home after a certain age delays the process of grwoing up, of taking reaponsabilities, but what is worst it wears out the relationship with your family. You can't stand them anymore, the sole sound of their voice makes you go mad. the same happens to them, for sure. Stayin at home is a torture you're not willing to take anymore.

The solution would be easy if you had the money to be on your own. But your salary is too low and you can't afford the rent and the many things living alone implies. So until you get your degree or a better job, the best you can do is try to find a way of putting up with your parents, keep a cool mind and don't comit suicide!