Exhausted

[otterdance]

I have spent the weekend helping son #2 set up his first solo apartment. He's got a good job, found a nice place in the former carriage house of the most ornate pink mansion I have ever seen, but he's never had a place on his own, without roommates. It's the first place that's solely his, a home of his own making. I remember my first solo place.

Comments

[slothman]

Yeah, the first on-your-own apartment is a rite of passage: the first time you have to live with no one else to blame for the state of things at home.

[ellid]

I remember my own first apartment: a studio near the Cleveland Circle T stop in Boston with a fabulous view of the alley between my building and the one on the corner. I managed to clog the toilet with the cap of a can of Niagara spray starch within a few weeks of moving in (yes, really), which was probably the most memorable thing that happened the whole eighteen months I lived there. I don't think I ever acquired any alcohol since my family were all teetotalers....

[akiko]

Solo living isn't always all it's cracked up to be. I lived alone for a year (twice, actually), and I was miserable both times. I'm one of those Myers-Briggs extroverts, and living alone pushes me in very negative directions.

My apartment was fairly tidy, in one case because I had hardly any furniture, in the other because I was away as often as possible to be with friends.

[ellid]

Ditto. I've lived alone and like it in some ways, but I'm an ENFJ, hard core, and need to have another human being around or I'll go batty.

[fireditto]

I got lucky; I have a fully functional granny-flat that I live in at my parents house. With board being my only bill, I have a fabulous combination of 'at home' and 'self sufficient' which is a lovely stepping stone. I only really eat with my parents at dinner - if mum feels like cooking - otherwise everything is on me.

It's pretty cool. And I have no one to blame for my mess, except myself... and two toy poodles, a spastic kitten, and a lazy cat ... which get their share, haha!

The best bit, though... is that I still have my mummy to squish the spiders >_>

[mmartiann]

I bet you'd be the most awesome mom, both in general & for helping someone set up their first place. Everyone gets to be proud and have such a feeling of accomplishment -- the person with their own place & the parents for seeing their son on his own! :-)

Congrats!