What are you really looking forward to doing when you move out?

Piste

A lot of you may be living alone for college, but most of you probably still live at home with your parents (like me). One thing I'm really, really looking forward to doing when I move out is getting a puppy and a kitten. Despite my pleading my parents wont budge and get either a puppy or kitten so I'm left with trying to entice cats and hedgehogs into the garden. Is there anything you can't wait to do once you move out and are your own boss?

Daysha

Yup, a dog for me too. A nice big golden labrador would be brilliant to have around. I used to have a dog years ago but had to give it away (after lots of kicking and screaming!) and I've been dying to have one back ever since.

Pigwidgeon

being able to sing along really loudly to whatever and not have my family looking at me strangely.
being able to wear my onesie from penneys without being laughed at!

loads of stuff really... just can't think of things now..

caseyann

Dont move out I am warning yous dont do it. Wait as long as you can,

Futurism

If I think I'll be there for the long term, then I'll get a dog. Most likely a GSD.

Other than that, I really want to be able to just roll and smoke a joint anywhere in the house at any time I want.

soccymonster

well, in a few years, ill be hoping to leave clare forever.:)
Sorted:D.

norwegianwood

Yep, as long as I can leave cork and never come back, I'm happy.

phasers

I'm not sure tbh.

I have 2 dogs already, I live in Dublin, I drive, can come and go as I please and my mammy makes me dinner :pac:

I'm sure I'll move out eventually but nothing is really pushing me.

hmm, maybe I'll get a kitten

suitcasepink

I don't know what I'd like.. I never really thought of it. I wouldn't like to ever leave Waterford though, despite it being.. Waterford lol

I'd like to live in some countryside area, something about fields surrounding me, entices me

Sophsxxx

Being able to go out and come stumbling in at whatever hour I please. Also being able to chill out watching telly without one of the parents going mad about the piling dishes in the sink!
And my absolute fave...being able to have a pyjama day with out everyone pulling the piss and lecturing about how I should be doing something outside....I cannot wait until next year!!

FredBaby!

in order of importance;

singing loudly

watching skins without my mam coming in and tutting about the kids of today

eating nutella with a spoon

being able to go on the computer without my dad throwing me out of the study when he needs to check his email.

D4RK ONION

Three words

Twenty...
Megabyte...
Broadband...

*wets self*

Ginja Ninja

enjoy living at home while you can kids.:cool:
You'll not realise all the nice bits that make it home until you leave:
;not having to think about what dinner will be
; not having to do your own shopping/cooking[and yes,you WILL learn]
; not having money when you need it and a craving for something nice
It's not all bad though:Drinking any time you want,coming and going as you please.

But listen to the cliché:Home is home,you'll never have quite the same comfort as you do in the good ol' homestead.Why do yoou think students come home at the weekends?

D4RK ONION

Meh, having been through 2 years of college now, I have to say, I enjoy the cooking, shopping. One thing I still don't do is my own laundry. Not looking forward to that conversation with my Mother.

mum- "Now, D4RK ONION, when a boy gets to a certain age, he starts to have urges, like say, the urge to do his own laundry. Now, do you know what this is? *points to washing machine"

ElectroJazz

Strut around in my birthday suit :cool:

Pigwidgeon

ElectroJazz wrote: »

Strut around in my birthday suit :cool:

only took 14 replies but someone finally said it..

Nettie

Being able to have people stay over whenever you like. And being able to leave the house and come home when you want. It'll just be a lot more free!

Insect Overlord

The one thing I'm genuinely looking forward to the most is being able to bring people home with me.
Sleeping in the converted attic of my parents' house for the last two years with a cheap, squeaky bed and thin walls has put restrictions on any chance of enjoying the full potential a bedroom has to offer...

Aisling(",)

being able to have people over without wondering about parents coming home or walking in.will be so much better!

lou91

ElectroJazz wrote: »

Strut around in my birthday suit :cool:

It didn't work out too well for Rachel in friends...
Ross - "So you weren't trying to entice me with your nakedness???"

Having people over whenever would be great though.

OneArt

Not-living in Ireland anymore.

Germany here I come!

TheCardHolder

Walking around naked.

Bringing 'guests' home:p

Coming in at any hour I like making as much noise as I want :pac:

Pygmalion

I can go to the shop without spending 10-15 minutes each way.
Can visit friends (once I make on campus friends that is) without needing a lift from my mother.
More than a handful of buses a day to more than 1 destination.
Hmmm... These all seem like a list of reasons to hate Wexford more than reasons to love living by myself.

hunter164

Going for a shower when I like, going to bed when I like without having listen to the Ma n Da giving out. Drinking cans when I feel like it. Listening to porn loudly. Doing what I like, when I like. And obviously sex without having to wonder if your Ma n Da can hear.

Davidius

Being able to make cartoon voices without being told to stop making cartoon voices.

That and no longer having people constantly walking into my room for no apparent reason and often without knocking.

Also having my own room.

almostnever

Dublin in general!

Professey Chin

almostnever wrote: »

Dublin in general!

Be sure to use protection

Crumble Froo

one thing i couldnt wait for at all was just being able to come and go as i pleased. my parents were quite strict and were big on curfews etc. even by the time i was in college, when i was living with them, they had to know where i was, when i'd be home,etc. suffice to say, i moved out pretty quickly once i had a job.

captainspeckle

kateos2 wrote: »

being able to sing along really loudly to whatever and not have my family looking at me strangely.
being able to wear my onesie from penneys without being laughed at!

loads of stuff really... just can't think of things now..

that will only happen if you live in an underground cave, alone, for eternity.



shame on you!

Pigwidgeon

captainspeckle wrote: »

that will only happen if you live in an underground cave, alone, for eternity.



shame on you!

you know you're just jealous...
best €10 i ever spent...
so comfy!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

ElectroJazz wrote: »

Strut around in my birthday suit :cool:

I was going to say that! Gwan the naked electros

Since I've moved out the things that have annoyed me about being at home for any extended period are;

1. Being told to get up. Yes I know it's noon MOM, however, I was up til 6am, so go away

2. Dinner times. I love coming home and being fed, but if I'm there for long the whole "dinner is ready now, you have to sit down now, and talk" I always read/watch TV while I eat, and having to talk to my family through a mouthful of food about how my day was (main bullet point: I did nothing) is crap.

3. Slow internet. How did I live with that for so long?! How do my parents STILL live with it?

4. No swearing. Feck off.

5. Having to get lifts/buses everywhere, stupid countryside.

I realise this makes me sound like a nasty moody cow to live with, I'm not really! I love going home for the odd weekend, and I'm quite fond of my family actually, I just dislike having to live in somebody else's house.

AddictedToYou

Laurel Shrilling Cognac wrote: »

I was going to say that! Gwan the naked electros

Since I've moved out the things that have annoyed me about being at home for any extended period are;

1. Being told to get up. Yes I know it's noon MOM, however, I was up til 6am, so go away

2. Dinner times. I love coming home and being fed, but if I'm there for long the whole "dinner is ready now, you have to sit down now, and talk" I always read/watch TV while I eat, and having to talk to my family through a mouthful of food about how my day was (main bullet point: I did nothing) is crap.

3. Slow internet. How did I live with that for so long?! How do my parents STILL live with it?

4. No swearing. Feck off.

5. Having to get lifts/buses everywhere, stupid countryside.

I realise this makes me sound like a nasty moody cow to live with, I'm not really! I love going home for the odd weekend, and I'm quite fond of my family actually, I just dislike having to live in somebody else's house.

This is pretty much what I hate every day. But we do have Broadband (don't know where I'd be without that...) Get to stay with a friend next week coz her parents are going abroad...:D Yay! Freedom!

Richard Cranium

I moved out a few of weeks ago, and I have to say at the moment I still prefer life at home to life away from home, despite the extra freedom. Then again my parents are quite reasonable when it comes to just about everything, and for the past week away from home I was trying to cook and clean and drag myself to lectures and everything, not realising I was suffering from quite a nasty chest infection. It was only when I got home that I was sent to the doctor and sorted out (thank you Mammy:D).

As for what I was looking forward to/ enjoy now, it has to be simply the feeling of being in charge of myself, not being infantilised.

Jay P

Parties, staying out all night and not being forced to get out of bed

I've enjoyed the last few weeks on my own, it's been pretty handy. Though, it's really broken up by the weekends so I don't feel like I moved out at all.

captainspeckle

kateos2 wrote: »

you know you're just jealous...
best €10 i ever spent...
so comfy!

ehh... :rolleyes:

no. im good on the whole not having a babygrow. thanks anyways!

aine-maire

Moving out is very over-rated.
Love coming home the weekend :pac:

Mushy

Been home nearly 2 hours now, sitting around playing fifa '10, music on, gonna make rice krispie buns now for no reason, having a few cans now.....who doesn't look forward to these days.

Piste

Having had the house to myself and my sister since Friday I've decided I don't want to ever move out. I'm sick of being cold and hungry

suitcasepink

Still learning to work the radiators and microwave? :pac:

Namlub

norwegianwood wrote: »

Yep, as long as I can leave cork and never come back, I'm happy.

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Pygmalion wrote: »

I can go to the shop without spending 10-15 minutes each way.
Can visit friends (once I make on campus friends that is) without needing a lift from my mother.

+Shopping for myself

highlydebased

Being able to do what the feck I like, when I like...come home whatever time I like with who I like.....greeeeeeeeeeeeat.

Pygmalion

Neon-Circles wrote: »

Being able to do what the feck I like, when I like...come home whatever time I like with who I like.....greeeeeeeeeeeeat.

Living on campus in DCU...
Have to sign anyone who's staying over in before noon on the day, which is quite a pain in the ass.

Costs a fiver as well so you can't just sign them in just in case, you still ose the money if they're undecided.

highlydebased

Pygmalion wrote: »

Living on campus in DCU...
Have to sign anyone who's staying over in before noon on the day, which is quite a pain in the ass.

Costs a fiver as well so you can't just sign them in just in case, you still ose the money if they're undecided.

*makes note not to go to DCU next year*

cardio,shoot me

im terrified of moving out lol!
rent, cooking,laundry, figuring out the radiators. The stress of it all!

DancingQueen:)

When you parents say you live under my roof so you'll do as i say, i can't wait till thats over

almostnever

Not being nagged at over absolutely everything. That'll be sweet

cocoa

Neon-Circles wrote: »

*makes note not to go to DCU next year*

Just don't live on campus

So many people going home at weekends... Can't say I ever understood that one. My family's fine, but I really don't want to live with them, ever... Moving out was one of the best choices I ever made

get up when I want, miss what I want, sleep where I want, ad nauseam what I want

Reillyman

I think for all us lads anyway the common consensus is that bringing people home is the prevailing decision amongst us:p

But even just the whole independance will be great, I mean I'd be pretty independant anyway as I wouldn't be mollycoddled by their parents like some people, but it takes it to a new level when you move out for sure.

Walsh

Being able to put random crap on the sitting room walls and no one will judge it.

AddictedToYou

Just that feeling of freedom, that this is your gaff and you can do what you want. There's no-one to tell you what to do. It's your life. And being able to have parties and have people over whenever I like.

christina_x

AddictedToYou wrote: »

Just that feeling of freedom, that this is your gaff and you can do what you want. There's no-one to tell you what to do. It's your life. And being able to have parties and have people over whenever I like.

Not completly true.. i thought this too, but if your sharing a house/apartment then its theyr house too and you cant have a party if theyr studying or are looking for a lazy night in... it kinda killed my buzz

Walsh wrote: »

Being able to put random crap on the sitting room walls and no one will judge it.

This is true... my sittin room walls in my apartment are no longer yellow.. they have chalk of every colour imaginable on them! we go back to myn after a night out and write all the funny quotes on the wall:P