Moving back into your parents’ house during summer breaks from college can be hard. Eight months out of the year, you don’t have to answer to anyone and now you have your parents on your back like you’re in high school all over again. But maybe you want to appease your parents and not expose them to your college lifestyle because they’d probably try to meddle. They do always know what’s right. You know what you need? A storage unit. It’s cheap and easier than hauling all your junk back to your hometown anyway. Here’s what you should store during summer break:
We get it. College is great. A good portion of the college experience is the independence you get and therefore the ability to learn from your mistakes like an accidental Thursday hangover. You’re going to go out with your friends but unless your mom is Lorelai Gilmore, she probably doesn’t want to know how you’re spending that food and emergency money she’s sending you. Just leave all your new pictures in your storage unit ready to go up on the walls of your three bedroom, five person apartment when you get back.
Keeping your parents in the dark might seem like a lie by omission but it’s for their benefit. Storage facilities in college towns usually offer summer specials so go take advantage of those and stay a kid in your parents’ hearts forever.
