1. Keeping things in those ‘safe places’. As annoying as it might have beeen when our parents said ‘make sure you keep it in a safe place’, we soon understand its importance when we find our passport in between a magazine and our utility bill under the sofa.
2. Not having to pay council tax – why did no one prepare us for this?
3. Having a garden - especially if we move from the country to the city, we suddenly realise how sacred a garden is. Even a few paving slabs behind our new city home makes us the envy of all our flat-renting friends.
4. The godly kitchen appliance that is The Dishwasher and it’s second in command The Tumble Dryer.
5. Sundays – family roasts and walks with the dog.
6. Treating the heating as an ‘as and when’ situation instead of an ‘only if we are all in the house and I can’t move through my multiple layers’ kind of deal.
7. When opening the fridge was like a luscious land of nutrition and goodies instead of a sparse desert of leftovers and un-matched ingredients.
8. Not having to cook for ourselves every day.
9. Not having to sort bill payments, rent… in fact all personal admin.
10. Being able to fill our parents in on our daily news whenever we feel like it instead of the designated Wednesday night and Sunday night phone calls.
11. Having an alcohol cupboard. (Guilty!)
12. And of course, we miss our parents – the ones who always want to hear about our day, make sure we are fed and watered and give us a hug just because.
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