What did/will you miss when you moved out to college?

In My Humble Opinion
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Yes, another college going question. My things:

What I won’t miss:

My neighbors- But I will be moving to an on campus apartment, so maybe I will get new, obnoxious neighbors(!).

Those jerks I had for classmates, specially the one who said to a friend we better had each other as a ceremony partner since neither one of us could get another date. :mad: Again, I will be going to an university, so I will meet more jerks and a…s. At least I can avoid them more easily in a big college than in a small school.

Part of my family- That part which steals my money and my belongings, and the part that makes life difficult for my grandparents. Mostly aunts and cousins of both sides of the family.

Incompetent school administrators and teachers, but I will have incompetent university administrators and teachers.

My second last name- Due to something I don’t fully understand, my mother’s last name was shortened to a hyphen and it’s first letter. :frowning:

Things I will miss:

My neighbor’s pets- Yea, I like them better than their owners. Except the one who pisses everywhere, I don’t like both of them.

Talking to anywhere on the street in Spanish.

My family- The caring part, my grandparents, parents, and some aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Family reunions

The concert that was supposed to be last week but due to the injury of the baterist, it will be postponed until September 14. :mad:

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Missed: Being able to cook for myself.

Did not miss: Being able to go out when I wanted, dammit.

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Baterist?

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I missed cars.
I missed parties at people’s houses.
I missed being able to wander around the neighborhood, hanging out at the quickymarts, without having to walk several block off campus first.

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I missed walls, doors, windows, water, heat, and electricity. No joke.

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When I left for college last year, I missed a few of my close friends and my dogs. As time wore on, I started missing my other friends, my family (even the members I can’t stand), taking showers barefoot, having my own room, candles, and even a lot of my old classmates. I even missed the security of having parents who would do my laundry if I was sick, or care if I stayed out all night.

Ultimately, I missed my dogs, friends, and family so much that I moved back home after a semester to go to college here, where several of my friends are. Of course, now there are many things I miss about my time at Cal Poly. I miss the freedom to go where I wanted when I wanted without having to assure my mother that I know these people and they won’t drive drunk or rape me or make me take drugs. I miss the autonomy of buying my own things and running my own life. I miss the convenience of San Luis Obispo’s bus system, and the character of the town and the school. I miss the coastal weather. I miss not watching TV. Still, I’m happy to be back home with my dogs. Some people do great after going away to college, but I’m not one of them.

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I missed some of my friends. My best friend, however, followed me from Kentukcy to California. His college is about ten minutes away from mine by foot. I also missed my dog, some of my high school teachers, and my parents. I missed my TV at first, but I watched too much of it anyway, so that turned out to be a positive developement. I missed a daily newspaper and Mom’s pancakes on Sunday mornings.

I didn’t miss my high school principal or my state’s high-stakes testing system. I didn’t miss household chores, but I did miss having a washer and dryer in my house, especially one that didn’t require quarters.

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In truth, nothing at all.

Going off to UT was truly a flush-it-all and leave it behind me experience.

YMMV

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You forgot to miss lack of worthy homework.

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I always tell people to appreciate living with their parents while they can. When I first left, all I could think about was going as far away as possible. Now I miss my parents, siblings, friends, pets, memories, places, house, bedroom, some of the belongings I did not take, home cooked meals, security, the sound of birds chirping ( I moved to the city), grass, flowers, trees, having MONEY because now I pay for EVERYTHING, and MOST of ALL, the fact that my life will never be the same, that it will never be so uncomplicated again. so appreciate what you have, because the truth is that in most cases you will not get it back.

That said, I love university and I’ve grown tenfold as a person, which is maybe something that would nit have happened otherwise.

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Easy access to laundry, being able to leave clothes in the dryer, no hassles for quarters. My family. My mom’s cooking. My cats. High school friends I lost track of (wish we had FB back then).

Otherwise, nothing. College was an amazing experience, the most fun years of my life.

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Missed: the Bros, somewhat (after the previous four years I was ready to run away screaming if that was the only way to get away from home - Bros and all).

Friends from back home, but most of them were also going off to college.

Did not miss: the Parental Units.

Family in general, specially since I spent the first two years living at the Grandparents From Hell.

Ran into and would rather have avoided: ridiculous amounts of political stupidity, much of it either from my same-age cousin or her friends.

Enjoyed unexpectedly: learning my mother’s native language, which for some reason she never taught us - to this day, I can speak it with my cousin and my aunt but not with my mother (it appears to be unclear even to herself why she did this, as every time she gives a different explanation).

Rilchiam: baterist = drummer. It’s funny, I’d only heard “baterista” for the first time last week, I’d always heard “the person who plays the batería” called by the same word as the instrument assembly :slight_smile:

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Laundry being done for me.

Decent meals.

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I’ll bet that the concert in the OP didn’t happen. (FYI, the OP is from August 2001, and mentions a concert that was postponed until September 14.)

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And I still don’t know what a baterist is.

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Oh thank god. I was so confused. Isn’t KarlGrenze a doctor now?

It’s weird to remember many of us have grown old on this board.

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Great! Then maybe he can tell me what a baterist is.

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My cat and the NYC metro system.

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When I left home for college I missed having clean laundry magically show up on my bed already folded. I missed sleeping in my mom’s bed when I was sick so she could take care of me. I missed the comfort of knowing unmarked food would still be in the refrigerator later.

I did NOT miss: The system of bells and tones in the high school. GOD I hated those. When I got to college and people just looked at a clock then dismissed the class, I felt Iwas in heaven. I did not miss the constant nagging about homework the endless speeches about my failure to live up to my potential. It felt so good to get to college, not do an assignment, AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING! They didn’t care. It was my time and my dime and if I wanted to fuck it up that was my business. It was such a relief that I never missed another assignment.

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I always confuse KarlGrenze and KarlGauss - I have a feeling its KarlGauss but I wouldn’t put money on it…