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"While half of me is loving the strange nostalgia of being insulated in suburbia, the other half of me is ready to PEACE. You learn a lot about the people who brought you up when you live in such close quarters with them after the age of 20.1. Parents think hangovers are funny and interesting. Now that mom and dad know very well what you're up to on the weekends, they want to know where you went and how many shots you took and just how crazy it really was! Also, having spent your college breaks hungover at home, they know how to gage how bad your morning after is. When it's bad, they do things they think are funny like unleash the dog on you early in the morning to wake you up. It's not nice.\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n2. They will always expect you to do chores. There are some routines that are set in stone no matter how old you are. If you are still your parents' child, there are household tasks that you need to take care of. You will be taking the garbage out and emptying the dishwasher no matter what. Just do it. My mother will laugh when she reads this because I am not one to talk. But still.\n\n3. Hanging out with your parents is fun, but not when you do it all the time.  Living at home is like this weird cocoon. On one hand, it's great because you sometimes feel like you haven't grown up at all and that is so great for the soul. On the other hand, if you're staying at home on a Saturday night chilling with your Dad while he watches his favorite History Channel shows, you lose touch with a lot of friends. When you hear about their booze-filled sex romps, FOMO will ensue. You have to remind yourself that, sometimes, getting your ass out there and being social with people your age is more important than being comfortable and lazy.4. On that note, when did they make so many friends and get such a packed social calendar? Your parents are cool. Maybe cooler than you are.5. Despite their unexpected booming social lives, they are always around. As in, it's their house and it's difficult for you to get some while you're living in it. Conversely, you're always around. And they have to do it some time. 6. Parents will always want to have serious life chats. \"Talks\" are never fun. Not with your friends, not with your boyfriends, and not with your parents. The worst of them involve: 1) what you are now responsible for paying for and why, 2) your unemployment status, 3) how you spend your free time, and 4) why are you so anti-social? (See number three.) That being said, the \"talks\" generally end well. It's nice to hear that your parents love you unconditionally and are proud of you always. If you are being irresponsible fiscally and socially and everything, they're going to be there to give you a kick in the ass because they're...them.7. They have pretty annoying habits.  You've obviously grown to appreciate how awesome your mom and dad are (seriously! They're incredible!), but have you noticed that they slurp their coffee always and talk SO loudly in the mornings? The temptation to get snippy and petty is there, but is hopefully overshadowed by the gratefulness that, oh yeah, they are still housing you even though they totally don't have to anymore.8. They are incapable of adapting to technology. Why do they not understand how to operate Apple products? Okay, I understand that it is difficult for a generation of people who did not grow up with computers to learn how to text, but the concept is pretty basic. There were typewriters and methods of writing things back then. I will teach anyone 45+ years old how to install Emojis once, twice, but I draw the lines at three times, that's nuts.9. They put a lot of stock in you being there. That's so depressing, right? They love to remind you that the second you're gone, they're gonna be sad FOREVER. 10. But as parents, they know they should kick you out and make you \"fly, little bird!\" There will be times that they are sick of you and wish that you'd get it together and be independent already. If you were gone, they could go on exotic vacations and relive their child-free years or whatever. In those cases, you feel like the biggest burden. Either way, it sucks.11. They will always say: \"Your room is a MESS! Put your clothes away!\"  Because some things will never change.12. All of the lessons they taught you come into play now. In some ways, you have to behave more like an adult while you're living at home than you have to when you're on your own. You have to overcompensate as the perfect houseguest because they're doing you a huge favor by allowing you to occupy your old bedroom for the forseeable future, instead of making you go pay rent for a real apartment. Now's the time to save all the money you want to spend, put on your best performance at work even though you're not emotionally ready to, and admit that your parents were right about everything, ever, because it turns out they totally were.Source: Getty ImagesWant more from Tess? Follow her on Twitter.Got ideas for a list? Tweet us at @Cosmopolitan with the hashtag #CosmoGuidetoLife"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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