As I live with my boyfriend and his mother, things are beginning to get to the boiling point. Between the two of them, I don't know which one gets hotter in arguments. So we have been sliding toward the option of MOVING out. Even now it scares me, which it shouldn't as I moved out of my original home to here. Even now I do not have responsibilities that I would most likely be forced to obtain upon leaving.
They are as follows and include responsibilities I have now:
- Household chores( dishes, clothes, vacuum, make bed, etc)
- Since I will have a cat- litter box, feeding, water
- Guinea pig- cage, feeding, water, attention
- Budgeting finances
- Cleaning the bathroom *not as bad as it sounds
- Kitchen-cleaning, cooking
- Organization of everything
I can't really think of anything else to add. I know for a fact, for myself, that budgeting will be new. Not a challenge, in fact I look forward to budgeting. As weird as it sounds, I haven't had money in a long time, so I have come to appreciate what I do have and not want more then I need.
However, the process of moving out can be both positive and negative. Here are some pros and cons I have come across:
Pros:
- No more nagging mom
- Freedom
- Don't have to worry about making too much noise
- Can go to bed whenever we want
- Can go out when we please
- No fighting (between them)
- Can have sex as loud as we want
- Can have sex when we want
Cons:
- No mom to nag (to get things done)
- Financial responsibility
- More responsibility to upkeep area
- No one to fall back on when you need help
Along with that, no matter what, moving out will always give you more responsibility then you think you have. Finances, upkeep, food, gas, utilities, you don't really think of those until you have to budget for them. And those alone are not the only things to budget. It gets worse. But to be honest, it doesn't scare me at all.
I get excited, because for the longest time I have wanted responsibility or to prove that I can be more responsible. I know at first it will most likely be hard, or just new, and after time I will gain experience and little by little become my own person, who I so crave to be! Hence why I think moving out (even if it is with my boyfriend) would be in not only both our favors, but in mine most of all.
