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Some Myths About Living On Your Own, Debunked

Since many of you will never ever get to live on your own (ie. away from your parents, kids) unless you have studied overseas, many strange ideas have been formed - which are all purely fantasies. Watch, as I shatter those day-dreams.

1. Myth: Once I have my own apartment, I can have sex whenever I want just by bringing chicks back
   Reality: Once you have your own apartment, you suddenly realize how dangerous it is to let strange women you barely know, have your real address. Have you never watched ‘Fatal Attraction’?
2. Myth: My apartment will be so cool/beautiful/tres chic
   Reality: Dishes do not wash themselves. Shelves need to be dusted weekly. Housework is a bitch. Unless you get a maid, you had better roll up those sleeves to make your apartment look remotely acceptable to the general populace.
3. Myth: My friends can come over and hang out with me anytime they want
   Reality: Your friends will come over, mess up your place and drink all your beer. Suddenly, you realize how much you hate your friends.
4. Myth: Since I do not live with my parents, I can go out and get drunk whenever I want
   Reality: Sure you can. Until you wake up the next morning and find out you puked all over the sofa, took a shit on the bed and mommy isn’t around to make coffee for your hangover.
5. Myth: I will have a bathroom with a huge cool bathtub/hottub/rain shower
   Reality: Discovery that huge cool bathrooms breed lichen and moss that need to be scrubbed and disinfected on a regular basis.

Anybody else got stuff they want to add to this list?

I learnt that the hard way… oh, the truth hurts.

How about the part where daddy is not around to fix electrical stuff?

and daddy not around to kill cockroaches?

Cooking for one sucks. Really. As a result, you eat out more, and eat less healthy.

You try to save laundry by streaking all over the house.

I still like to live by myself though despite all these downsides.

by the way, myth i is bullshit.

+ when you’re sick, no one to cook/pick up dirty tissues/pamper/drive you to doctor.

+ worry about psychopath breaking into your house, murders you, eats you and no one notices your disappearance until your boss finally realize: eh? why you never go to work?

+ because I live alone I can mess it up like I want to, hence it’s too embarrassing to bring anyone home for sexy time.

i agree with lamerooze. though i miss home sometimes, there’s just something liberating about living by yourself and having to be responsible for your own shite.

Don’t bother to cook since it sucks to cook for one?

So true. there’s an easy solution for 1. tho.

Always their place, not yours. haha.

Agrees with Myth 5.

But 1 thru 4 = it’s not thaaaat bad. Cooking for oneself is rewarding - besides, you can try weird shit that you’d normally be embarrassed to boast to your guests. And Housework makes a decent workout tbh.

well, if you have the endurance of a swine like me, ii. - iv. is really quite endurable. i haven’t changed my bedsheets since i shifted-in in march, washed my bathroom a grand total of 2 times (just before house inspections) and clear the rubbish only when it starts to smell. Just that works only cos’ me & my housemate spendly barely spend much of our waking hours at home.

On the bright side, at least there’s no one to nag you into cleaning up your room when you’re staying alone haha.

living alone,u live like u are alone.u live exactly the way u want.if u are someone who doesnt give a shit n enjoy being messy,u wont even bother about being messy n dirty.if u r a hygiene freak,u wont be bothered about cleaning up,because u are forever cleaning.if you are typically normal,u wont get to stay alone.
the only real issue is the guilty pleasure of stayin alone away from your parents.
myth:u can have great hot sex in every corner of the house.
reality:it works better in fantasy n movies.

lock yourself out of the house

learnt this after i got married and have my own house. tough work !

the worst thing is to do your own laundry! washing, hanging it out to dry, folding, ironing, keeping it neatly in the cupboard.

it’s really tiring after a long day.

I hate washing the toilet. It’s true.