When Your Parents Come To Visit You At College
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When Your Parents Come To Visit You At College

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When Your Parents Come To Visit You At College
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When your parents say they're coming to visit over the weekend, you're kind of excited to see them. It's been, what? Like, a month? And you really do miss them.

On the day of their visit, you wake up to 20+ missed texts giving you updates on where they are and the time the GPS says they'll be there.

The "We're 10 minutes away" call is the one that actually gets you out of bed.

You realize your room is so messy that you can't bring your parents up to the dorm. You really thought you'd have more time to clean than you actually did.

But then you accept your fate and actually clean for once. Because you know there's no way to tell them they can't come up. That's too suspicious.

You realize you actually have to dress like a normal citizen of society in front of your parents. Goodbye sweatpants, hello jeans.

When they finally arrive, the first thing they ask you is how your grades are doing.

Then they automatically assume you have a drinking problem because what else could be the cause of your grades slipping?

And they lecture you ... about everything ...

After only 10 minutes, you're not sure if you can even survive the next 12 hours.

So, you half-lie and say you need some time to yourself because you have a lot of homework to do.

But then they offer to take you to lunch. And they PAY. Who would say no to that? #NotTodayRamen

While waiting at the restaurant, they want updates on your life, and they ask if you'll be coming home soon.

They also want to know all the details of your love life ... even if you don't have one.


When they ask what you do in your free time, you decide it's better to just not tell them the truth. If you did, they'd probably lecture you on the importance of productivity and not spending all your time hibernating in your blanket fortress.

But even though they drive you insane and they embarrass you in front of your friends, you still have a soft spot for them and know you wouldn't be where you are today without them.

Bonus! When they're on their way out, they give you $20 because they know you're a broke college student.

"Don't spend it all on food!" they say, but you can't make any promises.

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