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Coming Home From College As Told By Lindsay Lohan Movies

Going home is hard, but Lindsay gets it.

Margot Austin
Jan 25, 2016
Denison University
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Coming Home From College As Told By Lindsay Lohan Movies

Going home for breaks from college is weird. It is so easy to feel like the world outside of your school doesn't exist. Coming home to your parents, siblings, friends from home and pets is nice, but it can also be a dramatic change. You got used to life on your own, and your parents got used to life without you in their house. Being home requires compromise and understanding, and ultimately makes you appreciate your parents even more.

1. When your parents try to set rules and a curfew like you're still in high school.

2. And when they act like you're new at this adult thing.

3. Trying to relate to your family after only being around other college kids.

4. When your crazy extended family comes over and asks you if you're dating anyone.

5. And you are confused when they yell and try to reprimand you.

I haven't been yelled at in so long, I forgot how it sounds.

6. You lose all privacy.

No you cannot burst into the bathroom while I'm in the shower.

7. Your siblings try to mess with you constantly and rub their perfect lives in your face.

8. And your room is a mess because your family tried to convert it into a laundry room or yoga studio.

9. When your parents try to hand you drinks without alcohol in them.

Because I need a drink to make it through spending time with grandma.

10. When you think you can't take any more of your family without going crazy.

11. Then you realize just how much you missed your parents, and how hard it will be to leave them again.

Sometimes the only one who understands you is your mom.

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