20 November 2009

The Pros and Cons of Living at Home

Several months ago I had the great misfortune of moving back into my parent's house. It has been quite an experience, so I decided to make a list of the pros and cons:
Pro: My dad always has beer in the fridge 
Con: He gets angry when people drink his beer
Pro: I have younger siblings on whom to blame the missing beer

Pro: My pothead sisters smoke me out all the time
Con: It’s really awkward and unsettling to be high around my parents
Pro: My dad pays for munchies

Pro: I don’t have to buy my own groceries or cook my own meals
Con: Meals tend to be meat-based
Pro: I get drunk easier on an empty stomach

Con: I have to help my mom with her homework
Pro: I get compensated in wine
Con: My father gives me daily lectures about my alcoholism

Con: My parents treat me like a child
Pro: I'm taking this opportunity to relive my youth in a more exciting and rebellious manner
Con: As a result my parents hate me

Pro: The parents give me gas money
Con: I have to drive their kids everywhere

Pro: I finally have a reliable internet connection
Con: My computer-incompetent father constantly asks me to look up random crap

Pro: My many sisters keep me entertained
Con: I sleep on a trundle bed in my 15 year old sister’s room

Pro: Every day I am forced to engage in conversation and be social 
Con: Every day I am forced to engage in conversation and be social