Kaylyn "MarzGurl" Dicksion ([info]marzgurl) wrote,
@ 2008-11-12 23:59:00
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Dear Almost All of my Friends
"TRUE LIFE: I'M STUCK AT HOME
Are you at the age where everyone has left their parents' house but you're still living at home? Do you like the idea that your mom still cooks and does your laundry, or are you ready to take that on yourself, but you can't figure out how to get out of the nest? Do your parents nag you to get a place of your own, but you can't, or just don't see the point? Are they about to cut you off or kick you out? Or do you have a significant other who wants you to get a place of your own at last?

Conversely, are your parents refusing to let you move out? Do you feel that you are an adult and able to leave, but worry about offending your family by leaving home?

If you appear to be between the ages of 20 and 28, and can identify with any of the above email us at leavehome@mtvn.com with all of the details. Please be sure to include your name, location, phone number, and a recent photo."


JUST DRIVE YOUR OWN CARS OR SOMETHING!

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[info]avaricekills
2008-11-13 09:31 am UTC (link)
I prolly missed some point to this, but are they recycling episodes? I've already seen this one.

Oh and for the record, on your own > living at home. I love who MTV has gone all intervention on everything with True Life.

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[info]marzgurl
2008-11-13 04:47 pm UTC (link)
True Life also loves to put a spin on the person they're focusing on to make them look as lame as possible.

But mainly, yes, I was saying that living on your own is far greater than living at home. The rewards are just that much sweeter.

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[info]avaricekills
2008-11-13 05:18 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, They had a recap episode and showed one of the guys who lived with his parents, basically by the end of the original show they made him look like the stereotypical nerd, couldn't get a date, liked nerdy things, when he would get a date he spilled water all over the girl by knocking the glass on her, then he moved out on his own.
Saddly, the recap episode showed that he was living back at his parents house and still went on dates but the dates would come slowly and the one he was on that they recorded was in his parents basement, they were playing poker.

Most people like living at their parents house though because it's easier than living on your own, but regardless of things like bills and upkeep, the knowledge that you are doing it on your own help and that you have the freedom to do what you please without having an imput parrot sitting on your shoulder (AKA parental) is the best feeling ever.

With that said, I got shoved back at my mom's house because the army won't house us while Bruce is in school, so I went from our little apartment back to having to be semi-dependant, while we make the money that I could have had my own apartment, he would have had to sign the lease so we could break it without penalty, Military Clause. <3 Plus, having a baby and hearing "WELL I DID THIS WHEN YOU WERE A BABY" or "YOU NEED TO DO IT LIKE THIS" gets old really fast.
Luckly though, after he graduates next Wednesday we're bringing him back here and then after 2 weeks we'll be settling into a happy little 2 bedroom on base house of our own. While it won't be much at all (we don't have any furniture or anything, the baby has everything a baby could want though. xD *SPOILED*) it'll be the biggest sigh of relief for the both of us to be on our own with our daughter in our own house knowing we have our own little sanctuary.

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[info]soulcrash
2008-11-13 01:30 pm UTC (link)
wait a sec, that sounds like me.. except for the part "Do your parents nag you to get a place of your own, but you can't, or just don't see the point? Are they about to cut you off or kick you out? Or do you have a significant other who wants you to get a place of your own at last?"

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[info]marzgurl
2008-11-13 04:49 pm UTC (link)
You're pretty self-substantial, though. You have a car and make enough money to take pretty damn good care of it. Really, the only step left is to get out on your own, but if you wanted to you could probably do it pretty easily.

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[info]alindawyl
2008-11-13 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Try the worse position of moving back in with your parents after having moved out, gotten married and lived with your spouse in your own place for over five years.

Or better yet, don't try that. I highly recommend never screwing up your finances as badly as my wife and I did ten years ago. Her parents are great people, but living with them for close to four years while we repaired a horrible situation was not exactly the high point of our lives :)

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[info]lynxsan
2008-11-13 06:03 pm UTC (link)
I'm going to e-mail them, but I'll be honest. I hate MTV and most of the things they stand for.

I'm not where I'd like to have been at my age, but I have technically moved out before, and I can say that life gets a lot more fun. At the same time though, you are more vulnerable to risky situations. Now that I've almost fixed most of the things in my life to some degree or another, I don't see a huge problem with still living with my mom on a temporary basis. I pay a bill, help out where I can, own my own PC, Am about to have my driving situation completely legal and doable, and I rarely ever see my mom because we both have jobs. It's not ideal, but I can't afford to pay rent anywhere on my Krogers job, and if I could it might effect my going back to college next semester.

Besides, if I ever drop all of the weight, I'm hopefully Navy bound anyways.

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[info]gregroyball
2008-11-13 11:52 pm UTC (link)
I'm very aware of MTV'S show True Life:...whatever subject they have this week.My life is, for the most part pretty decent.I got a good job,I'm making my own money to get the things I want and I have a car, that just gets me were I need to go.

Every things fine,except the fact of being on my own.I think this time, I'm going to go and do it sometime,early spring or late winter.I'm moving out for my own personal reasons,I'll just say that I can't stand my older brother any more.Granted,he is family but it gets to a point,were you have to ask yourself,"How much can you take?"I think its ironically sad,I'm more of a responsible adult then he is.

I just need to get away from him and my parents aren't going to kick him out any time soon.

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