Ever since I was 15, I’ve been wanting to live alone. I’m 24 now & have been living alone for the past 7ish months.
My parents had to move to a smaller city when I was in my 2nd last year of high school for work, & of course I had to move with them. So I stayed there for my last 2 years of high school, & also stayed for university because the university there had the degree I wanted to study. I never liked living there cause it was a small quiet town/city & I found life quite boring there.
I always complained about living there & told my parents I’d leave & come back to my hometown (which is a big city) right after I finished university even if they couldn’t move with me.
I finally graduated university there last year & moved back here to my hometown. My parents still need to stay in that small city for work, so I had to move back here by myself. At first I was really enjoying the whole setting up my new place, enjoying the freedom & independence & having my own space.
My parents also visit nearly every week, so I’m not all that lonely. But for some reason when my co workers or people I know In general ask me how I’m getting home, they notice I always say I’m getting the train, so they realise nobody is picking me up & I don’t drive cause I’m saving up for a new car & then I have to break it to them that I live alone. They don’t say anything bad about it.
But why do I suddenly feel embarrassed to tell people I live alone? A lot of people my age live alone & I always used to get teased about living with my parents before so I thought I’d feel relieved & more independent to be alone but I feel embarrassed & I feel like people here seem to think that I’m not originally from here if my parents are in another state & I’m here by myself. It’s the other way round but people automatically see it as I’m alone here & don’t know anyone when this is actually my hometown & my parents just can’t move back here right now. They said they will in about 2-3 years though.
My parents had to move to a smaller city when I was in my 2nd last year of high school for work, & of course I had to move with them. So I stayed there for my last 2 years of high school, & also stayed for university because the university there had the degree I wanted to study. I never liked living there cause it was a small quiet town/city & I found life quite boring there.
I always complained about living there & told my parents I’d leave & come back to my hometown (which is a big city) right after I finished university even if they couldn’t move with me.
I finally graduated university there last year & moved back here to my hometown. My parents still need to stay in that small city for work, so I had to move back here by myself. At first I was really enjoying the whole setting up my new place, enjoying the freedom & independence & having my own space.
My parents also visit nearly every week, so I’m not all that lonely. But for some reason when my co workers or people I know In general ask me how I’m getting home, they notice I always say I’m getting the train, so they realise nobody is picking me up & I don’t drive cause I’m saving up for a new car & then I have to break it to them that I live alone. They don’t say anything bad about it.
But why do I suddenly feel embarrassed to tell people I live alone? A lot of people my age live alone & I always used to get teased about living with my parents before so I thought I’d feel relieved & more independent to be alone but I feel embarrassed & I feel like people here seem to think that I’m not originally from here if my parents are in another state & I’m here by myself. It’s the other way round but people automatically see it as I’m alone here & don’t know anyone when this is actually my hometown & my parents just can’t move back here right now. They said they will in about 2-3 years though.
