- Students have been posting about their return home for the Christmas break
- On Twitter, undergraduates have been talking about the perks of being home
- Highlights include a full fridge, toilet paper and cuddles with family pets
- Being given chores and being interogated hasn’t gone down so well
For the latest intake of university students, the first term has finished in a festive crescendo…and it’s time to return to the family home.
Undergraduates have been posting on social media how odd it feels to be back in the bosom of the people who sent them off to their educational establishment back in September.
From a fridge-full of food to toilet paper in the loo and reuniting with family pets, there are plenty of upsides. However, being asked to do chores and chastised for drinking too much hasn’t gone down so well.
Look who’s home! Students have been posting about returning home to their families for Christmas after their first term at university
While some berated the lack of ’24-hour’ company and feared for their mental health, others admitted they were enjoying the readily available food and not having to pay for ‘cheese’.
One student said she was enjoying snacking on ‘blueberries and strawberries’, fruits that weren’t readily available on a undergraduate’s budget.
And one just-turned vegan admitted she was surprised when she returned home to find her mother had listed all of the major supermarkets stocking vegan food – and even products that are available.
‘I don’t deserve her’, wrote the vegan involved.
The mischievous one is back! @abbafanclub69 reveals how the family pets won’t leave them alone
After living as a real-life grown up for several months, it can be tricky to back under a parent’s watchful eye.
@Brewt_ moaned: ‘I forgot how annoying it is to be home from college. At college you really come and go as you please but last night I left my phone charger in my car so I put my jacket on to go get it, I take one step onto the stairs and hear my mom “uh where you goin?! Why you got ya coat on?!”
And, one wonders, how bewildering it must be for the parents and at-home siblings in the scenario – faced with a transformed family member.
One sibling, @oliviazao, wrote of her sister’s return: ‘Every time my sister comes home from uni, she sleeps for 2 days before she talks to anyone. What is she doing in that place.’
She will eat! A newly-turned vegan student came home to find a shopping guide for vegans from her mother
