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I miss my home comforts when I'm at university.
I'm in my second term at university and I find myself missing home so much. I'm not homesick for my family, as I know they can come and see me whenever they want, but I desperately miss the home comforts that living in halls just doesn't offer. I miss having a plentiful suppply of delicious food whenever I want it, a warm, clean lounge with a television and getting a good night's sleep every night.
I'm in a catered hall so I basically have to eat what I'm given (which doesn't even compare to my mum's home cooking), and our kitchen is a tip which smells and is full of empty beer cans and pizza boxes. We don't have a common room so the only place to relax is my room, (I would KILL for a sofa like the one at home) and the T.V room is always occupied, and has about three channels.
It's making me not enjoy uni as much as I should, because I miss these things so much. Any advice?
I'm in a catered hall so I basically have to eat what I'm given (which doesn't even compare to my mum's home cooking), and our kitchen is a tip which smells and is full of empty beer cans and pizza boxes. We don't have a common room so the only place to relax is my room, (I would KILL for a sofa like the one at home) and the T.V room is always occupied, and has about three channels.
It's making me not enjoy uni as much as I should, because I miss these things so much. Any advice?
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I missed them as well and when I lived in a house it wasn't that much better (although it was in Spain). I've got used to it now but I'm graduating this year and already thinking about getting a really nice flat for the year before my Masters! Also I've gradually got used to not having my mum's cooking so I've learned to cook quite well myself, I've learned that TV is essentially a waste of time so it's not too bad now.
Reply 5
halls never felt like home to me but its still great to have your own space.
Reply 6
If you're living in hall's, then near everyone is feeling the same!!! So you're not the only one.
I'm sick of staying in my room, we have a common room, but the TV is tiny, and you're not allowed to eat or drink in there, even if you keep it clean yourself.
I tried to host a poker night in there, £5 in. and about 30 people showed up (out of like 170+), but we couldn't play, because we couldn't eat or drink and it's only open for like 2 hours a night. Load of crap.
We went house hunting before christmas, and it was funny because I'm going to be living with 3 other guys from the same halls, and the main theme we wanted was a large lounge. We didn't mind if we had to sacrafice bedroom space. We got a house sorted for next year, and to be honest. I can't ****ing wait to move into it!!!!!
I'm sick of staying in my room, we have a common room, but the TV is tiny, and you're not allowed to eat or drink in there, even if you keep it clean yourself.
I tried to host a poker night in there, £5 in. and about 30 people showed up (out of like 170+), but we couldn't play, because we couldn't eat or drink and it's only open for like 2 hours a night. Load of crap.
We went house hunting before christmas, and it was funny because I'm going to be living with 3 other guys from the same halls, and the main theme we wanted was a large lounge. We didn't mind if we had to sacrafice bedroom space. We got a house sorted for next year, and to be honest. I can't ****ing wait to move into it!!!!!
Just part of studentdom I'm afraid. I miss sofas and baths as well 
As for the food thing - bad luck, it's why I would never in my right mind go catered rather than self-catered. Anyone who tells me when to eat and what to eat can go to hell
If you do want to install a mini-fridge, check it out with the uni first - they are a *huge* drain on electricity and they might not be happy with it.
As for the food thing - bad luck, it's why I would never in my right mind go catered rather than self-catered. Anyone who tells me when to eat and what to eat can go to hell
If you do want to install a mini-fridge, check it out with the uni first - they are a *huge* drain on electricity and they might not be happy with it.
Reply 9
Advice? How about, get a grip? You have a place to live, probably a computer, you get food made for you and you're getting an education. Is it really that bad? You're only there for 3 years. You won't ever enjoy yourself if you don't just learn to deal with things. So I guess my advice is 'shut up'. Sorry if that's harsh.
It's life. like the above said, you could be worse off.
also, if you're complaining now, you will probably complain when it comes to a house. bills. cold. there ain't 200 people on your doorstep to have fun with. neighbours. etc etc.
I live in an amazing house. but yes, we have mice, probably rats, it's freezing, we cant afford bills. but yes. you get on with it.
also, if you're complaining now, you will probably complain when it comes to a house. bills. cold. there ain't 200 people on your doorstep to have fun with. neighbours. etc etc.
I live in an amazing house. but yes, we have mice, probably rats, it's freezing, we cant afford bills. but yes. you get on with it.
I've not had the pleasure of halls but I have lived in a student house with a tv in black and white that was really small, no sofa just a couple of weird ikea chairs and a rolled up futon mattress (but no futon) that I refused to sit on because everyone had sex on it (other than me).
Our kitchen was a den of filth with **** everywhere, HUGE piles of washing up and rancid smelling piles of recycling. The bathrooms never got cleaned (the plughole in the shower once got so blockecd with my housemates hair that the water couldnt drain and it flooded the carpet which then smelt, when the hair was removed it was about the size of a tennis ball) and I was kept up whenever my housemates felt like it by parties and coming home from stuff. Two of my housemates were an ex couple so that meant lots of fighting and people coming to sleep in my bed and talk to me while I gave them chocolate (I was like everyone's nice little sister).
My room itself had a single bed and bedside table in it when I arrived and I put a desk in the available floor space (then there was no space to walk in between the bed and desk). My wardrobe was a hallway cupboard! I thought it was such a hard life.
Then I moved into my second student house with a HUGE bedroom but no lounge. It was hell. The roof leaked, the radiators burst into my carpet (nice smell not!), the kitchen had two cupboards between 5 of us, there were COCKROACHES and the bath actually came up a different colour after I scrubbed it. I also couldn't walk around bare foot because the carpets had glass in them.
I now live in a shared house with professionals and although it's a tidy clean fresh smelling haven I really miss being a student. I miss eating fish finger sandwiches and watching neighbours in black and white. The professionals I live with don't watch hollyoaks or shipwrecked (it's drivel although they're getting into it because I hide the remote during it so they can't put on computer games).
We have a huge widescreen tv, dining room, weights room, kitchen, utility room, lounge, Wii, XBox 360, PS2, Gamecube, XBox, Bathroom, shower room and all have double rooms. We have proper bins to put our trash in, recycle regularly and have a front and back garden!
Yet I'm still a student so I still have NO food (I'm eating bernard matthews turkey dinosaurs atm because the bird flu's made them cheap). I can't wait to go to uni in September and live in halls again with loads of people my own age who don't think it's repulsive and idiotic to eat a pot noodle on a sunday wrapped in your duvet watching t4!!!
Don't wish the slackest days of your life away. Sometimes it's nice to just let go and not care that your mum isn't there to clean up after you. I love going to my mum's house that smells all fresh and eating huge slabs of freshly baked white bread with butter. When I lived in the falling down house I'd taking my washing home and have white bread with butter then roast then like crumble. I'd watch SKY!!!! which was awesome because I only had itv in black and white at that house and all my clothes would smell lush and fresh instead of like damp. She had working heating and I could have a shower without rainwater! Just enjoy being dirty, it's good to do it because then when you're older and not you'll appreciate it more.
Our kitchen was a den of filth with **** everywhere, HUGE piles of washing up and rancid smelling piles of recycling. The bathrooms never got cleaned (the plughole in the shower once got so blockecd with my housemates hair that the water couldnt drain and it flooded the carpet which then smelt, when the hair was removed it was about the size of a tennis ball) and I was kept up whenever my housemates felt like it by parties and coming home from stuff. Two of my housemates were an ex couple so that meant lots of fighting and people coming to sleep in my bed and talk to me while I gave them chocolate (I was like everyone's nice little sister).
My room itself had a single bed and bedside table in it when I arrived and I put a desk in the available floor space (then there was no space to walk in between the bed and desk). My wardrobe was a hallway cupboard! I thought it was such a hard life.
Then I moved into my second student house with a HUGE bedroom but no lounge. It was hell. The roof leaked, the radiators burst into my carpet (nice smell not!), the kitchen had two cupboards between 5 of us, there were COCKROACHES and the bath actually came up a different colour after I scrubbed it. I also couldn't walk around bare foot because the carpets had glass in them.
I now live in a shared house with professionals and although it's a tidy clean fresh smelling haven I really miss being a student. I miss eating fish finger sandwiches and watching neighbours in black and white. The professionals I live with don't watch hollyoaks or shipwrecked (it's drivel although they're getting into it because I hide the remote during it so they can't put on computer games).
We have a huge widescreen tv, dining room, weights room, kitchen, utility room, lounge, Wii, XBox 360, PS2, Gamecube, XBox, Bathroom, shower room and all have double rooms. We have proper bins to put our trash in, recycle regularly and have a front and back garden!
Yet I'm still a student so I still have NO food (I'm eating bernard matthews turkey dinosaurs atm because the bird flu's made them cheap). I can't wait to go to uni in September and live in halls again with loads of people my own age who don't think it's repulsive and idiotic to eat a pot noodle on a sunday wrapped in your duvet watching t4!!!
Don't wish the slackest days of your life away. Sometimes it's nice to just let go and not care that your mum isn't there to clean up after you. I love going to my mum's house that smells all fresh and eating huge slabs of freshly baked white bread with butter. When I lived in the falling down house I'd taking my washing home and have white bread with butter then roast then like crumble. I'd watch SKY!!!! which was awesome because I only had itv in black and white at that house and all my clothes would smell lush and fresh instead of like damp. She had working heating and I could have a shower without rainwater! Just enjoy being dirty, it's good to do it because then when you're older and not you'll appreciate it more.
Reply 12
i dont get how people can miss sofas though. when i moved in here i nearly didnt get one, they are expensive and take up loads of space. i wanted a huge bean bag instead so i could throw it in a cupboard when it wasnt in use XD
in the end we decided that it wouldnt be so good to have visitors (ie my gran etc) and expect them t sit on a bean bag. our sofa is now only used when we are ill or have family round.
in the end we decided that it wouldnt be so good to have visitors (ie my gran etc) and expect them t sit on a bean bag. our sofa is now only used when we are ill or have family round.
I think i'd find it weird not having a place within the flat to hang out in and i'd hate being catered 
We have a hall lounge with sky tv that the whole halls can use but each flat of 6 has a kitchen and lounge with a dining table. I'd really miss not having a lounge and only being able to hang out in my room. I like keeping my room for me and the people i want there rather than it being full of people i dont know too well.
I cant wait to move into our house next year even though we'll have arguments about cleaning and bills its going to be so nice to have a huge lounge and new kitchen
We have a hall lounge with sky tv that the whole halls can use but each flat of 6 has a kitchen and lounge with a dining table. I'd really miss not having a lounge and only being able to hang out in my room. I like keeping my room for me and the people i want there rather than it being full of people i dont know too well.
I cant wait to move into our house next year even though we'll have arguments about cleaning and bills its going to be so nice to have a huge lounge and new kitchen
Reply 15
if you miss your mums food, get her to make some and put it in containers so you can microwave it instead of having the food you are given all the time. I would also try n make my room really really homely wiv stuff that doubles up as two things, like loads of cushions, n stuff
Reply 16
The thing that i miss most apart from my family is the cats, its just so weird walking round a house without a small furry four legged thing trying to trip you up and the noise, i love going home and hearing the familiar yowl when i walk in the front door.
Ugh well i never got to live in halls because i went through clearing ... and i can honestly i say i HATE where i am living now.
1. I'm living with people i barely see/speak too which means i spend the majority of my time in my own room.
2.We've had mice, a leak, we now have squatters nextdoor to us!
3.My housemates think it is fine to go in my cupboards and use anything they see fit without asking me (i can never find my glasses if i try).
4.They also think it is cool to go in my bedroom at weekends, and then into my wardrobe to get the iron without asking.
5.We don't have a living room which i actually miss because it makes things so antisocial.
6.I miss not having a pet, i never knew how much the noise of my guinea pig could make me smile until i went home at xmas.
7.I live with a couple which is never fun because they're always in eachothers rooms and don't really talk to anyone else.
8.They leave their dishes piled up for days which annoys me because i'm a clean freak.
Anyway my rant is over, in conclusion i guess everybody misses home comforts!
1. I'm living with people i barely see/speak too which means i spend the majority of my time in my own room.
2.We've had mice, a leak, we now have squatters nextdoor to us!
3.My housemates think it is fine to go in my cupboards and use anything they see fit without asking me (i can never find my glasses if i try).
4.They also think it is cool to go in my bedroom at weekends, and then into my wardrobe to get the iron without asking.
5.We don't have a living room which i actually miss because it makes things so antisocial.
6.I miss not having a pet, i never knew how much the noise of my guinea pig could make me smile until i went home at xmas.
7.I live with a couple which is never fun because they're always in eachothers rooms and don't really talk to anyone else.
8.They leave their dishes piled up for days which annoys me because i'm a clean freak.
Anyway my rant is over, in conclusion i guess everybody misses home comforts!
My dog goes mental when I go home, she misses me so much
I have fish which I've had since my first student house. My mummy wouldn't let me have any so when I moved out at 16 I got Leony and Sanchez. Leony has a spinal deformity (he swims round in circles sometimes like finding nemo) and Sanchez was really small but he's normal size now. I miss the sound of their pump when I go to visit my mums!
In my old student house that was falling down I went to an all night party and on the way home was like OMG I HAVE CHEESE ENGLISH MUFFINS in the cupboard. I got home and went to the cupboard and my housemate had eaten all four, the whole packet. I went and was like Jackass what are you doing? And he said I'll replace them sometime, leave me sleep. THat still makes me angry thinking about it now!
I have fish which I've had since my first student house. My mummy wouldn't let me have any so when I moved out at 16 I got Leony and Sanchez. Leony has a spinal deformity (he swims round in circles sometimes like finding nemo) and Sanchez was really small but he's normal size now. I miss the sound of their pump when I go to visit my mums!
In my old student house that was falling down I went to an all night party and on the way home was like OMG I HAVE CHEESE ENGLISH MUFFINS in the cupboard. I got home and went to the cupboard and my housemate had eaten all four, the whole packet. I went and was like Jackass what are you doing? And he said I'll replace them sometime, leave me sleep. THat still makes me angry thinking about it now!
Reply 19
gracie88
Ugh well i never got to live in halls because i went through clearing ... and i can honestly i say i HATE where i am living now.
1. I'm living with people i barely see/speak too which means i spend the majority of my time in my own room.
2.We've had mice, a leak, we now have squatters nextdoor to us!
3.My housemates think it is fine to go in my cupboards and use anything they see fit without asking me (i can never find my glasses if i try).
4.They also think it is cool to go in my bedroom at weekends, and then into my wardrobe to get the iron without asking.
5.We don't have a living room which i actually miss because it makes things so antisocial.
6.I miss not having a pet, i never knew how much the noise of my guinea pig could make me smile until i went home at xmas.
7.I live with a couple which is never fun because they're always in eachothers rooms and don't really talk to anyone else.
8.They leave their dishes piled up for days which annoys me because i'm a clean freak.
Anyway my rant is over, in conclusion i guess everybody misses home comforts!
1. I'm living with people i barely see/speak too which means i spend the majority of my time in my own room.
2.We've had mice, a leak, we now have squatters nextdoor to us!
3.My housemates think it is fine to go in my cupboards and use anything they see fit without asking me (i can never find my glasses if i try).
4.They also think it is cool to go in my bedroom at weekends, and then into my wardrobe to get the iron without asking.
5.We don't have a living room which i actually miss because it makes things so antisocial.
6.I miss not having a pet, i never knew how much the noise of my guinea pig could make me smile until i went home at xmas.
7.I live with a couple which is never fun because they're always in eachothers rooms and don't really talk to anyone else.
8.They leave their dishes piled up for days which annoys me because i'm a clean freak.
Anyway my rant is over, in conclusion i guess everybody misses home comforts!
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