Like I stated earlier, I recently turned 30 and life has been a whirlwind. The one constant is that I still live with my dad. You’re probably thinking, oh my gosh why is this girl still at her father’s house. Well long story short is I hate bills, but since we are here I will tell you the long version.

As an adult it has not been easy living with him. Even though I do not pay rent, it still has its own price. I do not get to do the fun things people my age living alone get to do. I don’t have parties at my house, have girl nights, or even the occasional boy. Most would say that they would rather not have a party if they get to live rent free, and I would agree, but the grass isn’t always greener.

As a firefighter, I do not have the luxury of being home every night. I work 24 hour shits, and due to no one wanting to work, the department is short staffed. That means nothing to you, but for me, it means I will work four days (96 hours) in a row. It’s hard, and never any fun, but with being stuck at work for those many days, it makes me not want to pay rent or a mortgage.

There are so many pros and cons to living with your parents as an adult, and I will start with the pros. 1. no rent. 2. I have a free babysitter for my dog when I am at work. 3. I don’t have to buy cleaning supplies or even toilet paper. 4. there is usually always food in the house that I did not have to pay for. 5. If anything breaks, I do not have to fix it. 6. I don’t have to cut any grass. And the biggest pro of it all is that I have the closest relationship to my dad out of all of my siblings.

The cons you might read and thinks it is totally worth living with your dad when you get to save all your money. My response to that is, go live with your parents for six months and get back to me. Con 1. I don’t get to have friends over (not that I can’t, just who wants to come hangout with me and my dad). 2. I do not get to freely walk around the house in anything I want. 3. No boys….. and trust me I don’t have any, but if I did it would be nice to have that luxury. 4. Get togethers and parties, not a thing. 5. He is always calling asking where I am, and what I am doing. 6. He will try to have a conversation with me in the bathroom. I could probably list a few more cons, but I think you get the idea.

Living with someone is difficult, living with a parent is a different level of difficult. After some time of living with someone you can usually find that sweet spot, and luckily my dad and I have, but it still has its rough moments. Overall I wouldn’t change my living situation and love almost everything about it.

Verse of the day: “do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth” – 2 Timothy 2:15 NIV