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Eight Struggles When Talking to Your Parents From College

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Brandeis chapter.

1. Trying to keep up with everyone’s lives back home.https://boingboing.net/2016/11/08/heres-the-unexpected-origin.html

 

2. When your family only has time to call you while you’re in class.http://www.memefaces.com/meme/bad-timing5/

 

3. When you don’t have actual time to call your fam but you really miss them. https://studybreaks.com/2016/02/23/crying-jordan/

 

4. Playing phone tag for days before someone finally answers.   http://plantsvszombies.wikia.com/wiki/File:2000_years_later.jpg

 

5.  They finally answer but they can only talk to you for thirty seconds or less.http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/35q4lu

 

6. When your fam is in a different time zone than you. http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/5c/5c6daf6ae4783f350c7fced08d6a29f5f237e16fa…

 

7. When you live too close to school and every time you call they want you to come home. http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3ob4nc

 

8. When they’re “too busy” to talk right now. https://pics.me.me/yeah-don’t-believe-you-13998829.png

Cover Photo Courtesy of Alex Van Pixabay.com 

Brittany is a senior at Brandeis University. She loves looking for exciting new volunteer opportunities in and around her community, spreading school spirit working in Brandeis admissions, and sharing memories from her semester abroad in Denmark. In her free time, you might find her browsing Spotify for new music, scouting out hole-in-the-wall food joints, or face-timing with her eleven year old brother. Check her out on Instagram @britt_wolfe for snapshots of her life and if you're hungry, check out her foodstagram @diningonthedaily!