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"College seniors everywhere are donning caps and gowns this weekend, proudly accepting their diplomas and gearing up for a bright future of living with their parents for six months while they \"figure things out.\"\nAh yes, it's an exciting time to be an unemployed, fresh graduate. One night you're forgetting your name at the senior bar crawl, and the next, you're clearing mom's exercise equipment out of your childhood bedroom.\nSee also: 15 Realistic Quotes That Every Graduate Should Hear\nThankfully, living with mom and dad is actually one of the best ways to save money and reconnect with the folks that raised you. Sure, you may feel like a deadbeat freeloader, but at least there's always toilet paper in the bathroom.\n\n\n15 Reasons It's Cool to Live With Mom and Dad\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. You're saving money on your phone bill because you have unlimited minutes with your mom in the living room.\t\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, realitytvgifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. You don't need actual friends when you can just watch TV with your family dog instead.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Since you spend most Friday nights in, you now have plenty of energy for mom's Saturday morning Costco runs.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, 4gifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. You're practically drowning in quarters now that your parents wash your clothes.\n\n\nImage: CraftyCactus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Your freezer is packed with a never-ending supply of frozen burritos and pizzas.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, hateplow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. In college you had four channels. Your parents have 1,000. \n\n\nImage: Tumblr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Your twin-sized bed is oddly comforting, especially since there's no one to judge your superhero sheets.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, sanguepoetico\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. You no longer need to rely on \"borrowed\" toilet paper from the campus bathrooms.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, seinfeldgifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Your parents buy everything in bulk.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Now that you are an \"Adult,\" you're finally privy to what's really been going on with the next-door neighbors.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, bravowwhl\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. \"Family dinner\" is your new go-to excuse for blowing off plans.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. There's no more pressure to periodically call home.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, personal-interest-in-you\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. You're wasting less time online because you can't stand to hear your parents nag about it any longer.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr, prguitarman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. Now that you're a graduate, your parents are slightly more tolerant of your ill-informed stances on world affairs.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. When you do finally move out in six months, you'll appreciate their patience while you figured things out.\n\n\nImage: Tumblr\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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