Does anyone actually enjoy moving?

[Ryika]

Moving as in "changing where you live", no idea if that headline makes any sense. English is hard.

Anyway. I (15) am moving out from my parents' home this weekend to live with my boyfriend (26). A great adventure to be sure, and I'm looking forward to it, but why does the process of moving have to be so annoying and complicated? Putting everything into boxes that, if you want to have a somewhat decent quality, you have to pay for.

So that's already annoying as hell, but of course next week we'll have to carry everything down into a damn transporter that I also had to pay for, and then, when I'm at the new house, we'll have to carry everything to the house again, then up the freaking stairs, and then, later that day, we'll have to find a place to put everything, because that damn stuff is surely not going to do that by itself. Plus, dismantling the furniture and then putting it up again in the new house... thankfully, I don't have the muscles required to really help with that. Yay me. ^_^

Of course I only have to transport the things from that one room of mine, just thinking about having to move everything in one flat is... jeez. How. Annoying. Can. This. Be? I swear I will not move ever again after doing it this one time, and if my boyfriend wants us to move in the future, I'll tell him to go with God but go without me. Man, I wish I was allowed to use the F-Word here. Just imagine I used it a few times throughout this post.

But anyway. My friends keep telling me that there are people who actually enjoy moving. I don't believe it. It's almost certainly an urban myth. I mean I guess I get it, if you're living in some really ugly house that's about to collapse or something, then you want to move, but moving just for the sake of moving and then live at a different place?

Hell no, I'm certain nobody ever does that willingly.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

I don't enjoy the process of moving, but I enjoy having new home as is represents a big change in an otherwise boring life.
Moving itself also isn't that bad if you get friends to help. it's a good reason to gather a large amount of people, work together on a taks for hours and then get drunk.
Obviouly, the part doesn't apply to you since you're not yet legally allowed to drink.

 

[Silurian]

Why as a 15 year old are you setting up home with your 26 year old boyfriend but you are paying for things.

 

[Ryika]

I don't enjoy the process of moving, but I enjoy having new home as is represents a big change in an otherwise boring life.
Moving itself also isn't that bad if you get friends to help. it's a good reason to gather a large amount of people, work together on a taks for hours and then get drunk.
Obviouly, the part doesn't apply to you since you're not yet legally allowed to drink.

Right, I would never do such a thing.

But yeah, I understand being happy about the end result, but getting all excited about the process of moving? Ugh.

Why as a 15 year old are you setting up home with your 26 year old boyfriend but you are paying for things.

We're paying 50/50. Which is fine, as I've saved up quite a bit of money doing holiday jobs in the past few years. Honestly, I was going to pay all of it, but he insisted. An annoying thing to waste money on either way.

 

[Akka]

I've moved quite a bit in the past two years, due to change in jobs (four times in 18 monthes).
Moving stuff itself is all kind of annoyance, and I think everyone does agree.
The process of moving, though, can be surprisingly exciting - it's a change of scenery, a change in life, a change in perspective and a change in environment.

As an aside, your situation, if it's the one you describe, definitely sounds pretty weird. Moving out of parents' house at 15 ? To live with someone who is 26 ? I admit a healthy amount of skepticism.

 

[civvver]

where do you live? 15 is well below the age of consent in every state I know of in the us.

 

[red_elk]

People enjoy moving if they move to better place. And they usually do.

 

[Zelig]

I'm an adult, I pay for quality movers to do the tedious work for me. (Or if I'm moving for work, my employer pays for it.)

I don't own all that much stuff anyway, I'm pretty ruthless about avoiding clutter.

 

[Hygro]

Wait what happened to the Alien boyfriend and what happened to being a full grown adult?

 

[Zkribbler]

Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes probably did. His entire belongings consisted of a suitcase full of clothes and a box of books.

 

[Ryika]

where do you live? 15 is well below the age of consent in every state I know of in the us.

Thankfully, I do not live in the USA. Here in Germany, we have proper consent laws, not that arbitrary-number-is-arbitrary system you have over there.

I'm an adult, I pay for quality movers to do the tedious work for me. (Or if I'm moving for work, my employer pays for it.)

But that's even more expensive! I looked around, and even that one room was already at around ~800€ minimum. That's just insane!

I don't own all that much stuff anyway, I'm pretty ruthless about avoiding clutter.

I guess I should do that, too, but I really hate getting rid of stuff.

Wait what happened to the Alien boyfriend and what happened to being a full grown adult?

That was just me having some fun.

 

[Zelig]

But that's even more expensive! I looked around, and even that one room was already at around ~800€ minimum. That's just insane!

My employer profits by paying for me to be able to work rather than putting stuff in and out of boxes, and it's a non-taxable benefit.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Right, I would never do such a thing.

But yeah, I understand being happy about the end result, but getting all excited about the process of moving? Ugh.

It's nothing to be excited about, but it's not bad.

As an aside, your situation, if it's the one you describe, definitely sounds pretty weird. Moving out of parents' house at 15 ? To live with someone who is 26 ? I admit a healthy amount of skepticism.

where do you live? 15 is well below the age of consent in every state I know of in the us.

Wait what happened to the Alien boyfriend and what happened to being a full grown adult?

That was just me having some fun.

 

[Akka]

But that's even more expensive! I looked around, and even that one room was already at around ~800€ minimum. That's just insane!

It cost me 420 € to have professionals move the content of my whole home (15 m3) in my latest change of residence in march (though it heavily depends on distance, I only moved a few tens of km in this case).

 

[civvver]

A 26 year old with a 15 year old does not strike me as normal or healthy no matter what country. I'll just leave it at that and bail on this thread.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

A 26 year old with a 15 year old does not strike me as normal or healthy no matter what country.

It wasn't normal in Germany before, but after years of creeping Islamization it is now.

 

[red_elk]

That was just me having some fun.

...creating this thread.

 

[W|M]

Moving is a pain but it's worth the hassle if you really want to move

Anyway. I (15) am moving out from my parents' home this weekend to live with my boyfriend (26)

I'm 100% certain that's an entirely healthy relationship /s

 

[Ryika]

It wasn't normal in Germany before, but after years of creeping Islamization it is now.

BS. It was never seen as "normal" and still isn't seen as "normal". The German state just doesn't care about what is seen as "normal", it cares about whether the people involved have the ability to make informed decisions.

Moving is a pain but it's worth the hassle if you really want to move

That's true of course. When I complained to her, my mother was all like: "Yeah, but once everything's done, you'll be happy that you did it.", and I guess she's right.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Thankfully, I do not live in the USA. Here in Germany, we have proper consent laws, not that arbitrary-number-is-arbitrary system you have over there..

Is this so you can get some welfare payment from the government for living away from home ?
It a big move for a 15 year old, just study hard, get a good education and avoid the usual pitfalls of youth