Parents' House
By Toni
@toniganzon (72535)
Philippines
August 28, 2011 9:23pm CST
I've been married for almost 8 years now but I still call my parents' house as my home. When I got married I stayed at my parents' home. It's basically mine since I'm one of the heirs. One older is living with her husband and at that time one sister was staying most of the time in the hospital. One brother has his own home and I lived with the eldest. Then I started working and we rented an apartment 65 kilometers away from home, but every weekend and on holidays I really have to go home to my parents' and work in the office.
And now that we bought our own house, i still consider my parents' house as my own home. I don't know why but I couldn't take my heart off this home. This was my very first and it would still be my home until I move to another country or to another island!
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10 responses
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
29 Aug 11
Yeah, toni you are more or less right that one always feels that comfortable in her parents' house and could never forget it because one was born and brought up here and till parents and siblings are alive, one's connection remains with that house.
@toniganzon (72535)
• Philippines
29 Aug 11
The sense of connection is what really makes me feel that it is still my home!
@dpk262006 (58678)
• Delhi, India
29 Aug 11
.......and this sense of connection will remain forever.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
5 Sep 11
Hi. toniganzon. I kind of feel this way about my grandmother's house too. Whenever I come over to visit, I still relinquish the fact that I missed being at home. I grew up in this house. I can remember how the house smelled and the atmosphere that the house gave unto me, made me grew homesick.
@YoungInLove (1254)
• Canada
30 Aug 11
Im a huge suckup when it comes to my parents. Honestly they are my life. So I feel almost wrong when I talk about their house or talk to them about their house and refer to it as your home i usually say at home. I see them often though, whether they stop into my work, i go to visit or they coime over. Theres never anything wrong with being close to your family:)
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
29 Aug 11
That's understandable for a long time after I moved out I still called my mom's house my house. It's because we grew up there and if you grow up in a house it is always kind of in your heart and has some sentimental value to you. So it is understandable that you still like to call it your house. I am not exactly sure when I stopped calling my mom's house her house and not mine. I still call my old bedroom my room though.
@toniganzon (72535)
• Philippines
2 Sep 11
Not sure if i'll be able to stop calling my parents' house as my house.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
31 Aug 11
i have been here working and living with my own family for almost 16 years, miles away from my home. it's my parents home, well actually, my grandparents'. but since all the siblings of my mom have their own separately living with their own families, the ones left staying in the house is my younger sister with her family. but that house is somewhat, my siblings headquarters. everytime there is an occasion, they gather there to celebrate. and when i visit manila, it's the only place i get home.
@sathyashreesai (13)
• India
29 Aug 11
parents home is a heaven..No one will mistake us watever we do in our parents home..even after our marriage our parents will still treat us as child only..wherever i go i feel comfortable and safe only at my parents home
@toniganzon (72535)
• Philippines
2 Sep 11
Good that you still have parents. But my parents' house doesn't have my parents anymore but i still consider it my home.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
29 Aug 11
For me yes it is the ay you happy just like me since I don't have a kid we live in my parents house because my parents want that now I been married for 5years.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
29 Aug 11
Hi Toni
You are a part of that house no doubt, even if you are married, one can never cut relations from parents totally, though there are exceptional cases..
my daughter is 47, she is married, lives 56 kms away, she comes here once in 2 months and we visit her home too.
that is life lol
Thanks for sharing
Have a nice day ahead.
Professor ‘@Bhuwan@’. .
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
12 Feb 12
hi,
my sister is also like that,she is married for 10 years but still she wanted to stay in our home,all she said was she wanted to be with her parents because our parents are old and she wanted to spend some times for them,and side from that she grew in our home so she still wanted that house.-
@chicksdigscars (5483)
•
29 Aug 11
I’m the same. I would still consider my parents house my home. It’s strange though because when I lived at home up until I was 18, I always had the large bedroom.. but when I moved out my little sister took it. So now the smaller bedroom is mine, but obviously it’s never actually been my room, because I’ve only ever stayed in it since I moved out.. so even though I still consider my mum and dads house my home, I don’t really feel like I have a bedroom haha!
