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    23 Reasons Why Parents Are Definitely Better Roommates Than Friends

    Sorry I can't, I have dinner with my uhhh...my roomies.

    1. While all of your friends complain about the monthly rent on their apartments, you have the satisfaction of living rent-free.

    2. You can still get away with asking to be chauffeured around.

    3. Free food all day erryday.

    4. And normally you'll get a call asking if there's anything you "need" from the grocery store.

    5. There are just so many things that your mom does better than you, and she'll likely do things for you out of frustration of watching you try too hard.

    Feeling inadequate is okay when it's compared to your momma. She is the queen of all things.

    6. Your laundry is not something you have to worry about doing on weekends.

    7. You can actually contribute to your own savings account.

    8. Even if you're single, you get taken out to dinner and don't have to pay.

    9. If you run out of shampoo, you can use your roomies' without them yelling at you about the price of shampoo.

    10. Parents are so much easier to lie to than your friends.

    11. Your mom is better at coddling you during rough times than a friend.

    12. Parents are really good at reminding you to go to the dentist and get your hair cut.

    13. You'll always know if you need a jacket or an umbrella before leaving the house.

    14. Your parents will try to protect you, even when you're well into your twenties (or thirties). (Or forever).

    15. When bills come every month, they have your mom or dad's name on them.

    16. While your friends complain about trying to find websites to watch past-aired television, you're snuggled up with your remote and the DVR you don't pay for.

    17. Parents will give you ego boosts whenever you need them.

    18. Your parents will come in and kill a bug for you if you're screaming at 2 a.m. Friends will not.

    19. Your parents are much more useful when you get sick.

    20. You get to wake up Saturday morning to the smell of a delicious breakfast cooking, rather than stale beer.

    21. You don't have to deal with groups of your roommates' friends coming over at all hours of the night.

    22. Parents provide hours of endless entertainment.

    23. Eventually you'll be moved out and will miss your parents, so you get quality family time.