Buzz·Posted on Jul 20, 201524 Things Only People Who Live Far From Their Parents UnderstandHome is where the food is.by Alex AlvarezBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Your parents use social media to keep up with what you're doing. View this photo on Instagram 2. No amount of phone calls is ever enough for your parents. View this photo on Instagram 3. Group texts are simply a way of life. View this photo on Instagram 4. ...As is this inevitable consequence. View this photo on Instagram 5. Also, way too many group texts revolve around parents figuring out emojis. View this photo on Instagram 6. Phone calls are about 98.6% family gossip... View this vine on Vine vine.co ...And 1.4% your parents asking whether you've been eating. 7. You still get jealous every time your parents take a trip without you. View this photo on Instagram 8. You basically LIVE for care packages. View this photo on Instagram 9. You've had that strange sensation of waking up and forgetting you no longer live in your parents' home. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. You miss them so much that you are secretly pleased when you find yourself turning into your parents. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. Airlines are your enemy because it shouldn't bankrupt you to visit your parents. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. No matter how mature you are in your daily life, you revert when you actually get to see your parents. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. You require your parents to send you a constant stream of pics of all and any babies in your family. View this photo on Instagram 14. ...Ditto for pictures of pets. View this photo on Instagram 15. You know the greatest sadness is missing a holiday with your parents. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. FaceTime and Skype are godsends. View this vine on Vine vine.co Once your parents figure 'em out, that is. 17. You're not 100% sure where "home" is. View this photo on Instagram 18. Time differences are a hangnail on the hand of life. View this photo on Instagram 19. "Hiraeth" is a concept you know too well. View this photo on Instagram 20. You know that nothing triggers memories of home quite like food. View this photo on Instagram 21. ...Even though no dish compares to your parents' cooking. View this photo on Instagram 22. And let's not even talk about how you're now listening to music your parents loved when you were a kid. View this video on YouTube youtube.com Music you didn't even like before moving away from them, tbh. 23. You will always need your parents. View this photo on Instagram 24. ...And they will always need you. View this photo on Instagram