Currently sat eating a microwave roast with tears down my face because I miss my parents and living at home with them. How’s your day going everyone?

by CandyCane147

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  2. Chin up pal and get into cooking some proper food. Even if it’s just mince and tatties with some bits of veg, it will be a lot tastier and more comforting than a microwave meal.

  4. Lost my Mum two years and four months ago and I still haven’t eaten the meal she used to cook for me every week again. Feel how you feel, sit with it, and remember how great it was-they are wonderful memories and it’s OK that they make you sad, no shame in sadness. Plus: prime excuse for pudding. I’m about to get an ice cream, myself (yes, in this weather!)

  7. Get yourself a yogurt or cake,& chill out with a film,or friends?! Give mam & dad a ring? Dry your tears,& keep on keeping on op. You’re doing ok x

  8. Yuck, watch some YouTube recipe videos on how to cook a proper roast— you won’t regret making your own crispy spuds!

  9. I feel you. I was living at home after leaving a flat, and my parents went away at Christmas to visit other family. They left a Christmas dinner, and pudding in the fridge. Never felt so low eating on my own at that time. I couldn’t go with them due to work.

    I left home a few weeks later, and found a new place to live and first thing I did was start cooking for myself. First few times were not brilliant, but cooking even for yourself can be more enjoyable than you think.

  10. Do you not have a Toby nearby? Carvery and a pint, with even less washing up than your microwave meal!

  11. Cooking is not hard to make something edible and 100x better than microwave shite

  12. Yo OP, are you not cooking because you don’t have the energy to or because you don’t know how to? Either way there’s help out there.

  13. Ring them and tell them! You obviously have a great relationship with them, and I’m sure they would really appreciate hearing from you.

    Can you plan a visit to them maybe some cooking lessons as well?

  14. Ring your parents and chat! My coworker’s daughter just moved out and they facetime during Sunday dinner (my coworker usually sends her something yummy by delivery for the same time or they facetime when cooking the same thing so her mum can help her if she isn’t sure)

  15. I’d be crying if I had to eat that too. Looks gash. Learn to cook mate, it’s the only answer. It’ll kill some time and you won’t have to eat rubberised shoe soles masquerading as meat.

  16. Your parents will be missing you too. I know I missed my boys…still do in fact. But they’ll be super proud of you too.

  17. I’m sorry you feel this way OP. Loneliness/seperation from family can be really tough. Get a weekend at home put in the calendar, it’ll give you something to look forwards to.

    FaceTime them if it’ll cheer you up – if it makes you feel worse stick your favourite film/tv series on.

  18. Ah it’s tough when it feels that way, life can feel lonely sometimes! My parents moved away a lot and I miss them.
    If I am feeling like that, I sort of lean into it and get all cozy, light a candle, eat tasty food and watch a movie. Give your parents a call! X

  19. I was feeling this way just yesterday and I’ve lived away from home for over a decade. The idea that I won’t be safe and cosy at home again knowing my mum is making dinner really hit me. Heck I am mum now! 

    My best tip is to get good at cooking. Think what it is about your mum’s cooking and replicate that. Watch some cooking videos on YouTube, get some good cookbooks from the library and give it a go! 

    Also, winter is always a bummer, keep on top of your vitamin D, try to get out for a morning walk and hunker down until spring.

  20. It gets easier. I live alone. I would recommend learning to cook. You’ll enjoy your roast a lot better if you cook it from scratch. Also, it will boost your mental state, which tanks when you’re sitting alone.
    It sounds like you moved out into your own place, and your parents are still alive. How about you invite them over for dinner?

    Im currently crying because half my face is swollen and pulsating from an abscess. The NHS straight up refuse to remove my wisdom tooth despite this being my 9th instance of it getting infected and taking good care to rinse out and brush my teeth after each meal, etc.

    It now feels as though they enjoy my suffering as they gave me 250mg antibiotics, and they are obviously not strong enough to tackle the infection, 3 days into my 5 day course and it has only got worst, which it has spread up my face into my ear and down my neck.

    I havent eaten in 3 days, my piss is bright orange from the amount of painkillers im taking to reduce the pain, ive been awake for 2 days straight and now i feel as though im seeing shadow people.

    Dying from tooth sepsis wasn’t what i had planned.

  21. This brings back memories, I’d moved to Scotland for 6 months as part of my apprenticeship, and I used to have the Morrisons Sunday roasts on the weekends that I didn’t go back home.
    I love cooking for my family, even if the kids hate half of what I make, but I hardly ever have the motivation to cook for myself. Could explain why I’m sat in the pub right now.

  22. Start off by not eating that shit, that’s not helping. I hear you though. I’m on my own after an 11 year relationship. Being arsed to cook has been hard. However get batch cooking, have stuff in the freezer to look forward to.

    Big hugs

  23. Give them a call my guy, they will probably be thrilled to talk to you. Don’t have to mention being down to them if you don’t wanna either

  25. Noone does roasts as good as parents.. It must be some kind of special knowledge that arrives during the birth of your first child

  26. Roasts aren’t hard, just the rest of your life is, eat well!

  27. Please speak to your parents. As a mum myself, I would hate it if my adult child was suffering and didn’t tell me. Get yourself back on track, get your flat sorted and you’ll feel much better.

  28. Had to move back in with my parents in my 30s because my relationship ended and couldn’t afford the flat on my own. So we are opposite but equally sad.

  29. Buy some meal prep dishes and crack open YouTube for tips. Honestly makes a great difference on a Sunday when you’ve got some pre-made bolognaise, whack on some pasta and some garlic bread under the grill and a meal in minutes.

    Microwave meals are for when you work nights or are ill……

  30. Gotta keep the place warm to fight the mould but also ventilate it properly , preferably for a couple of hours per day , make sure you haven’t got anything right up against the walls stopping the airflow .

    Buy a proper mould killer and treatment , bleach and water doesn’t work long term .

    Get yourself a slow cooker for some stews , minutes of prep for delicious meals .

  31. Having read your replies, I really think you need to ring your parents and ask can you move back home until you’ve sorted out the issues you have with your own place.

    You are missing them; I’d wager they are missing you too. And they would take you back home, even temporarily, in a heartbeat.

    I genuinely dread the day my son moves out, I’ll miss him so much.

  32. How far are you from your parents? If it’s not far, perhaps set aside one evening a week/fortnight to go over for a meal. I bet they’d love that.

    If you haven’t got an air fryer, it’s worth the investment. They cook a chicken in no time at all, still can have an epic roast. Plus the extra chicken you don’t eat can be used for other meals.

    Chin up, I cried a few times after moving out. It’ll get easier with time.

  33. Buy one of those bagged raw chickens with stuffing from a supermarket (about 4 quid).
    Buy some microwaveable steamed veg.
    Buy gravy granules .

    The only thing you need to learn is to make some nice roast potatoes, the rest takes care of itself and you will find it’s a nice roast dinner fairly cheaply if you can’t cook.

    Plus the left overs will provide either dinner or lunches for a few days

  34. Honestly, I’d be crying if I ate a microwave roast dinner as well.

  35. I fainted and broke the door off the dishwasher on the way down. Regular old Sunday 🤷

  36. As a mum, I’m really worried that your living conditions are making you sick. Please go back to your parents for a bit. I know they’ll probably be full-on and hugely annoying at times, but they’ll help get you back to full health until you’re ready to move out again.

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