
Surviving F
amily Weekend When Your F
amily Doesn’t Show
After you’ve spent h
alf
a semester living
with friends
and bre
aking
all the rules your p
arents set for you, don’t feel emb
arr
assed if you’re still looking forw
ard to their visit during f
amily weekend.
A visit from the p
arents very often me
ans th
at you don’t h
ave to p
ay for
anything the whole weekend,
and if you
ask nicely they might even bring
a box of your stuff from home,
and sw
ap it out for
all the cr
ap you p
acked
at the beginning of the ye
ar but re
alize you don’t re
ally need. Plus, it’s
a good ch
ance to introduce them to new friends
and boyfriends or girlfriends,
and m
ake them feel sorry for you
after you sh
are
with them the dining delights in your school c
afeteri
a. But if your f
amily skips out on
a visit when everyone else’s p
arents
are coming, don’t feel rejected.