Mom knows....

Last week some people came to see my old apartment. Amongst them a young man, first semester at uni.
He told me he plans to live in this apartment 3-4 times a week only and only momentarily, because he wants to move together with his girlfriend.
Fair enough for the girlfriend.

He asked me to review the apartment with his parents.

What??? Well, ok, no worries. Strange, but ok then.

Yesterday they all came - it was really unbelievable! Father and son were quiet.

The mother rushed through the kitchen, to the bathroom, to the main room.

I offered them all the shelves and storage racks that we put in there and said, since we have most things double, he can have the small oven as well.

The mother said after very, very shortly thinking about it, "my son doesn´t need an oven. The bed will stand here in the corner."

Yes. Didn´t we all just deeply HATE a quick Pizza as students? Leave alone Lasagna or something, eeek!

That poor boy...

And that was not all.

The double bowl sink goes out (why???). How old is the toilet? (I dunno!) And then they want to rip off all the wall paper (which is in a very good condition!) and man, for a one-room-apartment it is quite expensive, huh?
I had shown the boy my contract, he wrote it all down, but this woman checked with the landlord none the less (and got the same numbers).

I dunno. My parents always did fully trust me - also at those times where they were the ones who paid the rent for me!
My mother eventually came to see how I live, my father never cared.
How is this boy to become a grown-up???

I bet she sews him some curtains as well.

How old was she, mid-40s, I suppose.


Aww, well. But hopefully they get the apartment (the landlord wants to check on them - due to problems with students) - and then I need to pay no more rent for that one!