18-year-old cries after her dad made her childhood bedroom into a guest room as soon as she left for college: 'If I knew he was going to pack up my things and get rid of my room I wouldn't have gone to this college.'

How long can you store your stuff at your parents' house before they tell you to get it out of there? I know people who are in their 40s with kids who still have their childhood junk in their parents' garage because they never bothered to take it out. If you have your own home with an attic and a garage, you should certainly get your old belongings out of your aging parent's house as soon as possible. If you're in college and living in a dorm room or a student apartment, there's no reason your parents should force you to move all of your stuff out of their house, especially if you're going to move out of your dorm in 8 months anyway. It's way more convenient to keep a young adult's stuff at their parents' house if they are moving regularly throughout their late teens and early twenties, as many young adults are. People tend to stay in one house/apartment longer when they're a little older than 19. Once an adult child is in a more stable living situation, it might be time for them to leave their childhood home.

The dad in this story was a bit premature in trying to get rid of any trace that his daughter ever lived in his house. He cleaned out her room as soon as she moved out for college, which upset her immensely.
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Am I wrong for being angry at my dad for packing up all the stuff in my room to turn it into a guest room?

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