When I was younger and living with my parents, I’d stay home from my college classes when something needed to get done. If the cable was being installed, I stayed home. If a phone line was being put in, I stayed home. I even stayed home for a Residential Deck Cleaning. Once I moved out to live in the city of Chicago, I thought for sure my mom or dad would drop by my house to wait for the cable or phone guy while I was working . Unfortunately they did not see it the way I did, so they never came to wait while I was working . Both parents said that they did not have time, and they were too busy with their own lives to be bothered by mine . What upset me about this situation was that I didn’t really have time to stay home either, I was supposed to be in class, but instead I had to sit around and wait for their stuff to be done . I missed out on a lot of important notes I could have been taking during my college classes. I even missed a test or two. In that case I did reschedule the test but it wasn’t like I could study while the plumbers were there, my mother is very possessive of her things and didn’t want strangers around them, as they might feel the urge to take her antique glass elephant . Basically what I am trying to get at is that I was always helping them but when it came time that I needed help they were just way too busy for it and put me off as if I wasn’t their child . They say they gave me life, fed, housed, and clothed me for years, but that’s just an excuse.