Is there life after moving to the suburbs?
It just occurred to me that I’m a 41 year-old man living with my parents.
The fact that this is only temporary while I wait to close on my new home in Nyack is small solace. Mom made dinner the other night, Dad took me to go play golf. I feel like I’m 14.
Although that makes sleeping with my wife at night strangely salacious.
Joe Rand grew up in the suburbs of Manhattan, went to DC for college and law school, and then finally made it to Manhattan. Then he bought an apartment, met his wife, made some friends, and had a few cocktails. Now, after 17 years on the upper west side, he’s moving back to the suburbs of his youth. This is his story.
What’s SUMA? The SUburbs of MAnhattan. You know, just like Tribeca and Soho and Nolita and all those other interesting Manhattan neighborhoods. At least that’s what I’m telling myself.
Wait until you sleep at your parents or in-laws house with your kids and they make breakfast for everybody. You go from 14 to 9 very quickly.
I do love the fact that even though you are writing on a blog about how you are moving, you still felt it necessary to tell us that you are not living at your parents house permanently.