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The 10 Absolute Worst Things About Moving

The 10 Absolute Worst Things About Moving

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Moving can be an exciting time – you’re headed to a new home in new surroundings to be surrounded by new people – what an adventure! But more than that, it’s usually a time of immense stress, headache, and joint pain (since you’ll undoubtedly throw out your back trying to heft a box of 2,000-plus DVDs). So for all those in the process of moving, or facing an upcoming move, or forever traumatized by their last move, read on to commiserate or to see what’s in store!

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Having to bribe your friends to help you

First, you have to find a friend that has a giant van – which is not always possible – and then convince said friend that they definitely want to spend the weekend hauling your stuff around. And since they probably get hit up all the time for moving due to the van, you’ll need to sweeten the deal. Which usually means you’re springing for dinner and drinks – exactly what you want to spend your money on while you’re also paying for boxes, security deposits, and new kitchenware to replace all the stuff that you just broke because it’s impossible to safely move glasses. Seriously, how do people do it?

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Realizing just how filthy your home is

Sure, you’ve picked up a vacuum once or twice in the past few years, but it’s not like you tried to move the 150-pound armoire every time to get the dirt behind it. So now that you’re looking at the place in its bare bones, you realize what exactly was lurking in those nooks and crannies. Meaning there isn’t a Swiffer in the world big enough to handle this task.

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Finding out how hard it is to cancel WiFi/TV/etc.

You thought you were living pretty simply, but even the simplest homes have at least a handful of subscriptions (and if you’re a home owner – forget it. Just stay put). After finally canceling your automatic billing, returning boxes and routers, and sorting through 17 different wires to figure out what goes where, you’re inevitably stuck fighting with those same companies for months as they continue to inexplicably charge you.

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Evaluating what is actually valuable enough to keep, and realizing there isn’t much

It’s a sad moment to go through your belongings and realize just how much of it has absolutely no value, monetary or otherwise. Why on earth did you save all of your algebra homework from high school? And did you really think you were going to fit back into those jeans you bought right after you had mono? And why oh why didn’t you sell your Beanie Babies during the craze? Those things are worth less than the algebra homework at this point.

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Parting with those completely worthless but sentimental things that you’ve kept for too long

Even after you toss all the junk, there are still a few boxes of things you know you never will need, but just can’t seem to let go. It’s not like your future children can use your favorite sports jersey from when you were 5 that is now so moth-eaten that you can’t even tell which are the arm holes. Or that certificate you won for Wakeboarder of the Year at summer camp several decades past (but if you throw it out, who will believe you?!). You know they have to go, but that doesn’t mean it won’t hurt.

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Running out of tape with one box to go

You’re so close, you can almost taste the pizza and beer you were about to buy as a reward. But somehow you’ll always underestimate your tape needs by exactly one box, just to mess with your head. And you quickly figure out that you’ve already sealed up just about anything else in your home that could substitute. Meaning you ultimately decide that you didn’t really need that final box that just had your bedsheets, winter jackets, and tools. You wanted to buy new ones anyway.

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Moving in bad weather

Rain, snow, high winds, freezing cold, sweltering heat – really any kind of extreme weather or precipitation can put an even bigger dampner on moving day (pun most definitely intended). It means that all of your painstakingly packed boxes will get soaked trying to shove them into the truck, or that you’ll spend an excruciating hour trying to set up your air conditioning unit first thing when you get to your new home, only to find that it’s not compatible with your new windows.

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Trying to figure out how it’s logistically possible that you got your couch in to begin with

Seriously, how? Was your staircase always this small?

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Leaving your favorite neighborhood joint behind

Your fond memories at your local watering hole are going to be a thing of the past, and they’re not going to know your order at the coffee shop anymore. Say goodbye to the grocery store check-out clerk who always gave you the heads up when a different brand was on sale, and the postman who would leave a treat for your dog every time he brought the mail. Sure, you’ll discover new spots, but they’ll never quite be the same.

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Finally getting everything packed into the van and realizing that you can’t actually move into your new place until the next day

Why is it that you always have to move out of one place on the last day of the month, but can’t move into a new one until the first? You either spend this night cuddling with all of your worldly possessions in the moving van, or abandoning said van in a parking lot while you aimlessly while away the hours until daylight.