Yes, this. I'm 33 for goodness sake and haven't lived at home for over 10 years. Lived on my own for the past 5. Still get homesick! Ruby has said before her mental health isn't always great and she was anxious about going back to uni and Covid (and I expect going back to living alone - or at least not at home), so in terms of her mental health maybe home is the best place for her to be right now. I do worry for her housemate though, hopefully she'll have found someone else to live with or she has chosen to do the same thing. Would be a bit mean to leave her on her own seeing as it's just the two of them! I do hope for her own sake though that Ruby can build on her independence a bit more. It was sad to see her feeling so anxious about someone getting into the house. Probably best for her to be home right now, but maybe not as a permanent measure. Shame, I like her uni vlogs! (I went to Exeter way back when, and it makes me feel nostalgic!)In fairness to Ruby she's 20 (21?) and living away from home during a global pandemic. I know some people might be completely fine with doing that but for others it's actually not ideal, particularly if your mental health isn't great (which Ruby has said hers isn't before). I'm a 24 year old student doing my second degree and I'm homesick sometimes despite having not lived permanently at home for years. It's also worse at the moment because I went home during lockdown (the first one) and so now have to readjust to being alone again (I live alone).
I know some people are very independent and can totally cope with living alone (and we don't know that her flatmate hasn't gone home, prompting this!) but others can't and I think it's a bit unfair to criticise her so heavily. I know this is a Tattle site but sometimes I think people forget that everyone is different and if she's not breaking rules or whatever then it's kind of an unnecessary criticism. I also know that a fair few of us on here are a bit older than Ruby and might do well to remember what it was like to be 20.
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This aside though, I do really feel for the students who aren't in a position to nip back home, whether for financial reasons or because of the tier they're in. Where I am we're only tier 1, but I've been self-isolating for the past week. It's pretty rough. And I'm used to living on my own. It must be really crap for the students stuck in cities they don't know well, unable to go out and not allowed to go home. Hang in there!!
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