The Difference

The difference between a Motel 6 and your Family's Home

1. At the M6, you come and go as you please, any time day or night. Time doesn't matter - you can just walk in and flop down on whatever seems comfortable at the time and stay as short or long of a time as you want to. At your family's home, you keep in touch with your loved ones and let them know how to reach you and when to expect you to be home. This is not only because you care about each other, but also for safety and in case family members need to reach each other in emergencies. This is also something very old fashioned called 'good manners' and even 'common sense'.
2. At the M6, you can bring in your friends anytime day or night. It doesn't matter if your family knows them, or even if you just met them in a bar - you can hang out, sleep, party, whatever as you please with whomever you please. At your family's home, you check ahead and make sure it is a convenient time to bring friends over. You ask, not only because you are polite and respectful of the rest of the family, but also because the family has a right to know who is coming and going inside their home. You introduce your friends to the family when they come over. This is also another one of those old fashioned things known as 'respect'.
3. At the M6, you can leave for days at a time (provided your room is paid up), and no one will care. You don't need to check in, in fact the innkeeper would think you were wierd if you did check in. With your family, you would never 'disappear' because you know your family loves you and would be worried about you. You would never deliberately 'miss' their calls - You would want them to be able to find you and know you are safe. You would even want to hear about them - their lives, how things are going, as well as sharing with them about your life. This is called 'communication', and is a sign of a healthy relationship.
4. If you 'live' at th M6, you don't really have to LIVE there. You can just dump your stuff there, use it as your mailing address, and basically thats it. Then you can REALLY live in all sorts of places, with all sorts of people - you can even move around day to day and LIVE with different people every day of the week. At your family's home, if you LIVE there, that means you spend time there. You go to sleep there (most nights), and wake up there. It is where you go after work or school every day. You eat meals and spend time with the family. You help out around the house, you communicate, and you share your life with your family. If you are an adult, once you finish school and have a job (and you choose to continue living at home), you voluntarily pay rent monthly to your parents to help suppport your home. This is another one of those pesky old fashioned ideas called being 'honorable'.

There are, of course, many more differences between a Motel 6 and your Family Home, just like there are differences between a Public Storage unit and your Family's home. Oh, and incidentially, the 'good manners', 'common sense', 'respect', 'communication', and 'honorable' behavior is expected from ADULTS. After all, only a child could possibly confuse his/her Family's Home with a Motel 6.