Andy Moving Out


Something's that always bothered me is Andy having to pack up all of his stuff and empty out his room just because he's going to college. Everyone's college experience is different, but when I went to school, I just packed up what I needed because I would come home for Christmas and summer breaks, and my room would still be my room. Why does Andy have to get rid of EVERYTHING like he's never coming back? Was he getting his own apartment as opposed to a dorm, and therefore he COULD take everything?

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I agree. That bothered me watching the film as well.

I try to justify in my head that Andy's mother was thinking of renting out the room to another tenant or she was going to use it as some sort of home office and that's why she wanted Andy to vacate everything.

Of course, that brings into question where Andy was going to sleep once he came to visit.

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I don't see why he would completely move out just because he's only 18 or 19. 18 might be the age where you are considered an adult, but you are also still a teenager.

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Molly was getting Andy's room.

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Andys mom was always super annoying.

So eager to force Andy to get rid of stuff he clearly wasn't ready to part with (hence why he still had the toys).

Plus I agree, he was only going to college! Not completely moving out and getting his own house. Who's to say he wouldn't come back for Xmas vacation, spring break, or summer? Who's to say he wouldn't even drop out or delay college ( which many people do)

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That is a good point.

Andy was only going to college. It's very possible he'd have come back to stay there for Christmas and Summer breaks for the next few years. It's not even outside the realms of possibility that he'd come back home to stay there after college before moving into his own place.

I guess Andy's mum could've been doing something with his room. She did say he could move some of his stuff into the attic, rather than throwing it away. Maybe she intended to turn it into a spare room or something, that he could still use if he came back but could also be used if she had people staying.

Seemed she was a bit quick to be removing traces of him from his own bedroom though. A lot of parents like to keep that stuff around when their kids are at college, as a reminder of them or as a way of making them feel welcome should they come back.

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