Leaving home for the first time at age 18 is an inherently emotional yet wonderfully exhilarating experience for all those involved.
With the help of parents, guardians or friends, an entire car’s worth of fairy lights, going-out clothes, novelty bed sheets, value-for-money cookware, fresh fluffy towels and more is packed haphazardly into laundry bags and plastic crates. The moment the boot closes and the fresher in question drives off into a crisp September morning, they begin their first foray into real young adulthood.
