Apartment passage

I think that getting an apartment has a rite of passage to it.  Moving from a dorm to an apartment is a big deal. Your parents move you in, and then the first stage is to be alone from your parents and your school community. You are separated from having all your friends right next door to you, and are alone in your building most likely. Then you have to learn how to pay bills and make your own food. You also have to clean more rooms and become self-sufficient. This is the liminal period. Then in the period of re aggregation, you become more independent and start having dinner parties and learning to live on your own and be alone.