Leaving home and moving to uni countdown

[Claymoreiron]

Is there a thread for this? In a matter of weeks many of us will be packing our DCs off to university. I am thrilled for my DS who has worked so hard and is so excited to start university life. However, I am also dreading it in equal measure and know that emotionally this transition will be tough for me.

How is everyone?

No your home tv licence covers it.

My understanding is that you can use your home licence as long as your TV receiving device isn't plugged in. So you can watch on laptop/tablet/phone, but a TV like that they'd need a licence.
Although there's a reasonable chance that a huge TV may be for gaming rather than watching TV, I'd guess.

From gov,uk

Honestly, knowing room sizes in the building concerned, the main thing was that the TV he was carrying was too big to comfortably install

Dd has taken a laptop for Netflix watching. Each flat has a tv provided in the living room so I imagine the accommodation must sort any tv licence issues out.

Lots of people take TVs for gaming.

Yes and no.

Yes if you are watching on a device running (at the time) solely off an internal battery; no, if the device is plugged into the mains (or connected to an aerial).

Perhaps the guy with the massive telly doesn't have much in the way of outside interests and reckons the outlay for a TV licence is worth it as his equivalent of gym membership / a night a week out at a nightclub or whatever? Or he can afford it on top of gym membership / clubbing etc? It's not that many hours' worth of paid work e.g. in a supermarket.

Or he may just not be thinking of shelling out the £174 and hoping to get away with it, of course.

Or his might not watch live TV

You don’t need a tv licence if like 99% of people under the age of 20, you don’t watch live TV or iplayer.

I don’t know any teenagers who do.

I’d guess the big tv was actually for gaming.

Dd has rung me today (first time I’ve had a phone call) to tell me she’s not coming home for Xmas. I’m not surprised at all. She’s making the most of 5 weeks off and going to see her boyfriend who lives abroad for the whole break.

Wow how do you feel about that @YanTanTetheraPetheraBumfitt ?

Disappointed but obviously haven’t said that. I do get it, seeing your boyfriend who you hardly see is far more exciting than visiting the boring parents! 😂

I think you are allowed to say you are disappointed not to be seeing them. Obviously don’t lay it on think or try and guilt them. But it is nice to know you will be missed.