housewarming
Housewarming is the social ritual where friends and relatives impose gifts and funds upon the new homeowner, celebrating their entry into a mortgage prison. The recipient chants thank you while inscribing fresh debts in their budget ledger. The giver measures their worth between extravagance and practicality. Ultimately, a graveyard of boxes and wrapping paper is born, and the new home’s aesthetics become an afterthought. Before any family photo, the shelves are inevitably filled in this grand ceremony.