Tric Kearney: 'If one of the girls appeared I’d feign tremendous interest in the television, for fear they’d suggest eviction'

Summer has arrived which means for a short time at least, the numbers in our house swell with the return of college children, and their belongings, writes Tric Kearney.

Over the years I’ve discovered a gender gap in this regard. Last week as I returned for a second trip to my daughter’s rented house, I was concerned. I’d thought we’d taken most of her belongings home in the previous week’s haul, but she was filling the car at an alarming rate.