The moment when you realise you've made it as a viable adult human

Glock Lesnar

Last night's thread about home invasions got me thinking, tonight I would be spending the night in my parents house alone. Normally this would be fine but last night's thread is playing on my head a little.

But while others may panic I have decided to thrive, I woke up and read a good bit of the wikipedia page on War and Peace and then realised I was mixing it up with the Art of War so I read that page too. With a reasonable grasp on military strategy I put my plan into effect.

Firstly I have devised a plan to make it seem like my house is filled with more than me and my French Bulldog Satchmo. I have the light on in the front room and the curtains pulled, behind the curtains I have turned on an electric fan which makes them look like they are swaying. Front entrance secure.

I don't own a second fan. For the rear of the property I will have to manually make the movements. I have drank over 3 litres of water and I'm sleeping with the lamp on. I will have to get up to urinate every 40 minutes or so and when I do I will manually move the curtains.

My reaction to this potential situation, given the fact I only really thought about it today made me realise I can take whatever the big bad world throws at me and I'm not longer afraid of leaving college.

When did you realise you were going to make it?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

When I could just lock the doors and windows, go to bed and sleep easy.

Jeez man, you're not in a Home Alone film!

Daveysil15

When I benched 250.

Archeron

The first time I made somebody cry by farting in a lift.

SureYWouldntYa

Never felt as much of an adult as when i drove the car by meself for the first time

Davarus Walrus

You drive a premium German marque.

mfceiling

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Last night's thread about home invasions got me thinking, tonight I would be spending the night in my parents house alone. Normally this would be fine but last night's thread is playing on my head a little.

But while others may panic I have decided to thrive, I woke up and read a good bit of the wikipedia page on War and Peace and then realised I was mixing it up with the Art of War so I read that page too. With a reasonable grasp on military strategy I put my plan into effect.

Firstly I have devised a plan to make it seem like my house is filled with more than me and my French Bulldog Satchmo. I have the light on in the front room and the curtains pulled, behind the curtains I have turned on an electric fan which makes them look like they are swaying. Front entrance secure.

I don't own a second fan. For the rear of the property I will have to manually make the movements. I have drank over 3 litres of water and I'm sleeping with the lamp on. I will have to get up to urinate every 40 minutes or so and when I do I will manually move the curtains.

My reaction to this potential situation, given the fact I only really thought about it today made me realise I can take whatever the big bad world throws at me and I'm not longer afraid of leaving college.

When did you realise you were going to make it?

You're 15, aren't you OP...

c_man

For me it was going on holiday on my own to a country where I don't speak the language, and not dying.

thelad95

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Last night's thread about home invasions got me thinking, tonight I would be spending the night in my parents house alone. Normally this would be fine but last night's thread is playing on my head a little.

But while others may panic I have decided to thrive, I woke up and read a good bit of the wikipedia page on War and Peace and then realised I was mixing it up with the Art of War so I read that page too. With a reasonable grasp on military strategy I put my plan into effect.

Firstly I have devised a plan to make it seem like my house is filled with more than me and my French Bulldog Satchmo. I have the light on in the front room and the curtains pulled, behind the curtains I have turned on an electric fan which makes them look like they are swaying. Front entrance secure.

I don't own a second fan. For the rear of the property I will have to manually make the movements. I have drank over 3 litres of water and I'm sleeping with the lamp on. I will have to get up to urinate every 40 minutes or so and when I do I will manually move the curtains.

My reaction to this potential situation, given the fact I only really thought about it today made me realise I can take whatever the big bad world throws at me and I'm not longer afraid of leaving college.

When did you realise you were going to make it?

That sounds like a terrible plan. Electric fan at curtains is a fire risk and a serious one. Drinking that much water could lead to kidney damage.

johnnyskeleton

When i sat down on a friday night with a cup of tea and browsed foe a better deal on car insurance and set up my pension while cleaning the bathtub instead of going out drinking.

Oh wait, that never happened

Glock Lesnar

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

Never felt as much of an adult as when i drove the car by meself for the first time

Done

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

You drive a premium German marque.

Not yet but I have a nice car for 21 and I'm well on track

c_man wrote: »

For me it was going on holiday on my own to a country where I don't speak the language, and not dying.

Done

Daveysil15 wrote: »

When I benched 250.

Well on track for that as well.

This isn't what I'm looking for, people do/have done these things every day. I mean situations where you find yourself alone against adversity and you pull through.

Awkward Badger

Still waiting for it tbh and I'm over 30. Hoping *fingers crossed* to be a fully fledged grown up by the time I'm 40.

stmol32

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Last night's thread about home invasions got me thinking, tonight I would be spending the night in my parents house alone. Normally this would be fine but last night's thread is playing on my head a little.

But while others may panic I have decided to thrive, I woke up and read a good bit of the wikipedia page on War and Peace and then realised I was mixing it up with the Art of War so I read that page too. With a reasonable grasp on military strategy I put my plan into effect.

Firstly I have devised a plan to make it seem like my house is filled with more than me and my French Bulldog Satchmo. I have the light on in the front room and the curtains pulled, behind the curtains I have turned on an electric fan which makes them look like they are swaying. Front entrance secure.

I don't own a second fan. For the rear of the property I will have to manually make the movements. I have drank over 3 litres of water and I'm sleeping with the lamp on. I will have to get up to urinate every 40 minutes or so and when I do I will manually move the curtains.

My reaction to this potential situation, given the fact I only really thought about it today made me realise I can take whatever the big bad world throws at me and I'm not longer afraid of leaving college.

When did you realise you were going to make it?

Pffftt...call yourself an adult an you don't even have a backup fan!!

The One Doctor

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

You drive a premium German marque.

Neither VW nor Audi are premium German marques. Just saying. Back to the question, it's when others rely on you financially and emotionally.

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!

When someone falls and you don't laugh, a sad day.

bodice ripper

When everything went absolutely Greek tragedy in my life, and once it ended I found I was still alive.

padd b1975

Going from a healthy five figure bank balance to virtually zero and back again without my family or friends having the slightest idea.

takamichinoku

Sitting at my dad's bedside hours before he died, moistening his lips with a lollipop because he wasn't allowed liquids anymore. Pretty hard to give yourself any excuses that you're still a child when the roles flip that dramatically...

PLL

Didn't see last night's thread.. any link or search keyword?

better call saul

Having more money than most people and being able to pay my parents bills and buy themthings they need

efb

Signing my mortgage agreement

Egginacup

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Last night's thread about home invasions got me thinking, tonight I would be spending the night in my parents house alone. Normally this would be fine but last night's thread is playing on my head a little.

But while others may panic I have decided to thrive, I woke up and read a good bit of the wikipedia page on War and Peace and then realised I was mixing it up with the Art of War so I read that page too. With a reasonable grasp on military strategy I put my plan into effect.

Firstly I have devised a plan to make it seem like my house is filled with more than me and my French Bulldog Satchmo. I have the light on in the front room and the curtains pulled, behind the curtains I have turned on an electric fan which makes them look like they are swaying. Front entrance secure.

I don't own a second fan. For the rear of the property I will have to manually make the movements. I have drank over 3 litres of water and I'm sleeping with the lamp on. I will have to get up to urinate every 40 minutes or so and when I do I will manually move the curtains.

My reaction to this potential situation, given the fact I only really thought about it today made me realise I can take whatever the big bad world throws at me and I'm not longer afraid of leaving college.

When did you realise you were going to make it?

Enjoy your plan as I'm busy barricading your front and back doors and washing the kerosene off my hands. That double glazing upstairs is a pain to break and the jump onto the driveway should you make it out ought to leave you with a lifelong limp or worse.
Sweet dreams.

SouthTippBass

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Last night's thread about home invasions got me thinking, tonight I would be spending the night in my parents house alone. Normally this would be fine but last night's thread is playing on my head a little.

But while others may panic I have decided to thrive, I woke up and read a good bit of the wikipedia page on War and Peace and then realised I was mixing it up with the Art of War so I read that page too. With a reasonable grasp on military strategy I put my plan into effect.

Firstly I have devised a plan to make it seem like my house is filled with more than me and my French Bulldog Satchmo. I have the light on in the front room and the curtains pulled, behind the curtains I have turned on an electric fan which makes them look like they are swaying. Front entrance secure.

I don't own a second fan. For the rear of the property I will have to manually make the movements. I have drank over 3 litres of water and I'm sleeping with the lamp on. I will have to get up to urinate every 40 minutes or so and when I do I will manually move the curtains.

My reaction to this potential situation, given the fact I only really thought about it today made me realise I can take whatever the big bad world throws at me and I'm not longer afraid of leaving college.

When did you realise you were going to make it?

Sounds like the plot for Home Alone 4.

donegal__road

you need a 'Beware of the Dog' sign OP.

Savage Tyrant

Overhearing my son tell another young lad "My Da could box the head off your Da" made me feel like quite the man.....
I idolised my own Dad and genuinely thought he could beat anyone in a fight when I was younger. I thought he was a bona fide superman, albeit with anger management issues... He was (at that time before he got old) a genuinely scarey, intimidating person.
So it might sound silly, pointless and a little superficial for me to be genuinely chuffed that my son would say that, but it really was a moment that dawned on me, that I was an actual adult that my son might hold in the same esteem I hold my own Dad.

Stinjy

And I thought I was a wreck at home on my own! Na just lock all doors and windows have a weapon near by and get a dog!

Edit: I'm not sure I am a full viable adult yet... am I?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Working and actually being able to buy real nice things. As opposed to getting a **** wage, and blowing the whole lot on stuff from pennies. Now I'm able to go get waxes, nails done, hair appointments, fancy clothes/bags/shoes.

I was at a conference today for work and there was maybe 80 people there and 4 of the women I saw had Louis Vuitton handbags. I promised myself years ago, when I got my first real job then I would treat myself to one of those bags. I have real job now but right now I couldn't afford to drop 2k on a handbag, but one day I will. I was telling my supervisor today how that's my ambition, and she told me if I put in the work she did, then it's not too far off!! Me and her will be both going to buy new bags!!

Schwiiing

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Working and actually being able to buy real nice things. As opposed to getting a **** wage, and blowing the whole lot on stuff from pennies. Now I'm able to go get waxes, nails done, hair appointments, fancy clothes/bags/shoes.

I was at a conference today for work and there was maybe 80 people there and 4 of the women I saw had Louis Vuitton handbags. I promised myself years ago, when I got my first real job then I would treat myself to one of those bags. I have real job now but right now I couldn't afford to drop 2k on a handbag, but one day I will. I was telling my supervisor today how that's my ambition, and she told me if I put in the work she did, then it's not too far off!! Me and her will be both going to buy new bags!!

:eek:

--LOS--

"viable adult human" :pac:


umm I dunno, it's weird for me, I feel like I've had to take on a adult role quite early but everyone treats me like a child still at 26 so I never feel like an adult

Today for instance, I'm visiting home at the minute, eating out and some neighbours pop over and are chatting away, my mother comes out with....."isn't it shocking that you would have kids at 26 that still don't have a job" as if I wasn't there -_-

1) 26 is not a kid!
2) job? I never even looked for a conventional job, I chose to stay in academics, this is the path I've chosen

Into The Blue

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

This isn't what I'm looking for, people do/have done these things every day. I mean situations where you find yourself alone against adversity and you pull through.

Going to bed a nervous wreck isn't pulling through. It's being left on your own for the first time.

For me, it was when i surprised myself at how calm and supportive i remained through the birth of our first child.

Augmerson

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Working and actually being able to buy real nice things. As opposed to getting a **** wage, and blowing the whole lot on stuff from pennies. Now I'm able to go get waxes, nails done, hair appointments, fancy clothes/bags/shoes.

I was at a conference today for work and there was maybe 80 people there and 4 of the women I saw had Louis Vuitton handbags. I promised myself years ago, when I got my first real job then I would treat myself to one of those bags. I have real job now but right now I couldn't afford to drop 2k on a handbag, but one day I will. I was telling my supervisor today how that's my ambition, and she told me if I put in the work she did, then it's not too far off!! Me and her will be both going to buy new bags!!

****ing hell. Would you not just buy a cheap knock off Louis Mutton bag and spend the rest on a nice trip to Amsterdam and get completely mashed?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Augmerson wrote: »

****ing hell. Would you not just buy a cheap knock off Louis Mutton bag and spend the rest on a nice trip to Amsterdam and get completely mashed?

I have lots of fakes from canal street, but they're not the same. It doesn't signal being grown up. All my fakes are from when I was broke! I'm still broke but aiming higher.

Schwiiing

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I have lots of fakes from canal street, but they're not the same. It doesn't signal being grown up. All my fakes are from when I was broke! I'm still broke but aiming higher.

How does dropping that kinda dosh on a bag signal being a grown up?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Schwiiing wrote: »

How does dropping that kinda dosh on a bag signal being a grown up?

It doesn't but earning it and having it surplus does

Lyaiera

I've never been to an ikea so I still consider myself a child.

desertcircus

The day I realised that I could buy a 6k bike out of my savings, but decided to focus on getting better on my 600 quid bike instead.

Sir Arthur Daley

When i realised the chicken came first.

When money stopped being my reason for staying in.

PizzamanIRL

When I stopped getting gifts from my relations for Christmas.

I made it. Look at me now!

The day I delivered my dads eulogy.

Someone said to me directly afterwards, "I've seen you fix cars, work on major construction jobs, play rugby, grow a beard and drink your weight in beer but what you did up there is what really made you a man".

I'd never felt so grown up in my life.

Mint Aero

c_man wrote: »

For me it was going on holiday on my own to a country where I don't speak the language, and not dying.

*Yawn* there's always one :rolleyes:

Into The Blue

Mint Aero wrote: »

*Yawn* there's always one :rolleyes:

With the sarcastic answer who adds nothing to the discussion?

dutopia

Earning more money than I could have foreseen and then realising it's all gone at the end of the month on bills, rent, baby, etc.

MsBubbles

I'm with LexieonRale on the Louis Vuitton bag. It's the most money I've spent on a handbag but 5 years later I still love it.

Having household bills in my name made me feel like a grown up.

Thargor

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius! wrote: »

When someone falls and you don't laugh, a sad day.

Ill google for how to make a noose the day people falling over stops making me laugh!

BizzyC

Paying all of my own bills and rent for the first time and still having money to spend.

seamus

Like me, and I'd say it's the same for most people, it was when all mail correspondence from college came addressed to me, and directly to me. Along with phone bills and the like. And I was the only person who opened and read that correspondence.

Suddenly there was nobody else (i.e. a parent) keeping a watch over my life. It was down to me, just me, to fnck it up as I pleased.

FloatingVoter

Agreed on the above about paying bills and successfully completing a week without dying of starvation.
Also the moment when you realise you can have a **** in the bath with the door open. This is a good side of social isolation.

padd b1975

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Working and actually being able to buy real nice things. As opposed to getting a **** wage, and blowing the whole lot on stuff from pennies. Now I'm able to go get waxes, nails done, hair appointments, fancy clothes/bags/shoes.

I was at a conference today for work and there was maybe 80 people there and 4 of the women I saw had Louis Vuitton handbags. I promised myself years ago, when I got my first real job then I would treat myself to one of those bags. I have real job now but right now I couldn't afford to drop 2k on a handbag, but one day I will. I was telling my supervisor today how that's my ambition, and she told me if I put in the work she did, then it's not too far off!! Me and her will be both going to buy new bags!!

Proud of ya hun xxx

weemcd

Anyone who would spend 2 grand on a handbag needs shot.

I think if I ever did want to buy superfluous rubbish like that, the day I stopped would be the day I'd consider myself a grown up.

As for now I'm a man child. To paraphrase fight club "how could I get married when I'm a 30 year old boy"

Eileen Down

A couple of years after the birth of my daughter, I promoted my self to the prestigious rank of a halfwit. That was twelve years ago, I haven't changed much since, but I try godamit... I try!