Little things you didn't expect about being an adult

Gwen Cooper

Most of children spend a lot of time wondering what their life will look like when they're all grown up. They dream not only about their future jobs, but also about their future home, holidays, partners.

Then the time comes and they find out that things are a little bit different than they planned.

For me it was when I was 20 years old and I moved into a little studio apartment and I realised how quickly toilet paper is used and how often it needs to be bought.

It also took me a few weeks to stop walking to the empty fridge every few minutes in hopes that it was magically refilled with food.

What were the little things that surprised you about being an adult?

Amirani

Random strangers don't go around trying to give you drugs for free.

Cheese is expensive.

brevity

It's all smoke and mirrors and no one has a clue what they are doing.

TheValeyard

I worked a lot of hours, why do I have so little money?

El Weirdo

Amirani wrote: »

Random strangers don't go around trying to give you drugs for free.

You're doing it wrong.

TheValeyard

El Weirdo wrote: »

You're doing it wrong.

That should be the motto of when you reach adulthoood.

Donald Trump

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

I worked a lot of hours, why do I have so little money?

"The Man" is sticking it to you

You don't get to spend all your money on sweets, that one from one of my brothers in law.

Donald Trump

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

For me it was when I was 20 years old and I moved into a little studio apartment and I realised how quickly toilet paper is used and how often it needs to be bought.

Boooooo.



Was about to make obvious joke about thrifty students using socks to **** into to save on tissue until I noticed your username probably indicates the lack of a need for an oul' **** sock

punisher5112

mariaalice wrote: »

You don't get to spend all your money on sweets, that one from one of my brothers in law.

Of course you can...

Your an adult you can do what you want.

Grayson

That I'd have my own place that was huge, spacious and filled with lovely furniture.

That cooking would be easy and I'd be magically whipping up delicious and tasty meals.

That I'd still have energy.

Gwen Cooper

punisher5112 wrote: »

Of course you can...

Your an adult you can do what you want.

But the bills

Grayson

punisher5112 wrote: »

Of course you can...

Your an adult you can do what you want.

You wouldn't believe how much ice cream I've eaten over the last few days.

deletthis

The endless amounts of cleaning, washing, tidying etc. that I manage to generate, even without kids.

punisher5112

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

But the bills

Bills pay themselves.....


Well that's what the wife thinks.

B0jangles

Now that I am free to spend ten quid on nothing but penny sweets I no longer want to








I'm lying, I love penny sweets, price inflation be damned

Boom_Bap

You have a collection of creams/gels/ointments/balms

Alf Veedersane

Having a dump at work is very rewarding.

munster87

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

For me it was when I was 20 years old and I moved into a little studio apartment and I realised how quickly toilet paper is used and how often it needs to be bought.

I didn’t experience this, I think you’re just full of sh!t!

somefeen

When you get lost in the supermarket no one cares

Grayson

munster87 wrote: »

I didn’t experience this, I think you’re just full of sh!t!

Lol.

I didn't realize how much toilet paper women use. The first time a girl stayed over she used the whole roll when she was putting on make-up. Being a poor student i was a bit shocked. I had to steal more from the college bathrooms.

Boom_Bap

Any item of clothes you buy must serve 2 or 3 purposes rather than just looking good.

deletthis

Weekends are for recovering from having the soul driven out of ya after a week at work, not for partying anymore

shakeitoff

The thing that got me was just how you go from being young to middle aged to old in a blink of an eye. There is no real 'defining' moments, it all just blends in to one. Time is so defining when you are younger. I see 2002 to 2007 as a teenager was a huge shift, 2013 to 2018, not so much.

Also everything won't just work out in the end and also life is what it is. It's not a comforting thought that life just happens, there is no fairness or justness, good things happen and bad things happen and there is no monumental lead up. Things can literally change in a split second as innocuous as blinking or yawning.

Red_Wake

Taking a **** is the most reliable form of relaxation.

marketty

Everything hurts

keano_afc

When my parents told me they had no money for x, they were actually serious, not just trying to shut me up.

Graces7

That unless YOU do something that is needful, it is not going to get done.. no more fallback

punisher5112

My pockets hurt

razorblunt

I can have ice cream whenever I want, yet I never have it for breakfast.

Zubeneschamali

Adults are mostly really stupid.

Stovepipe

The point when you realised how much your parents actually did for you on a day to day basis; washing clothes, ironing, shopping for food and household basics, paying for bills like car tax, maintenance, insurances, keeping the house functioning.....and now I had to figure out how to do all that myself and some of it was hard work!

razorblunt

There is still comfort in the fact that adults don't know what they're doing, it's made up as we go.
I said this to my Dad when we were chatting about what it's like with a newborn. I said something along the lines of "sure you're great at it" and his reply was "I tell you what, we came home from the hospital, put your basket on the floor looked at you and said 'what the fcuk are we going to do with this? Then I got a beer from the fridge. That didn't stop for about 20 years".

Subacio

I laughed at my granny telling me to start saving for my hip replacement in 1996 (she was going in to get hers done).

Turns out she was right. My hip is well and truly in the dodgy category.

endacl

I have a memory of sitting in a restaurant with my family, looking at the dessert trolly going past. And thinking to myself, "when I'm a grownup, I'm just having the desserts. All of them. Feck this eating my dinner first!"

As an adult, I really couldn't be bothered with the dessert most of the time. I'm far more likely to look for another plate of veg. Little me would be disgusted with how I turned out.

numbnutz

weight gain...damn you!!
kids are energy vampires
you look at that fourth beer and go...nah...not worth it
toilets don't actually clean themselves....scratch that...nothing cleans itself

I could go on....but....I married an absolute saint of a woman who gave me three wonderful kids and without her I would be a very large manchild...adulthood didn't prepare me for the fact if you meet the right person and I sincerely hope its in everyone to do that despite all your insecurities and misconceptions of what it is supposed to be it can be a head**** of a voyage of discovery and pleasant all rolled into one.

Boom_Bap

It's actually OK to tell lies.

keano_afc

Subacio wrote: »

I laughed at my granny telling me to start saving for my hip replacement in 1996 (she was going in to get hers done).

Turns out she was right. My hip is well and truly in the dodgy category.

Have you health insurance?

whisky_galore

I'm not worse than Hitler if I don't attend Mass.

iamwhoiam

Realising that their wasn't a washing fairy in the wash basket . I presumed one liived in there who washed , dried and ironed my clothes when I threw them in there

Gwen Cooper

Also, boobs. I didn't have many women around me growing up, so I was getting the idea of what an adult woman's body should look like from TV. I watched Baywatch a lot. Got the shock of my life when I found out that the odds are against me having giant boobs one day.

sbsquarepants

That it takes an enormous amount of effort just for things to stay the same.
When you have young kids, if you do nothing for a day your house looks like squatters held a rave there!

Grayson

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

Also, boobs. I didn't have many women around me growing up, so I was getting the idea of what an adult woman's body should look like from TV. I watched Baywatch a lot. Got the shock of my life when I found out that the odds are against me having giant boobs one day.

As a kid I never realized how fascinating I'd find them.

sbsquarepants

Grayson wrote: »

As a kid I never realized how fascinating I'd find them.

You'd think the novelty would wear off....but it just never does:D

Donald Trump

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

Also, boobs. I didn't have many women around me growing up, so I was getting the idea of what an adult woman's body should look like from TV. I watched Baywatch a lot. Got the shock of my life when I found out that the odds are against me having giant boobs one day.

Well I wouldn't claim to be a medical expert but feel free to PM me a photo of said boobs and I'l give you an appraisal for free

Gwen Cooper

Donald Trump wrote: »

Well I wouldn't claim to be a medical expert but feel free to PM me a photo of said boobs and I'l give you an appraisal for free

Thanks Donald, I'll pass. They are actually quite big and some time ago I received an anonymous message that said "savage tits", so I think I'm grand.

NoviGlitzko

The older I get the more I appreciate my parents for what they done for me growing up. However I also see ways in which they made mistakes raising me. I can't help observing certain things from time to time as I get older.

I'm sure they felt the same as I did about their own parents. When I have kids I'll remember not to repeat them.

brevity

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

Thanks Donald, I'll pass. They are actually quite big and some time ago I received an anonymous message that said "savage tits", so I think I'm grand.

Awesome.

That most people are faking about their lives, or being responsible. It's all so superficial. Nice house, nice car/ huge mortgage, debt coming out of their ears. Loving wife, great kids/ sleeping separately from the wife, a host of mental/social conditions for the kids.

Never thought adulthood was so much about hiding just how bad your life can be...

Also never thought adults would feel so much humiliation over relatively small issues.

Purple Mountain

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

Thanks Donald, I'll pass. They are actually quite big and some time ago I received an anonymous message that said "savage tits", so I think I'm grand.

#Metoo

Donald Trump

Gwen Cooper wrote: »

Thanks Donald, I'll pass. They are actually quite big and some time ago I received an anonymous message that said "savage tits", so I think I'm grand.

Now it's just rude not to :pac: