You know you're an adult in Ireland when

A Battered Mars Bar · 22-08-2017 5:56pm #1

You walk into a post office and know what stamp to ask for.

You walk into a butchers and know how much and what kind of meat to ask for.

Your partner moves in with you into your parents home.

You become afraid of what your neighbours think and dare not speak or the big man in town will say something cross about you.

You hate snowdays because you haven't bought chains for your tyres in the last ten years.

You have children and then fail to realise the necessity for saving a little each week for the return to school and instead cry and whinge about having to spend money on copy books.

You dream of decking...decking which turns into an oil slip on a wet day then slowly rots in your 10x10 concrete yard.

You're still paying back a loan you took out for a wedding 6 years ago.

Facebook is your only social outlet

The_Valeyard · 22-08-2017 6:01pm

Been a while since you started a thread alright

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 22-08-2017 6:02pm

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Been a while since you started a thread alright

Shame. All good things come to an end.

The_Valeyard · 22-08-2017 6:03pm

Gracie Scarce Chain wrote: »

Shame. All good things come to an end.

Ah, he's been a good boy lately.

tupenny · 22-08-2017 6:09pm

But I'm an adult and relate to none of these?
Who wants decking or snow chains..

And I am prepared to buy my kids school books..

Can i still be Irish please?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 22-08-2017 6:10pm

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

You walk into a post office and know what stamp to ask for. My five year old granddaughter can do this

You walk into a butchers and know how much and what kind of meat to ask for. My twelve year old grandson can do this

Your partner moves in with you into your parents home. Fair enough but you're more of an adult if you get your own gaff

You become afraid of what your neighbours think and dare not speak or the big man in town will say something cross about you. More a sign of not being an adult

You hate snowdays because you haven't bought chains for your tyres in the last ten years. 95% of the adults in the country have been demoted to non-adult so

You have children and then fail to realise the necessity for saving a little each week for the return to school and instead cry and whinge about having to spend money on copy books. So no sensible person who plans and budgets for their family is an Adult? Hardly

You dream of decking...decking which turns into an oil slip on a wet day then slowly rots in your 10x10 concrete yard.Really? Decking is a mark of an adult?

You're still paying back a loan you took out for a wedding 6 years ago. I despair

Facebook is your only social outlet Ditto

I lost the will to live reading those. If those are the marks of an adult in your world I'm glad I don't live there.

McMurphy · 22-08-2017 6:13pm

When there's a big piece of wood in your shed, and it's sole and only purpose is for stirring paint.

Nika Bolokov · 22-08-2017 6:32pm

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

You walk into a post office and know what stamp to ask for.

You walk into a butchers and know how much and what kind of meat to ask for.

Your partner moves in with you into your parents home.

You become afraid of what your neighbours think and dare not speak or the big man in town will say something cross about you.

You hate snowdays because you haven't bought chains for your tyres in the last ten years.

You have children and then fail to realise the necessity for saving a little each week for the return to school and instead cry and whinge about having to spend money on copy books.

You dream of decking...decking which turns into an oil slip on a wet day then slowly rots in your 10x10 concrete yard.

You're still paying back a loan you took out for a wedding 6 years ago.

Facebook is your only social outlet

Ahhh lovin Dublin

22-08-2017 6:44pm

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

You walk into a post office and know what stamp to ask for.

You walk into a butchers and know how much and what kind of meat to ask for.

Your partner moves in with you into your parents home.

You become afraid of what your neighbours think and dare not speak or the big man in town will say something cross about you.

You hate snowdays because you haven't bought chains for your tyres in the last ten years.

You have children and then fail to realise the necessity for saving a little each week for the return to school and instead cry and whinge about having to spend money on copy books.

You dream of decking...decking which turns into an oil slip on a wet day then slowly rots in your 10x10 concrete yard.

You're still paying back a loan you took out for a wedding 6 years ago.

Facebook is your only social outlet

Your life sounds miserable.

Ted_YNWA · 22-08-2017 6:46pm

... when you don't find spammers & trolls funny.

Day Lewin · 22-08-2017 6:49pm

Well mother tonight, will you look at the state of him. Sure 'tis cruel.

The_Valeyard · 22-08-2017 6:58pm

corner of hells wrote: »

I can't find my raincoat, had anyone seen it ?

NBRU have hidden it. Part of a conspiracy.

SEPT 23 1989 · 22-08-2017 7:50pm

You realise that the corruption is as staggering as the scenery

Spider Web · 22-08-2017 7:54pm

lol so tru onlee in irland nd nowher else!!!!! xxxx

:D:D

5rtytry56 · 23-08-2017 3:44am

The attitude "Think of Number 1 above all other things" gaining mass following.

branie2 · 23-08-2017 5:02am

You get more interested in poltics

Gremlinertia · 23-08-2017 5:07am

You start to worry about leaving the immersion on..

Nabber · 23-08-2017 6:28am

You know you're an adult in Ireland when you know what USC stands for!!

whisky_galore · 23-08-2017 7:17am

Who the fcuk buys snowchains here?

Beanntraigheach · 23-08-2017 7:24am

Hair begins to grow where there was no hair before.

branie2 · 23-08-2017 7:25am

You can stay up late.

y0ssar1an22 · 23-08-2017 7:26am

Candie wrote: »

Your life sounds miserable.

no need to be such a *unt. This is meant to be a humerous thread.

when you take exception to what a stranger says on the internet says, even if its not about you

Doctor Nick · 23-08-2017 7:27am

Can't say I would relate to anything in OP but anyway-

You can't walk past an off licence without children asking you to get beer for them which you refuse to do but remember when you used to do that too.

branie2 · 23-08-2017 7:33am

Addressing your old teachers by their first names when they insist that you do that.

benjamin d · 23-08-2017 7:34am

Gremlinertia wrote: »

You start to worry about leaving the immersion on..

When you have to endure a version of this "joke" repeatedly forever.

I loathe this "you know you're Irish when" crap. Call me bitter if you like but there is nothing cringier than this shìte.

And is the OP in the US? That list was a load of bóllocks.

Dramatik · 23-08-2017 11:23am

When other people speculate that there might be something ''off'' with you because you're not married and you don't have any kids.

Rubberlegs · 23-08-2017 11:32am

When you find yourself telling the kids to "whissssssht, the news is on!"
Getting excited over special offers on toilet rolls, calculating how much each roll costs, and checking the weight of two different brands to see which feel more substantial. Actually, maybe that's just me

fizzypish · 23-08-2017 11:33am

A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »

You hate snowdays because you haven't bought chains for your tyres in the last ten years.

Where in Ireland are you that you need snow tires? A real Irish adult realizes that if too snowey to drive you just stay at home and its a legitimate excuse for missing anything.

branie2 · 23-08-2017 12:31pm

You can go to the cinema on your own if you want.

Guy:Incognito · 23-08-2017 12:58pm

Gracie Scarce Chain wrote: »

I lost the will to live reading those.

That can happen at your age, don't worry too much ðŸ˜‹

Spider Web · 23-08-2017 1:05pm

benjamin d wrote: »

When you have to endure a version of this "joke" repeatedly forever.

I loathe this "you know you're Irish when" crap. Call me bitter if you like but there is nothing cringier than this shìte.

And is the OP in the US? That list was a load of bóllocks.

Ah go easy on Gremlinertia - their post actually IS something that's a very Irish adult worry.

I agree with you otherwise though - those "Only in Ireland lol" things can mostly be found in any country, not just Ireland.

The items in the opening list are not all specific to Ireland and certainly not all specific to adults, and some of them are just bizarre random digs.

Lack of perspective and ludicrous blowing out of proportion seem on the rise in Ireland though, e.g.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

You realise that the corruption is as staggering as the scenery

CPSW · 23-08-2017 1:33pm

Sunshine = Good drying weather

RacoonQueen · 23-08-2017 2:04pm

branie2 wrote: »

You can stay up late.

but you're old so you get tired by 9pm and end up aching for bed before it gets dark...

73Cat wrote: »

When you find yourself telling the kids to "whissssssht, the news is on!"
Getting excited over special offers on toilet rolls, calculating how much each roll costs, and checking the weight of two different brands to see which feel more substantial. Actually, maybe that's just me

Lidl have a price per sheet on their signs. I judge what I buy based on that if in Lidl

cazzer22 · 23-08-2017 2:08pm

You're a professional on a decent salary and still can't afford to live in Dublin. What a joke

zcorpian88 · 23-08-2017 2:33pm

when ya get the shift on a night out then scare the woman away when you say "I live at home"

when you'd sooner have some access cash to hand rather than buy your first car and get sick when you realize how much insurance will cost.

when you realize how much of a peasant you are when people around you have health insurance and I'm still relying on the public system.

when you flick through the channels and see that Vincent Browne is on, and get excited! (I know he's retired, I'll actually miss the guy on tv, I think he's great)

When you cook your dinner as close as possible to the time that the news is on so you can sit down and eat and watch.

uch · 23-08-2017 2:39pm

Gremlinertia wrote: »

You start to worry about leaving the immersion on..

You worry even more about other people in the house leaving it on

MonkeyTennis · 23-08-2017 2:48pm

Im pretty sure I left the immersion on today.

branie2 · 23-08-2017 2:49pm

You'll give poor Des Bishop a heart attack with the immersion left on

branie2 · 23-08-2017 3:03pm

You become more health-conscious

5rtytry56 · 23-08-2017 3:09pm

You have abiding fond memories, if you are from Dublin, of shops like Clerys and Boyers.

branie2 · 23-08-2017 4:09pm

You worry about your kids if they're out late

retro:electro · 23-08-2017 4:10pm

You see two people chatting in the supermarket with their arms folded "sure that's it now ya. Anyway I better go. So how's your aunty Josie I heard she wasn't well"

TrustedApple · 23-08-2017 5:22pm

When your out fridge shopping with the girlfirend campareing fridges to one that will best suit us.

I never thought at 25 I would care that i wont more shelfs over drawers in my new fridge ....

7 Seconds... · 23-08-2017 5:37pm

When you start listening to the death notices on your local radio station.

Ted_YNWA · 23-08-2017 5:40pm

Can I come too... wrote:

When you start listening to the death notices on your local radio station.

I've caught myself reading them in the paper's.

WildWater · 23-08-2017 5:47pm

When all the white envelopes that come through the letterbox have your name inside that little transparent window.

Victor · 23-08-2017 5:51pm

You know you're an adult in Ireland when ... school is back on 23 August and you don't care!

Hammer89 · 23-08-2017 6:11pm

cazzer22 wrote: »

You're a professional on a decent salary and still can't afford to live in Dublin. What a joke

Professional moaner?

New Home · 23-08-2017 9:36pm

Barry vs. Lyons.

Dramatik · 24-08-2017 12:00pm

When you see a teenage couple kissing and it gives you the same feeling as when you seen your parents kissing when you were younger, awkward and slightly ill!

branie2 · 24-08-2017 12:54pm

Watching the weather channel

You know you're an adult in Ireland when

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