What items do "grown ups" usually have?

indigo twist · 11-09-2014 07:04AM

A credit card, with a massive limit, which is only used occasionally and paid off in full every month.

A cheese board, with the fancy cheese knife thingy.

Board games.

"Lounging" clothes, i.e. comfortable clothes just for wearing around the house, instead of wearing PJs or nothing, like the rest of us.

Superglue. Just in case. (In case of what, I'm not sure.)

Potpourri. And a selection of special containers for said potpourri.

A "real" computer (as opposed to a laptop), along with a printer, and a stash of spare ink for the printer. Oh and of course a special computer desk, and special swivel chair.

Ornaments. Strategically and artistically placed ornaments. That get dusted on at least a semi-regular basis.

Christmas tree lights in the attic, which are neatly coiled to make them easy to unravel next time around. And a few spare bulbs, in a little plastic bag stapled to the box containing the lights. Oh, and a stapler. (And spare staples.)

TogCuig · 11-09-2014 07:22AM

kowloon wrote: »

A bowl where the fruit goes to rot.

Far to true!!!

Senecio · 11-09-2014 07:22AM

At least 4 internet connected devices for each member of the household

Esterhase · 11-09-2014 09:02AM

One of those accordion style folders for holding bank statements, tax certs and other 'crucial' documents from 5 years ago that you will never need.

A small tin of spare buttons belonging to clothes you already threw away, and another full of curtain hooks. I don't own these things yet, but I will if/when I turn into my mother someday

I thought I became a grownup this year because I bought a fancy vacuum cleaner, read over the 'getting started' instruction diagram and now know what all its attachments are for. Now that I've had to Google some of the things mentioned on this thread, so I don't feel so old any more!

bottlebrush · 11-09-2014 09:45AM

Several tins of years old john west salmon in the food press in the kitchen

Bidd · 11-09-2014 09:59AM

indigo twist wrote: »

Christmas tree lights in the attic, which are neatly coiled to make them easy to unravel next time around. And a few spare bulbs, in a little plastic bag stapled to the box containing the lights. Oh, and a stapler. (And spare staples.)

Our Christmas lights are never neatly coiled. We can never find the spare white bulb either. Usually end up buying another set/sets. Must mean we're not "grown-up". Yay!!

SnitchingBubs · 11-09-2014 10:30AM

Im 24 and out on my own now working. I want a ps4 and I could afford it, but now that it's my own money that I will be spending im very reluctant to spend that much money on a games console....am I an adult now?....am I doing it right?

Pumpkinseeds · 11-09-2014 10:38AM

It's funny how so many of us have Egyptian cotton sheets.

Buona Fortuna · 11-09-2014 10:38AM

SnitchingBubs wrote: »

Im 24 and out on my own now working. I want a ps4 and I could afford it, but now that it's my own money that I will be spending im very reluctant to spend that much money on a games console....am I an adult not?....am I doing it right?

You are and when you get a bit older you can have a second childhood and splash out on really big toys:

Boats
motorbikes - not for travelling anywhere
cars with ridiculous power to weight ratios
quad that don't go near a farm
jetskis

I love lists

BeerWolf · 11-09-2014 10:39AM

Prostate exams [men].

Pumpkinseeds · 11-09-2014 10:42AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I feel grown up because
- now I buy "good" washing powder and "good fabric softener" and not the cheapest I can find like I would have in college.
- we never run out of loo roll
- at the min our money is going on retiling the kitchen and bathroom floor downstairs with glazed porcelain tiles, tiles for between the units and debating on whether or not we replace the kick boards with tiles or leave it timber, and when I get back from holiday I'm actually looking forward to sanding down the units and respraying them. With the bathroom I'm excited having the power shower taken out and a rain head shower being put in. I'm enjoying spending my days off looking at counter tops, tiles and furniture.

What's worse is I'm enjoying it and excited about it. What have I becone

The excitement will wear off once the mess and tediousness of it kicks in. I felt all happy about the decorating we were doing, by the second day we were both tired and grumpy and overwhelmed by the smell of gloss paint. I still have to buy curtains for the kitchen, have the carpets cleaned, the chimney will just have to wait to be relined as the roof needs to be replaced, the bathroom needs painting and our bedroom needs painting.

gammygils · 11-09-2014 10:50AM

An old Libby's Orange C bottle with about €8 in small change in it.

riclad · 11-09-2014 11:08AM

I can see a time in 10 years where you go to someones house ,there s no lps,cds, books,on a shelf,

everything is on my tablet,phone.

ONLY old people will still have physical media .
A drawer with old phones in it,eg nokia 3310,
not smartphones .
BOardgames which are maybe used at xmas or never used since the kids left home.

11-09-2014 11:12AM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

It's funny how so many of us have Egyptian cotton sheets.

Once you've felt them against your skin once, you can't be having none of that polycotton carry on. No siree bob.

cml387 · 11-09-2014 11:14AM

10,000,000 tea lights

450,000 devices and apparatuses to hold said tea lights.

Lucyfur · 11-09-2014 01:15PM

String or twine.

11-09-2014 01:20PM

I'm getting a skip and throwing out all my grown up stuff cos this is very sad.

Oh yeh, there's another one; skips - and not the prawn cocktail kind.

ScumLord · 11-09-2014 01:21PM

riclad wrote: »

I can see a time in 10 years where you go to someones house ,there s no lps,cds, books,on a shelf,

I don't know, ten years sounds like a very optimistic timeframe to expect that stuff to be thrown out.

wazky · 11-09-2014 01:26PM

Adult nappies for the incontinence.

11-09-2014 01:28PM

I agree on the bedsheets, good quality ones are amazing

dgt · 11-09-2014 01:29PM

Porcelain birds. I have a set of these in my sitting room

A back scratcher/shoehorn all in one

Spare fuse dust/fuse wire for your fuse board along with more porcelain fuses

Chimney sweeping canes and various heads

A choice of ladders

A fireplace set

One of these coal boxes

Wait, I'm living in the early 70's

bottlebrush · 11-09-2014 01:31PM

Several pairs of glasses, ones for reading, ones for distance vision, spare ones in the car

Sauve · 11-09-2014 01:36PM

Disprin, plasters, and a sticky, out-of-date bottle of gaviscon in the cupboard.

11-09-2014 01:40PM

Sauve wrote: »

Disprin, plasters, and a sticky, out-of-date bottle of gaviscon in the cupboard.

And good plasters at that.

Akrasia · 11-09-2014 01:49PM

Sauve wrote: »

Disprin, plasters, and a sticky, out-of-date bottle of gaviscon in the cupboard.

All grown ups need a smelly medicine cupboard full of random first aid stuff and expired drugs and birthday candles. It has to be chaotic because nobody looks in there when everyone'shealthy, and when someone is sick they're in no mood to carefully search for the painkiller/bandage that they need straight away.

As soon as the emergency is resolved (or after you get back from the trip to the chemist because you didn't have any calpol left after someone used up the end of the last bottle and just put it back in empty) you just close the door locking the smell and chaos inside until the next emergency arises

Lucyfur · 11-09-2014 01:54PM

Akrasia wrote: »

All grown ups need a smelly medicine cupboard full of random first aid stuff and expired drugs and birthday candles. It has to be chaotic because nobody looks in there when everyone'shealthy, and when someone is sick they're in no mood to carefully search for the painkiller/bandage that they need straight away.

As soon as the emergency is resolved (or after you get back from the trip to the chemist because you didn't have any calpol left after someone used up the end of the last bottle and just put it back in empty) you just close the door locking the smell and chaos inside until the next emergency arises

Oh

This is my house

11-09-2014 01:57PM

Oh no, I tidy my medicine box

God I'm sad.

MonkeyTennis · 11-09-2014 02:00PM

a box with a **** load of Ikea 'spares'

Frigga_92 · 11-09-2014 02:02PM

Akrasia wrote: »

All grown ups need a smelly medicine cupboard full of random first aid stuff and expired drugs and birthday candles. It has to be chaotic because nobody looks in there when everyone'shealthy, and when someone is sick they're in no mood to carefully search for the painkiller/bandage that they need straight away.

As soon as the emergency is resolved (or after you get back from the trip to the chemist because you didn't have any calpol left after someone used up the end of the last bottle and just put it back in empty) you just close the door locking the smell and chaos inside until the next emergency arises

So funny :pac:

magicmushroom · 11-09-2014 02:02PM

A proper mattress that you spent ages reading reviews on to make sure it had adequate lumber support

I always had cheap ones up until recently - this was nearly 1k :eek: (that's a lot of money to me) but I must say, no sore back since I got it

I felt like a proper adult when it was delivered

What items do "grown ups" usually have?

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