What makes you feel like a true adult?

[MrsPassion]

Honestly… The fact that “problems” are minimal. It’s knowing I’m secure enough (emotional/financial/etc), and practical enough that when something does come up I feel well equipped to handle it. And I don’t half ass things. I either do it well or not at all

 

[TheMrBurns]

When you start worrying as much about your parents as you do about your kids.

 

[FlyingThruLife]

For me it was when, around a year ago, I realized that I had moved into a house on my own. I got excited because I found a great deal on a lawn mower and weed wacker, I had a dog, I had just bought my own furniture, and I had a car. I thought back on a younger version of myself who would view a 21-year-old is having their life super together, and realizing now that when I was 21 I did not. I have a career as well, which really doesn't hurt matters.

Sometimes I still feel completely lost (like when I have to file taxes, or look at my investments) but for the most part, this adulting thing has been going pretty well lately

 

[Paligirl]

Coming to work when I really just want to stay in bed and hide.

that is grown up shit for sure

 

[Paligirl]

Being accountable to myself for doing the right thing.

 

[GreatWhiteCock]

Sore feet

 

[ZfrkS62]

My hip dropping back into place when I took out of bed. That happens to adults, right?

 

[NRJLIVES4ever]

I feel like I truly passed into adulthood when my mom gave me life advice and I thought "Wow, that's fucking terrible advice. She has no idea how things work. That is just destructively misguided." And never went to my parents for anything ever again. Lol

 

[lacandy]

Selling a house…ugh!

 

[Likeandthey]

Being branded by the law, acquiring the capacity to be bound by contract, deed, and document. Welcome to the world!

 

[lacandy]

The other day I was talking to my semi-adult kiddo the other day - he’s almost 20 and his sister is almost 21 and both live away from home in apartments (we still pay all of their bills because they are in school so any money they make is theirs to spend on things that make life fun) and he has been doing “adult things” because he’s moving and breaking a lease. He keeps telling me how stressed he is because of it and I say, “Welcome to being an adult.” - so I guess always being stressed is the final answer!

 

[FlyingThruLife]

The other day I was talking to my semi-adult kiddo the other day - he’s almost 20 and his sister is almost 21 and both live away from home in apartments (we still pay all of their bills because they are in school so any money they make is theirs to spend on things that make life fun) and he has been doing “adult things” because he’s moving and breaking a lease. He keeps telling me how stressed he is because of it and I say, “Welcome to being an adult.” - so I guess always being stressed is the final answer!

Part of me likes to think that there is more than that. There is definitely a higher responsibility and stress load associated with being an adult, but I think the fun and enjoyment factor also increases. Because you work hard for money, and have less vacation, the times you are able to relax and buy what you want, or go where you want to, mean that much more.

 

[BadAmy]

When the music playing in the grocery store on a Tuesday morning is my playlist from my high school years. And by that particular Tuesday I mean senior Tuesday.

 

[TheMrBurns]

OMG, new bath towels, best present ever! (No sarcasm)

 

[badjanus]

Going to hospital to say goodbye to a loved one.
That is the worst bit of being an adult. That and not believing in Santa

 

[lacandy]

Going to hospital to say goodbye to a loved one.
That is the worst bit of being an adult. That and not believing in Santa

Wait! What do you mean “not believing in Santa”?

 

[badjanus]

Wait! What do you mean “not believing in Santa”?

Bugger.

I knew I shouldn't have posted that

 

[devilsanus]

Falling asleep on the couch at
730pm. That's how you know you've made it.

 

[BadAmy]

The profound importance that pooping has in my life now.
Like, the joy of an entire day is obliterated if the pipes are frozen, iykwim.

 

[Shymidwestgirl]

Going to bed and being happy the kitchen sink is empty and clean.

 

[FlyingThruLife]

Going to bed and being happy the kitchen sink is empty and clean.

Oh my god, the simple joy of waking up, and coming down to a pristinely set up kitchen is enjoy I definitely never fully understood until I was older

 

[FlyingThruLife]

Waking up when I really don't want to have to, because there's things that I told myself I would do today

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

Finishing the Friday NYT crossword in 30 mins with no help.

 

[CEOescape]

Tell the truth. WHO WANT TO FEEL LIKE AN ADULT IN HERE.. GIVE ME more of my playful youth with out the crap of restrictions sexually..

 

[JusticeGrey]

Dealing with home repairs