What makes you feel like a true adult?

[MrsPassion]

I forgot to add knowing how to fold a fitted sheet!

 

[SherlockianMan]

I forgot to add knowing how to fold a fitted sheet!

Witchcraft!!!

 

[MrsPassion]

Witchcraft!!!

YouTube university my friend

 

[lacandy]

Being the guarantor on my kids’ apartments. Who gave me credit?

 

[Chillygirl]

Ok this might sound kind of dumb but keep in mind I’ve been married and had a joint bank account my entire adult life until recently. Opening my own account felt huge to me.

 

[AnnieLit]

Nothing really. At least not for long.

 

[MrsPassion]

Ok this might sound kind of dumb but keep in mind I’ve been married and had a joint bank account my entire adult life until recently. Opening my own account felt huge to me.

Not dumb at all! That’s a big deal! Being in control of your own finances is huge! Congrats on reclaiming that independence!

 

[jeff_is_smiling]

Paying my bills

 

[Lastingimpressions]

Eating candy and drinking coke after 9pm.

 

[Jeb56]

Having a child.

 

[mellowyellows]

Bills

 

[Chillygirl]

Ok I’m starting to think it’s kinda sad how bills make us all feel like adults but also broke adults!!

 

[Lastingimpressions]

The slow decline of hip mobility.

 

[MedicalMuse]

Clean new sheets trump my clean sheets even if they are fairly new. Can I be a little jealous?

Of course, you can tell me to go buy some new ones.

You could go buy some. Got my last set from Costco and they are so soft

 

[easyoff]

I forgot to add knowing how to fold a fitted sheet!

Life is too short for that.

 

[Backagainpart4]

Ok this might sound kind of dumb but keep in mind I’ve been married and had a joint bank account my entire adult life until recently. Opening my own account felt huge to me.

Same for me. My parents were on my accounts. Then I got married and my wife and I had joint accounts. I recently opened checking, savings, and got a credit card. My first accounts of my own. It feels strange but exciting too. I feel all grown up that I get to decide everything about my money now.

 

[DeerTrace118]

For me, it’s my yard. Fertilizing the yard year round, cutting the grass, weedeating, edging the curbs, pine-straw in the flowerbeds. Stuff like that.

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

I scrubbed my oven today. That felt really adult

 

[mellowyellows]

The cost of most restaurant bills. I need to really be on someone else’s ticket.

 

[NC_Coastal]

Getting ready to grab a shovel and plant some azaleas, hostas and wildflowers.

 

[lacandy]

I have moments when I’m going about a normal day and I’ll be walking down the stairs from my kids’ rooms and I think, “Hoky shit! I’m an adult - I own this house, I’m responsible for two other humans…” I don’t know if I’m happy or sad in that one moment.

 

[KalynDash]

The first time I truly felt like an “adult” was when I went into Dairy Queen and realized I could buy an ice cream cake just because. Wasn’t anyone’s birthday, no one asked me to get one, I just wanted one, so I bought one.

On a daily basis, cleaning up after the house is settled, having clothes laid out for the next day, lunches packed, just general preparedness.

 

[fakingadulthood]

I only ever really feel like an adult when I compare myself to someone I was in high school or college with who is definitely not an adult.

In my mind, I might be regressing

 

[FunLi]

Having to replace my HVAC unit really made me feel like an adult haha.

 

[barefootgirl69]

I might have a different answer later, but for now...

Everything in my life is "adulting" and I would rather not sometimes. But, what really makes me feel like an adult is when my parents treat me like I don't know anything because I didn't do something their way.

Excuse me, I've managed to keep five humans alive and not live nearby for 20+ years. That didn’t change when I moved back, thanks.