Author Topic: Signs You Are A Grownup (Read 1115 times)

Tamsin · « **on:** January 12, 2012, 08:15:57 AM »

I actually forgot I got the coming Monday off. My first thought was not "Sleeping in!" or "Gonna play CoX all day!" or "Call friends and go drinkin'!" or even "ALL DAY D&D RETURN TO TEMPLE OF ELEMENTAL EVIL WOO!"*.

No. It was "Sweet, I can totally get caught up on my laundry."

*facepalms forever*

I have decided this is Sign #1 of Being a Grownup. What are your signs? Let's make a list. The funny might relieve the sense of onrushing responsible doom.

*this actually has a good chance of happening, is the best/worst part.

oh knee · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2012, 08:37:28 AM »

Sign #2: Sweet, you just got paid! Next step: be responsible and buy groceries. Do not enter the game store/Best Buy/bookstore and buy that new shiny that you've been wanting.

catfishncod · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:05:00 AM »

Sign #3: Spending more than a half-hour per day on emails regarding scheduling meetings.

K · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2012, 09:11:31 AM »

Sign #4: When asked your age, you have to think for a second or two.

TGU · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2012, 01:00:11 PM »

Sign #5: you think the latest crop of 21-year-olds all look about 10.

Count PuPPula · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2012, 01:23:12 PM »

The last two are signs you are getting old, not growing up. =P

Gudy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2012, 01:40:06 PM »

Well, if you want to be pedantic, #3 is more a sign of a sucky work place than of growing up. :-P

Tamsin · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2012, 02:06:39 PM »

#6: You understand why someone puts up with a sucky workplace.
#7: You have to know what an IRA is.

Cytherea · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2012, 02:49:37 PM »

#7 only applies if you're in the US, I think?

#7B, at any rate: You're either actively planning/preparing for retirement, or trying to ignore the rising trepidation because you aren't/can't.

#8: While you COULD have ice cream and pancakes for dinner, you'll actually have something healthier.

#9: You're more concerned with the safety and gas mileage of a potential new car purchase than whether or not it's "hot"/"will get you laid"/etc.

TonyPep · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2012, 02:55:04 PM »

#10 When you find yourself discussing mortgage rates instead of sports with your friends.

The Revolution · « **Reply #10 on:** January 12, 2012, 04:09:05 PM »

11.) "What the... Hair? I have to THINK about it? It actually says things about me that are Bad? I can't just wear it however I want and go to work? Really?

Wait, I think the hair heard it. It's revolting! It's growing all over the place! Places hair shouldn't be! It's a Coup! The Hair is taking over! Get reinforcements! Call a Militant Barber!"

Valdrin · « **Reply #11 on:** January 12, 2012, 05:27:49 PM »

12) You're more excited about the new set of pots you got for Christmas rather than the new video game.

Jemini · « **Reply #12 on:** January 12, 2012, 05:42:27 PM »

13) You (or people your same age) are having children.

Haok · « **Reply #13 on:** January 12, 2012, 06:34:44 PM »

14) You look forward to the chance to spend half an hour lying flat on your back, with your eyes closed, but not asleep.

Tamsin · « **Reply #14 on:** January 12, 2012, 07:57:37 PM »

Quote from: Jemini on January 12, 2012, 05:42:27 PM

13) You (or people your same age) are having children.

I'd argue that having children isn't a function of growing up, it's a function of having sex after adolescence. Plenty of people who are not really grownup and still think and act like children have made babies.

15) You start to look at leftovers in the fridge as "needs eating up" not just "easier than cooking".

Narcissa · « **Reply #15 on:** January 13, 2012, 12:22:25 AM »

Quote from: Tamsin on January 12, 2012, 07:57:37 PM

15) You start to look at leftovers in the fridge as "needs eating up" not just "easier than cooking".

YES.

16. Get bored. Clean the kitchen. Bake. Clean up after said baking. Organize the cupboards.
17. You start clipping coupons and factoring specific items into your grocery budget, and planning meals around them.

phobos · « **Reply #16 on:** January 14, 2012, 03:46:08 AM »

Quote from: Cytherea on January 12, 2012, 02:49:37 PM

#7 only applies if you're in the US, I think?

Yes, I think it's a special savings account they have for NORAID fundraisers.

Well, actually it's a retirement plan that gets tax breaks. I have to plead guilty to the UK equivalent, although I don't monitor it much - the company pays money into an account, I just give general directives as to how it ought to be invested. I'm more interested in my Save Up The Deposit To Buy My Own Place account. It's awful, how much they charge just for a halfway decent one bedroom flat in Bermondsey.

Imp · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:07:46 AM »

18) You dirty a plate instead of eating cold food straight out of the can.

TGU · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2012, 11:48:00 AM »

19) Instead of enjoying the two inches of snow you get, you spend a few hours worrying about whether or not you'll be able to go to work the next day.

(The snow's all melted now, but I was unsure about it when I went to bed.)

Norq · « **Reply #19 on:** January 18, 2012, 03:55:40 PM »

20) You put on extra clothes instead of turning up the heat, because you have to pay your own heating bill.

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