Sometime in your early to mid-twenties, everything seems to change. You catch yourself staying in on a Friday night, getting excited about going to bed before midnight and not being able to survive the day without an ample amount of coffee. These strange little moments usually send a shock down your spine and end with you staring at yourself in the mirror whispering “wow… I’m getting old.” Here are 11 signs you are getting older and closer to #Adulting.
1. Finally realizing you can’t survive on $2.48
That flew when you were 10 years old, but that’s not the case at 22.
2. You have a finance app downloaded on your phone
Boom. You’re Bill Gates now and a pro at money management.
3. Getting excited about staying in and drinking wine
You’ve swapped out crowded, sweaty frat parties for Friday nights with PJs, wine and pizza with your roommates.
4. Eleven p.m. starts to feel like 3 a.m.
Bragging your whole Saturday about how much you’re gonna drink later, only to pass out sober on the couch at 10:30 p.m.
5. Getting practical gifts
Like grocery store gift cards, vacuums, or textbooks. The sad thing is how happy these gifts make you.6. Being too old to understand new slang
Thinking Houseparty was an actual party instead of a FaceTime app.
7. Eating healthy (sometimes)
Realizing your body is different now and you can’t live off of a diet of honey buns, cereal and peanut butter sandwiches.
8. Your next birthday terrifies you
It’s a lot more exciting to turn 16 than to realize in 8 years you’ll be 30.
9. Barefoot Wine is starting to taste worse and worse
Now that you’ve been 21 for a year, you’re basically a wine connoisseur and see that a $8 bottle of wine is actually pretty crappy.
10. You walk around in a robe with no shame
And you’re contemplating buying a pair of matching slippers.11. People your age are starting to talk about marriage… and they’re serious
Too soon, too soon.
Getting older is inevitable, just gotta accept it.
