Let's face it...we young adults are at a weird stage in our lives. When I say "young adults," I am referring to the awkward ages of 18-25. At this point, we are no longer kids (well, technically anyway), but we also aren't fully functioning adults. We are transitioning from years of proms, birthday parties, and sports games to a time of college debt, taxes, and job interviews.

Sure, we've got freedom and our whole lives ahead of us, but we've also got a lot on our plate and a lot left to figure out. And it doesn't take any of the pressure off when every "real adult" asks us the same annoying questions- and, frankly, we're sick of answering them.

1. Are you dating anyone?

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We get it - our biological clocks have started ticking. You expect us to be a hop, skip, and a jump away from marriage and a baby in a baby carriage (or however that song goes). But honestly, we don't want to talk about our love lives as much as you think we do.

If we are single, all you're doing is reminding us of that. And, trust me, we know. We already cry ourselves to sleep every night, convincing ourselves we will be forever alone and coming up with names for our 16 cats that will all start with the same letter but represent their unique personalities...Spunky, Sparky, Sweetie, Snickers, etc...

And if we are, in fact, dating someone, we don't want to talk about it because we know the questions that will follow: "Where'd you meet him/her? What does he/she do? How long have you been dating? Do you have a picture of him/her? I wanna see!"

As much as we may love our significant other, and no matter how proud we are that they're ours, if we wanted to unveil our personal life to you, we would bring it up ourselves. Just because you're our mom's friend's uncle's son's girlfriend's best friend's cousin twice removed, doesn't mean you have the right to ask us about our love life.

2. How's school?

If I had a dollar for every time I was asked this question, I could pay off my existing student loans, drop out, and live on an expensive island with a yacht for a vehicle and then you couldn't ask me that question anymore because I wouldn't be attending school at all.

School is school. There's too much work. I'm always tired. When I have $20, I feel like I'm rich. I've eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwiches daily for the past four years, and I have a concerning caffeine addiction. I think my spine is fractured from carrying my books- books that cost an arm and a leg and one of my kidneys. Can you get carpal tunnel at 21? Yeah, I'm convinced I have that. I sleep in a twin-sized bed and walk to class in the pouring rain and on icy sidewalks that could kill me.

School is school. Stop asking, please.

3. What are you studying? (followed by) Oh, what can you do with that major?

Look, we know you don't know what our major means. Half of the time, we don't even understand what it means. We just pick a field that we like, we take a bunch of classes that pertain to it and hope a degree in that major will land us a job. The name of it is irrelevant- like the Terms & Conditions on iTunes.

We know you don't know what it means, and we know you don't know what we can do our degree. Trust me though, we know what we can do with it. By asking us, "What can you do with that major?" you are making us feel like it's a joke. Just because we aren't in aeronautical engineering or neurosurgery doesn't mean there aren't any jobs out there for us.

If someone said they studied Viticulture and Enology, I bet you'd have no idea what that student studied. Little do you know they're a major in wine tasting...and yeah, there's jobs for that. And yes, you should be mad you never considered it.

4. What do you plan to do after graduation?

Ah, the golden question. What do you want to do with your life?If we know the answer to this, sure- it's great that you asked! We'll get out the map of our life we have so carefully been crafting since that night we were 4 years old and had a dream about being a firefighter, so we hopped out of bed, grabbed some crayons out of our 64 pack and started drawing out the map.

But...if we don't know, this is the worst question you could possibly ask us because we feel stupid when we say, "I don't know." The truth is- most of us really don't know what we will end up doing. We may hate our first job; we may love it. We may end up in our hometown or across the country.

There is nothing wrong with us still trying to figure that out. When you ask a young adult this, just keep in mind that they may be going through their mid-college mental breakdown or their quarter-life crisis, and you should be ready to deal with lots of hysterical crying or violent reactions.

You have been warned.

5. How's work?

School is school. Work is work.

Most people, believe it or not, are not in love with their jobs- especially young adults. Chances are, we got stuck in a crappy entry-level job because the company we wanted to work for requires 15 years of experience, and that means we would've had to start working professionally in elementary school...I tried that...turns out you have to know your alphabet to be hired at a law firm? Weird.

You especially shouldn't ask us this question when we are at work or around our boss because then we have to lie to you and say we love it when really we've wanted to quit for months but can't because we need money for food and shelter and cheap beer and outrageously priced brand-name clothing. (Plus we still need that 15 years of experience before we enter the big leagues.)

Try not to bring up work when we aren't at work, as well. If we aren't there, we don't want to think about it.

6. Where are you living?

This question can go one of a few ways:

We are living with our parents, and we have to shamefully admit that will still sleep in our bedroom with the pink walls and teddy bear border. Our parents still cook us dinner every night, and our dad cuts our steak into small bite-size pieces, and our mom cuts the crust off our sandwiches when she packs our lunch for work....

...or we do have our own place, and we are super proud of it. Maybe we moved in with that boyfriend/girlfriend you grilled us about before, or maybe we live with a few roommates who don't do the dishes or bring home way too many one-night stands. Then again, we could be perfectly happy in our pretty little home or apartment we bought ourselves (These young adults have their lives together. They are few and far between, so ask wisely.).

Just don't ask where we live. We have a place to shower and sleep, and that's all that matters.

7. How are your parents?

Last but not least, people love to ask us about our parents.

How's your mom? How's your dad? What are they up to?

Don't get us wrong, we love our parents, but if you want to know how they are doing so badly, pick up the phone and call them or pay them a visit. Frankly, as young adults, we probably don't know nearly as much about our parents as you think we do. Our parents don't tell us everything. Plus, our listening skills are at an all-time low at this point in our lives, so if they told us, we probably forgot.

We're selfish and we know it. Our parents know it too, so they'll be happy to answer your questions. That is unless they're answering our questions, which I admit, takes up most of their time.

Once we get our own lives together, you can ask us about mom and dad. They spend most of their time worrying about us so we don't have to worry about them. For now, just go directly to the source.

But...

I know I may sound harsh, and I also may have eliminated every topic of conversation for people to use when talking to young adults, but I just had to speak on behalf of all young adults and say that we are sick of the same questions over and over again. Quit adding the pressure.

Ask us about something else, would you? Ask me about my favorite color. Ask me what I had for breakfast. Ask me if I prefer the Valencia filter or the Crema filter on Instagram. Ask me what's going on in my most recent Netflix series. Ask me if I prefer the iPhone 6 or 6s.

Ask me anything, but for the love of all things good in the world, please don't ask me the same questions everyone else asks me because I'm about one question away from exploding.