“Adulting”: a term referred to by the millennial generation as accepting the responsibility that comes with growing up into an adult. We have discovered that it is inevitable. It’s something we know we have to do, whether we like it or not. We’ve seen our elders do it our entire lives…but now that we’re here? No one seems to really know how to “adult."
Adulting sounds great at first. No one can tell you what to do anymore!
You can eat anything your little heart desires.
The grass looks much greener on the other side.
But then you get there.
You’re exhausted from your work week. You’re poor after just paying all of your November bills. And really quickly, adulting starts to look a lot like this:
And this.
You realize you’re in the adult club now and you’re not sure how you got in.
Someone turns around.
Now, 33 times your favorite Netflix originals summed up "adulting."
- Looking through job listings like:
That’s a thing, right?
2. When you land an interview and your potential boss asks what you do in your free time?
THAT's why it took you six years to graduate.
3. When you’re at Sunday brunch with your friends discussing this weekend’s shenanigans:
4. But you realize this is a family restaurant. A mom of two young kids looks over at you with a scowl.
5. You rephrase for the young ears.
6. She mouths an expletive to you and asks to be moved to another table. You’re like:
7. She doesn't know what she's talking about.
You're the beacon of light in your family, too.
8. When you talk on the phone to Mom and she tells you to go get a job.
9. When you get a little out of control on a Thursday night
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11. When you know you’re going to run into your ex at a party
.
You can afford to look like the baddest bitch around now. Hello, highlights.
12. When you try to convince yourself to exercise after a long day at work.
13. When you don't want to cook so you talk yourself into ordering a pizza.
You'll just share it with your friends that way you don't eat the whole thing like last time!
14. You don’t share it with your friends.
16. When your road rage slips out.
You sound like your mother...
17. Then you realize you're turning into her.
19. You're like...
21. You found one! You’re excited and ready to test the waters.
22. You go on a date with them and they're awesome. You try to appear calm, cool, and collected.
You can't let the crazy slip through until at least date seven.
23. It’s time to order. Should you go with the burger and fries?
24. Things were going pretty well! But the next night you get a text from your date. He asked for nudes.
25. We have a fuckboy on our hands.
26. Your friends immediately tell you to get rid of him.
27. You don't listen.
28. Your friends resort to physically restraining you
, because if you whine about it one more time they are going to kill you.
29. You're getting a little in over your head with this crush.
30. Finally, it dawns on you.
31. Your friends console you with a shoulder to cry on and the promise of delicious Mexican cuisine.
32. You get rid of that fuckboy.
You adult too hard to deal with that B.S.
33. It's been a rocky beginning to adulthood. But as you look back on the years, you realize you're wiser, smarter, and stronger. Adulthood is just the next chapter of the rollercoaster ride that is life. Pain, beauty, craziness, and all.
