Have you ever wondered if you were the only one struggling with the transition into adulthood? Some people can make it look effortless. So, I reached out to Temple University students, freshmen to seniors, and asked them what some of their harshest realizations have been. All in all, not having Mom and Dad around so often gets tough at times!

1. "Grocery shopping for real food! Hardest thing ever for me." - Genna Pyles, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management

2. "Not looking like a bum to class because you never know who you're going to meet." - Sydney Rosenberg, College of Education

3. "Dealing with insurance in this country is so hard, I don't know if it's more of a foreign thing, but it is still complicated and I want my mommy to deal with it for me." - Daniela Porro, School of Media and Communication

4. "Trying to figure out how to get the pizza sauce out of your expensive shirt on your own because mom always knew how to so she always did it for you." - Olivia Kolis, College of Public Health and Social Work

5. "Making my own doctors appointments." - Victoria Wilcox, College of Liberal Arts

6. "I literally haven't gone to the dentist in three years bc nobody makes me." - Missy Leahy, School of Media and Communication

7. "Moving in with the boyfriend. Applying to law school. Deciding exactly what you want to do and if your passionate about it. Getting enough sleep to survive the day as an adult instead of just going to class and being able to sleep in the middle of the day." - Jessica Sciara, College of Liberal Arts

8. "Figuring out loans, buying a new car and figuring out car payments, making sure you are always building your credit to always have excellent credit, in charge of handling four girls to pay me their bills per month and paying them on time, having two jobs while having six classes, interviewing to be offered a full time job before graduation, thinking about how you want to consolidate those loans you have to pay after graduation, or if you want to relocate to work for a job and where you would want to relocate to and seeing what type of benefit plans they have for your future, and out of everything that is adult that i have dealt with, the HARDEST THING to do is to understand and make sure you ALWAYS balance your life with fun grin. All of these things won't be worth it if you don't enjoy your time while working." - Tara Krauth, Fox School of Business

9. "Mailing my own rent check/finding a USPS box and on a related note if anyone knows how to do that I'm four days let on rent so hit me up maybe." - Jill Johnson, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management

10. "Your debit card getting declined and having to figure it out your own, or even trying to run it as credit and it gets declined too." - Tori Cuccurullo, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management

11. "Going to every free food event so you don't spend money on food because you have no money." - Shannon McCabe, College of Public Health and Social Work

12. "Figuring out how to salvage a meal when you cook it wrong and your mom isn't here to whip something up." - Alisa Sutton, Fox School of Business

13. "Taking care of yourself when you're sick instead of having your mom take care of you." - Kaila Thomas, Fox School of Business

14. "Realizing that in a few months you will be leaving the place you've called home for 4 years and the friends you made family to move onto a new chapter of your life and being "adult" enough to accept the change." - Kat Tressa, Fox School of Business

15. "Getting bills in the mail that I'm responsible for but realizing I also might need to feed myself this month...Not being able to live off of a meal plan but not wanting to burn down the apartment...Not having my mom down the hall in general when 'I cant'... Realizing an internship is a foreshadow of the rest of your life." - Brooke Olander, Fox School of Business

16. "LOL I break down about this like once a week growing up sucks." - Emily Gillis, College of Liberal Arts

17. "How do you tell if cantaloupe is ripe??? Like is that something you just learn with age?? My mom always bought it..." - Hannah Casciole, School of Media and Communication

and the worst realization of all:

18. "When you're in a situation and think 'wow I could use an adult right now' only to realize you are one, just not a good one." - Brooke Damore, College of Liberal Arts