Life was easier when we were kids. Some of us still are, or at least aren't all the way there yet in terms of adulthood. However, most of us remember being a kid. Life was simpler. People were easier to understand. There were less responsibilities and more times you were happier just by being yourself. Here are a few times where becoming an adult leaves us wishing we could be young again.
1. When guests you don't know/don't want to associate with are over.
We have all experienced this truly awkward encounter. Maybe it's friends of your parents or your roommates' visiting family members. Whatever the case, some people are occupying the kitchen/living room area, and you know you don't want to introduce yourself. The problem is you aren't seven anymore when it was okay to eat cereal and watch cartoons in your room until they leave. At some point, you are going to have to go out there and adult.
2. Waking up early and force feeding yourself.
As a kid living at home, mom or dad help you get up in the morning. They might also love you so much as to pack you snacks and a lunch for the rest of the day until you come back home, where they will later cook you dinner. If I could have one super power, it would be the ability to pack lunches for myself the night before and get up in the morning. Instead I'm more often like the little girl above because I hit snooze on my phone's alarm one too many times and leave myself three and a half minutes to get ready before my 9 a.m. class.
3. Preparing your own meals.
On a similar vein, I cannot believe how disciplined healthy eaters are. What I mean is that I love to cook and I value home cooking over eating out nine out of ten times, but it is literally a part-time job. The process of procuring groceries, cooking, then cleaning and clearing the dishes and leftovers are realities a kid is unaware that exist. If there was a pie chart for the time eating actually happens and the rest of the adult things you need to do to make that happen, it would be thinner than Kramer's invisible cut with the deli slicer.
4. Awkward situations last.
When the teacher in elementary school is helping a kid sitting next to you and her rear end is dangerously close, it is a funny, fleeting moment of nervousness. When you are at least old enough to die for your country and this happens you are left contemplating dropping the course.
5. When conversations with your friends take dark turns.
I remember most of the conversations with my friends years ago revolved around Dragon Ball Z, who was the fastest, what times we were going to play outside. I'm still proud that these are still trending topics among my peers. However, when light, casual conversations evolved into discussing life-altering situations that occasionally carried a heavy, negative impact, I was shocked and sad that times had changed.
6. When the person you are with jumps to conclusions.
It isn't just your partner but it can be your friends or family too. Something happened fairly recently where if a seed of doubt or suspicion was planted, not too long after an abundant, lush garden was blossoming and you are assaulted with a barrage of accusations and questions. Swears on your mother's grave nor pinky promises don't cut it anymore.
7. Your peers are beginning to change the world.
There was a time when everyone did similar things and there wasn't a huge gap in the level of achievement. Except now there are "kids", the young adults in class with you three days out of the week, who are traveling the world, working in exciting, upward-bound startups, getting hired before they graduate, getting published, going pro, and advancing humanity in various fields of technology and science. There's more than one equally breathtaking climate change occurring.
