I ended yesterday’s post with the bold statement, “I am an adult.”
But then I had to rethink that sentiment. Because while anything after 20 used to seem so old, now that I’m there and then some? All I feel is so, “Is this real life yet?” If it is, I am definitely not mature enough for it.
Adults Never…
Dress themselves out of the dryer for a week to avoid putting away laundry.
Sleep without sheets for a week to avoid putting away laundry.
Put on stripper heels and flail-dance around their houses to Spice Girls classics.
…Own multiple pairs of stripper heels.
Worry about whether or not their socks match their sneakers at the gym.
Don’t worry about whether jeans and a hoody are too casual for office-wear.
Put off grocery shopping until all that’s left in the fridge is half a tub of Greek yogurt, a quarter of a lemon and some almond milk.
Eat half a tub of Greek yogurt for dinner.
Ponder ways to turn almond milk and a quarter of a lemon into breakfast.
Make giant messes due to spontaneous loss of gripping skills.
Take pictures of spontaneous messes rather than immediately clean them up.
Spend time during busy, responsible work days to conduct such vital Google searches as the following:
- Men in black lyrics. What comes between “Means what you think you saw, you did not see” and “Walk in shadow, move in silence”? I had to know.
- He drinks a whiskey drink. How could I remember neither Tub Thumpin’ NOR Chumbawamba?
- Magical Mr. I don’t even like musicals, but how the heck do you spell “Mistoffelees?”
- How much does a banana weigh? Don’t tell me you’ve never wondered.
- New England. What the heck was I hoping to learn? That’s pretty dang generic.
- Goat noises. Alex understands.
- Smart girl dumb booty. Why is that song so catchy??
Admit to just how not quite that adult yet they really are.
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Do you plan on growing up any time soon?
Goat noises. I don’t know what that refers to, BUT, you might like this. Out of the 100 guys who messaged me on OkCupid, I replied to only one because 1) he was American. 2) Under the part that says “message me if” he wrote, “you think goats and sloths are hilarious.”
omg, please please go on a date with this guy!
lol I did last night! I might see him again haha.
I’m glad he didn’t kill you, unionized or not
Please blog about this! Unless you already did. Two days of no time to blog leaves me behiiiiind.
btw. Girl Power!
Well heck, that would sell me too! I always go for the ones with quirky answers, if nothing else, you know you’ll be entertained.
I wish I could like and re-like this post a million times.
Anytime I worry that I’m too much of a “grownup” (note the quotation marks), I think of all the reasons that I’m not (playing animal video games, ice cream for breakfast/lunch/dinner, etc). It makes me feel better about being in grad school
Ohhh man, ice cream for dinner is the best part of never growing up! Can’t do it as a kid, not supposed to do it as an adult–but if you live in that magical half-world of not-grown-up? Finally, dessert at 6am time!
yep same person. exact same person. my fridge looks like that every thursday forcing me to go shopping on friday. i swear an adult should not live that way but right now that is my adult life.
Someday we’ll figure it out, right? For now, there’s the end of the week food scramble
Haha this is great. I completely relate with almost all of these too. I do not plan on growing up anytime soon. Being young is too much fun. I’ve always wondered if one day I’ll just wake up and say “time to settle down and be a bore.” Hope so because I’m no where near that point now! Also, I totally wear jeans and a hoodie to work and never thought twice about it until my Mom asked me about it. Woops!
I hope that morning never comes! And yeah, it took someone pointing out my overly-casual work attire for me to even think twice about it.
Who doesn’t love Spice Girls
the other day I was lifting and Wannabe started blasting through my iPod..let’s just say the guy next to me chuckled but its a CLASSIC song and I love it! Cheers to being young forever! Love + Shine Courtstar
YES! It most definitely is a classic! Can’t NOT rock out to Wannabe
Haha this is great! I don’t put on heels but the kids and I are always dancing around, and truth be told sometimes I do it without em
I am 39 and really most days I don’t feel like a grown up. I feel like a kid playing grown up.
omg I am dying at your search list. And yessss to the owning stripper heels and dancing to spice girls! I’m right there with ya!
So glad I’m not the only one who can appreciate those finer things in life
And hey, that’s what Google was invented for, right? I sure hope so.
I’ve been dressing myself out of the dryer too. Growing up is for squares.
I need a bumper-sticker that says that. Or, probably more accurately, a washing-machine sticker that say that.
Don’t be silly. You can be an adult and own stripper heels. In fact, I think you have to be of a legal age to even be a stripper, so bring on the stilettos.
I know exactly what song you are referring to from Cats, and I have no idea how to spell his name either, so I won’t even try here. It’s a damn catchy tune though, and I suspect it will be stuck in my head for the rest of today. Thanks.
Hadn’t thought about that legal age business–I supposed I should have mentioned, “own multiple pairs stripper heels that I am unable, physically, to walk in in public, but that I will strap on (hehe, “strap on”) and shake my booty in when no one can see.
You gotta practice that sh!t so you can take your act on the road and out in public.
Haha thanks for a good laugh girl
My hubby and I talk about this all the time because he just turned 30 – a fewww years older than me – and how he doesn’t feel like he’s 30-years-old at all… I definitely think that you feel however old you act, and I forever wanna be young!
I’m with you–I want to stay young too! It just seems more fun
The onler I get, the more I realize adults do all of those things. They just act like they don’t. LOL!
I’m slowly beginning to realize that too! I keep waiting to hit that moment where I really am “adult,” and then I realize–I’m not sure anyone hits that point.
I’ve done that trick with the dryer before. Meh, who has time to fold and put away?
Haha! I so have worn non-matching socks in the lab before. Yeah.. I’ve turned 21 about 2 months ago but still feel like a child. Jumping up and down in the middle of your room until your dad knocks on the door and asks if there’s something wrong with me- guilty multiple time a week.
Haha, I still get that one when I go visit the parents and decide to rock out in my old room–They come knocking asking if everything’s okay. Haha, it’s all good, just letting my inner child out!
i was totally quietly (okay loudly) singing some backstreet boys while walking roxy yesterday… I may of even skipped a little bit throughout the walk too
Skipping AND BSB? I like your style
The more I learn about you, the more I love.
My fridge aspires to be like yours!
It feels so nice and organized…until I realize it means I have nothing to eat. Costco stock-up time this weekend.
Your Google searches… LOL!! I always love thinking about things like that! Sometimes the way I start conversations scares me. The other day, I was taking to my boyfriend and I said, “This one time, when I used to go to Sylvan Learning Center…” he just stared at me.
How did people manage their random thoughts before Google?? I can’t imagine having all these weird questions and NOT being able to answer them, it would drive me crazy!
I can tell you right now, at the ripe ‘old’ age of 28 that I am DEFINITELY not a grown-up. Or an adult. I even feel weird about saying, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” when girl seems so much more appropriate. I like to think I’m young at heart…but maybe I’m just selfishly immature?