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While childhood is full of wonders, most folks go through it absolutely itching to be grown up. Cake for dinner, bedtimes banned and banished. This is all actually quite possible, but with it comes the endless tasks, like the laundry and dishes. On the brighter side, adults can take refuge in the fact that these experiences are at least pretty universal, and, in the right light, even pretty funny.
We’ve gathered some of the funniest and most relatable tweets about the realities of adulthood. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to possibly feel the pain of being understood, upvote your favorite examples and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments below.
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LillieMean 1 week ago
Amateur, I surf the net to avoid making that list in the first place. You can't stress about undone things if they don't exist. Denial, what a wonderful state of being.
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Tucker Cahooter 1 week ago
"Ironing" of course omitted from this list. It's just going to get wrinkled again anyway
#19
Joseph Miller 1 week ago
Ingredients that need your time and energy to put together to then _finally_ be able to eat.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 week ago
I've come up with some hacks for this. Spinach? slice of bread in the tightly rolled and rubber banded bag. Asparagus? Wet paper towel in the bottom of the produce bag from the store. They last WAY longer before going slimy.
#21
Lost Panda 1 week ago
"I'll just watch a little and then finish it tomorrow" *3 months later* "What is going on? Guess I'll have to start over"
#22
Geoffrey Scott 1 week ago
"Yeah...thanks person who cannot fathom how to park between the lines, or clown driving a Smart car, who pulls all the way in, oh..there's ..damn"
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#33
The Doom Song 1 week ago
1. Milk 2. Eggs 3. Bread 4. Cheese 5. Dog food 6. Vodka 7. Toilet paper
#34
AtMostAFabulist 6 days ago
I have to clean first, then recover from that. Clean again and shop. Then say screw it, and cancel.
#35
Dawn Marie 1 week ago
Going home and taking off my shoes and bra and collapsing onto the sofa. I might get up later, and then again I might not. I love being single, but being an empty nester is not for the faint of heart. But, I do love the quiet and not so much responsibility.
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Dawn Marie 1 week ago
Or, the older you get the younger kids look. I ask a kid, who I thought was in middle school, if her was excited about going to high school? He looked at me funny and said and I quote: "Ma'am, I am 25 and in my fifth year of med. school." I over apologized and excused myself and left the party. uggg!!
#42
Libstak 1 week ago (edited)
It gets worse as you age. I care for my 82 yrs young mum. A specialist appointment 1 week away requires daily planning and on the day? It's at 1220pm, so naturally we need to be up and finished breakfast by 7am to make it on time because it's a whole 20 minutes from home and we can't be late dammit!!!
#45
Steve Robert 6 days ago
And it your sponge has seen better days years ago, but you still use it, then likely you're over 60.
#47
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 week ago
I actually bought a variety pack of Push Pops candy for myself a couple of months ago. XD One of my favorite fun candies as a kid. When I finish them, Ring Pops are next!!
ILoveMySon 6 days ago
Fun! I am officially old at I have Werther's candy like my grandma. Tbf, I DO like them.
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Trillian 1 week ago
Huh. I remember my mom always refusing chocolate because she didn't like it anymore, it was too sweet. I used to think "How can anything be too sweet"??? Well today I just don't really like sweet things anymore.
nottheactualphoto 6 days ago
Same! Instead, give me salty fatty goodness.
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Irishwoman abroad 6 days ago
My best friend's ambition when she was a kid was to one day make up a whole batch of cake mix... And eat it ALL, raw. A lot. Considering she's as skinny as a rake, I don't think she fulfilled that dream!
Philippa Davies 4 days ago
2 family friends of my sister and me did this when they were younger, and didn’t feel so good afterwards 🤮
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Tonyah Mcanelly 5 days ago
but then you have to hide in the closet to enjoy it because the Kids can hear a candy wrapper crinkle like they have this amaing dog like hearing....until they have to do chores
keyboardtek 6 days ago
And then you quickly learn how sick it makes you and how expensive dental work costs.
Calvin Smelliott 2 days ago
I buy bags upon bags of holiday candy when it goes on sale after the holiday, try everything, and make my husband take it to work for his employees. Adulting can be fun.
Hassel Davidhoff 5 days ago
It can be fun to do the things you wished you could as a kid, to a point. You have to be careful with it. There's a fine line between healthy and unhealthy nostalgia. I think I drift between the two. For example, when I was 10 I loved comics. My favorite comic book was X-Men and I'd pick up issues whenever I could. It wasn't often 'cuz I was broke and living in rural Australia. It's lovely country, but not reliable for keeping up with the mutants. I used to read the comics and think "wow, it'd be so cool to have EVERY issue so I could understand all these previous adventures and references. Fast forward just 11 years and, for reasons that are too much to get into here, I'm now living in the U.S. I was there a few years, now buying the X-Men comics every week. I get to the age of, like, 28 I look at the collection I've amassed and realized, if I really knuckled down, I could buy all the stuff I missed in the past. I could read every X-Men comic ever. So I did. It was rad but not cheap.
ADJ 6 days ago
I bought a 1 kg jar of jelly beans once. Halfway through i was almost puking. It has been 3 years and half full jar still sits on the shelf...
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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 week ago
It's a national pastime over here, and we take it very seriously.
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Child of the Stars 1 week ago
Reading these is so strange for me. I grew up in a borderline cult and was taught from early childhood that women couldn't handle stress like higher education and home finances, so that's why they should be caregivers to children and care for the home and let their husbands have the education and careers and be in charge. It really screwed with my self-esteem and sense of self-worth. As a result, I spiraled into substance abuse and mental illness. I'm now 42 and a single mom. I've been through intensive therapy and have been sober almost 12 years. I enrolled in college last January and have completed 3 classes. This last semester, I took an algebra class and passed it--after years of believing that as a woman, I wasn't capable of understanding mathematics beyond arithmetic. For me, mundane adult responsibilities like holding a job and going to college is the opposite of an emotional drain. It's freedom.
Kyra Noelle 6 days ago
I am glad you got out and realized you are worth far more. <3
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Lost Panda 1 week ago
I realized I was old(er) when I finally understood why my grandfather loved to just sit on the porch with his smokes and coffee for hours on end.
Enlee Jones 1 week ago
Adulting - when you're excited about getting a new vacuum cleaner and/or can opener.
Paulo Antonio Moreira 6 days ago
You know you're adult when you prefer holidays on Mondays rather than on Fridays.
sweet emotion 2 days ago
Saturday morning is the grocery. Sunday morning is laundry. Monday (early) is trash day. If I miss any of these, my week is totally shot.
Child of the Stars 1 week ago
Reading these is so strange for me. I grew up in a borderline cult and was taught from early childhood that women couldn't handle stress like higher education and home finances, so that's why they should be caregivers to children and care for the home and let their husbands have the education and careers and be in charge. It really screwed with my self-esteem and sense of self-worth. As a result, I spiraled into substance abuse and mental illness. I'm now 42 and a single mom. I've been through intensive therapy and have been sober almost 12 years. I enrolled in college last January and have completed 3 classes. This last semester, I took an algebra class and passed it--after years of believing that as a woman, I wasn't capable of understanding mathematics beyond arithmetic. For me, mundane adult responsibilities like holding a job and going to college is the opposite of an emotional drain. It's freedom.
Kyra Noelle 6 days ago
I am glad you got out and realized you are worth far more. <3
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I realized I was old(er) when I finally understood why my grandfather loved to just sit on the porch with his smokes and coffee for hours on end.
Enlee Jones 1 week ago
Adulting - when you're excited about getting a new vacuum cleaner and/or can opener.
Paulo Antonio Moreira 6 days ago
You know you're adult when you prefer holidays on Mondays rather than on Fridays.
sweet emotion 2 days ago
Saturday morning is the grocery. Sunday morning is laundry. Monday (early) is trash day. If I miss any of these, my week is totally shot.
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