A lot of memes I across the Internet are about how everyone, no matter how old, is just a kid inside, trying to figure out what’s going on, which is something I definitely identify with.

But every once in a while, something happens that does actually make me feel like a grown-up. It’s usually small, and kind of silly, but it’s fun, and I thought people might want to share theirs.

For me, most recently, it was realizing I like Greek yogurt now. It was trendy when I was like 12, and I couldn’t stand it then, but I bought some on a whim, and now I keep the fridge stocked. That drastic change in my tastes took me aback momentarily, but I thought it was a nice fun little milestone.

How about you?

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
    38·
    3 months ago

    Helping my son deal with his mental illness, drug addiction, and ultimately suicide.

    I really have never felt like an adult, until my son moved in with me (I met him when he was 5 days old, and was kept from seeing him again until he moved in with me when was almost 17). Suddenly I had to deal with his medication, his appointments, keeping him out of trouble, learning to be a father of a 17 year old I did not know.

    After his death the feeling stuck around for a while, but has slowly gone away over time. My last born child turned 18 earlier this year, and while that made me feel old, it did not make me feel like an adult. I even took him to register for college that, just feeling like an old kid.

  • Tedrow@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    I recently had new rain gutters installed on my house, had my trees trimmed, had my patio paved, and bought a power bank. I’m fucking adulting damnit.

  • duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    3 months ago

    When I bought an actual bedframe. It wasn’t the bed at my parents’ house, it wasn’t the bed that my college dorm owned, and it wasn’t an air mattress I had been sleeping on during my internships. It was an actual bed, a real piece of adult furniture. It wasn’t a small cheap metal frame. It was bulky and adult and real, and I owned it.

    • Infynis@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I did a loot box thing kinda recently, and after it was over, I had the chance to purchase some of the items a la carte. The socks were one of the two things I bought a second set of lol

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    First, if you enjoy brown mustard, you’re old.

    But really, telling my kids not to do exactly what I would have done definitely makes me feel like a grown up.

  • ChexMax@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 months ago

    I feel like an adult almost all the time, but it got more common when I gave birth. I’m not a kid. I’m not a teenager. I’m not a college student. I’m a grown adult and everything I do all day taking care of others is adult stuff. Even the fun moments of playing a video game or looking at my phone hidden behind a book, or the hard stuff where I have no idea what to do. I don’t feel like a kid, I feel like an adult playing a fun game or an adult feeling confused and scared.

    To me, being a kid meant feeling confident that everything was being taken care of for me. I don’t get the adults feeling like kids thing when things are confusing or hard. When I was a kid my parents dealt with the hard stuff, or at least helped me deal with it

    • funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
      91·
      3 months ago

      Well said. Being an adult is knowing that the hard thing and the right thing are usually one and the same.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    16·
    3 months ago

    When I turned 30, my insurance went down and I went “Woo hoo! My insurance went down!”. . .

    “Wait… did… did I just ‘woo hoo’ an insurance rate? FUCK ME!!!”

    • Wolf314159@startrek.website
      6·
      3 months ago

      My insurance seemed to go down about as fast as inflation, so it feels like I’ve been paying about the same for decades. I didn’t really realize how much lower my rates were until I talked to some kids young adults.