25 Signs You Are Officially An Adult
Remember the days where you’d finish school after a day of dicking about and learning irrelevant shit; head down to the park with some WKDs and tinnies; take some cringey photos on your Sony Ericsson with the frames of those 3D glasses you got at the cinema and grab some chips from the kebab shop for your dinner. Wasn’t life a breeze? I think the worst of my problems was not having anyone to buy me fags or a bottle of Mickey Finn – can you imagine!
Anyway, this got me thinking about the point in which you become an adult because let’s be honest, it’s not when you turn 18 is it? So here are 25 signs you are officially an adult.
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1. You call your mum constantly and get offended if she goes somewhere without telling you.
2. Scrolling through reviews of vacuum cleaners excites you.
3. You wash out yoghurt pots and ketchup bottles to recycle them.
4. You have a spreadsheet for your monthly outgoings (bonus point if they’re colour coded).
5. People buy you tea towels for Christmas.
6. You can change a light bulb.
7. You go to doctors appointments without your mum (this is a biggy).
8. Your weekends are filled with housework.
9. You have a dog. Or a cat. Or a child.
10. Hangovers hit you hard.
11. You realise how much you loved your time at school.
12. You have a favourite supermarket.
13. You prefer a night in on the sofa with a takeaway and a true crime documentary than going out out.
14. You have a pension.
15. You can cook a bolognese from scratch.
16. IKEA is the equivalent of Disneyland.
17. You have a favourite chore. And if you’re interested, mine are hoovering and ironing.
18. You wish you could go to bed at 9 o’clock every night.
19. You have a credit card (and actually pay it off).
20. You keep a break-down kit in your car with a spare coat and bottle of water.
21. You enjoy going on walks.
22. Your first drink after work on a Friday brings the same amount of joy as a new sponge.
23. Sacrificing that ASOS dress you love to pay for your tyre you’ve just blown.
24. You love a bit of daytime TV, (Loose Women to be precise).
25. You realise that your mum is usually right.
When did you realise you had ‘officially’ become an adult?
43 Comments
This is such a funny and uplifting post! I howled at the tea towels one and Ikea AKA Disneyland! x
Lucy | http://www.lucymary.co.uk
Honestly, I’ve ended up with so many over the last couple of years! x
Haha I loved reading through this! It’s such a weird change to all of a sudden realize one day that, wait, I’m excited about Tupperware (or vacuums, or household items in general). Thanks for sharing, this made me smile.
Kathryn • simplykk.com
LOVE TUPPERWARE! x
This is a great post! So funny. At the age of 20 I still ask my mum to come with me to appointments (and she declines) haha.
Haha that’s exactly the same situation with me! x
OMG I can relate so much, IKEA is disneyland 100% and hangovers hit 928938498 times worst than they did when I was 20.
Ana C., http://www.adreamersland.com
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I’d love to be swanning around IKEA right now haha x
Hahaha! This is such a great post and so relatable! #9 will finally be a reality in a few weeks time when I bring my pupper home <3 I can't wait!
Kikki
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Eeeeeek so exciting! x
Ahahaha, I love this! So funny, and also made me feel like a youngster again 😀 Except the hangovers part, jesus they they are awful! The funniest (or saddest?) part was perhaps the pension: I’ve lived/worked abroad for the past 10 years in different countries so my pension is basically nonexistent🙈 Oh well, I’m far away from retiring age still, thankfully.
Teresa Maria | Outlandish Blog
Haha you’ve got a while to go yet then! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 x
I feel the doctors appointment one! I vividly remember the fear of ringing them up for the first time – terrifying. Thanks for this post; made me giggle! x
Paige // Paige Eades
Haha it truly is terrifying isn’t it 😂
OMG number 3 made me proper chuckle! Love this list
Katie | katieemmabeauty.com
Haha the amount of time I spend washing recycling is ridiculous 😂
This is great! Definitely 13 – staying in with a take away over going out any day!
Zoey | http://www.zoeyolivia.com
Ohhhh yes! x
Fun post! 😀 I realized I am officially an adult when I started paying bills on my own haha
It’s always a sad time haha
No. 18 really hit home!
9.00 bedtimes would be the dream haha
Oh gosh, this post is both great and terrifying as I’m starting to realise I’m becoming even more of a ‘proper’ adult!!!
Tash // A Girl with a View
Haha adulting has kicked in!
Oh gosh, it’s 9:30pm right now, and I’m definitely wishing I’m currently asleep, haha. Adulting can be hard sometimes, but it’s had its perks! Ikea is a free Disneyland! 😀
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If only we could all be asleep by 9! Yes you’re so right!
It’s so straNge, you don’t Realise these things happening then boom. I PARTICULARLY resonated with no.1, 18 and 19. I miss the lack of responsibility at school but i would not Go back for love nor money!! Great post!
9 o’clock bedtimes would be lovely right now wouldn’t they 😂
This is such a funny post! Having not moved out of my parents yet i think i’m only half way there to adulthood! But next year when i (hopefully) buy my own house i’m sure i’ll start having favourite chores and getting excited abour hoovers haha!
Haha oh just you wait Nicci!
Haha I love this post! my mum doing things without me definitely strikes a chord these days, and when I was at uni I used to call my mum all the time to ask her cooking questions or basically to sort out my life. Thank you for sharing these funny thoughts x
Haha so did I.. Literally couldn’t function or cook a meal without calling up good old Mum!
This was such a great and fun read! Getting excited reading product review is an absolute truth! As soon as I left home I truly missed school, knowing what to do or expect from the next day! Thank you for sharing this x
I’m so pleased you enjoyed reading it 🙂
I’m slowly working my way down this list of “ahh yes i do this, oh no I’m an adult” i do still live at home so somethings arent relatable yet but will be soon! Such a fun read 🙂
Haha as long as you can relate to a few!
Your last comment it is truE, Your mother is rigthmost of the time…
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This was such a fun post thanks! Really made me giggle. Being an adult is no fun really is it? I totally agree about the Friday drink being akin to the joy of a new sponge! And the day I got my shark hoover was the most excitement I’d had for a while 🤣
Haha aduling is harddddd! Omg I love a Shark hoover!
This post brought a smile (and a couple of giggles) today. I can relate to a lot of them, that’s for sure! x
Haha I’m so pleased!
Mine was when I realised I now get excited when I complete the things I used to have as chores 😂 I also can’t get enough of gardening – I got butterflies when I found a gardening magazine with free seeds and had to take a moment in the supermarket!
Hahaha omg yes 😂