11 Things that suck about being an adult

[USF11]

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Bingo......come to the northeast.......New York, Mass, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine.........

You would be working in no time. It is a lot of opportunity out there outside of the Midwest for your degree.

I wouldn't even know where to start when trying to find a job and housing in another state.

[TCM]

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GET OFF MY LAWN AND PULL YOUR DAMN PANTS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Made me chuckle, not that kind of kid though.

[l3ulvl]

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I was worried to read this thread, and well, as feared, I'm now depressed.

[canes21]

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Just wanted to say there is no way those girls are teenagers in that picture.

[vernond]

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Turning 30 tomorrow and that list is pretty much spot on. Not that I'm upset with my life but things that used to be important to me in the past aren't quite as important anymore. I've found as I get older the one main priority I have is that I just do not want be hasseled with bs. My main concern is to just take care of my responsibilites and be as stress free as possible. I just want to relax and take it easy.

[Td1984]

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I turned 27 back on the 10th. It's funny how much of that list I caught myself already nodding about.

[Phobia]

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Feels AWESOME on so many levels. Older women know what they are doing & are good at it, are more secure with themselves and basically more down to earth.

For women I think it takes them a while, like by the age of 35 or 40 before they know who they are and feel 100% comfortable with who they are and what they want out of life.

I dated older women majority of my life. I tried dating women my own age a few times, didn't like it. Younger women tend to be insecure, always trying to impress other people or look like women they see on tv and typically don't know what the hell they want out of life.

Bed room wise.....older women are WAY better then younger. Younger women be experimenting and trying to do stuff they read about or seen on a movie somewhere, but aren't good at it.

Older women have skills and got all the moves mastered already.

I am telling everybody now, the best action is from a woman mid 30s and above. Women in their 20s don't have nothing on them.

Women in their 20s is like rookie, minor leagues. Women in their mid 30s and above is like Hall of Fame level, all star caliber in the major leagues.

Kind of weird actually 99% of the time I don't even notice her age at all. Hell all of her friends are my friends now. So yeah every once in the while they might crack a youngin joke, but other then that it is blast having friends in their late 40s and mid 50s.

Most of them are ex military like us, so they are fit, ripped and way more active then most 20 year olds I see walking around.

Nice! I got a buddy just like that he only dates older women also. We are all in our 30s but he likes the late 30s to 40s. He is also ex military, Army.

I do agree with you on the older women stand point in the bedroom. I have had my experiences

[DocHolliday]

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Glad I don't feel like that guy. Love my job, some months I only need to work 10 days. Have a boat to fish lake Michigan on, have a nice condo, can still ski like a mofo. Just partied 3 days straight. And my wife is hot.

[ehh]

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Woe is me!

• Not having insurance: absolutely blows, no two ways about it.
• You keep getting older while teenage girls stay the same age: This is idiotic, don't even need to comment.
• By the time you can afford good booze on a regular basis, your liver is already saturated with swill.: Equally as stupid, and this coming from someone that barely remembers most of my early/mid 20's. I barely drink these days, I can drink primo stuff every time I booze and still spend a fraction of the $ I did a decade ago based on volume.
• Snow no longer means staying home: It does for me thankfully, I can work from home in poor weather.
• Getting older: I've been screwed for a long time, had terrible back problems starting at age 19. Left knee went at age 24, right knee is sore as hell every time I do anything active. At this point I don't even notice it since it's been a part of my daily life for so long.
• Feeling like a total loser if you don’t have the awesome life you thought you would have or that you think you should have: I do struggle with this pretty regularly even though I'm in a good place IMO. When I get these type of thoughts in my head I usually lay down or go for a walk, clear my head and count my blessings. Chances are you could be much, much worse off than you are.
• Getting stuck in a rut: This is entirely based on YOU, not society or being an adult. Put forth the effort to try new things, be active and you'll be fine.
• Not being able to party as much; harder to meet people: I have little interest in partying anymore and while it would be nice to meet new people I meet enough as is and it's never been a major concern to me. The cliche "enjoy your youth and get it out of your system while you can" is a cliche for a reason! I went all out in my younger days, have zero regrets and don't miss that lifestyle one bit.
• Not being able to punch someone in the face, no matter how much they deserve it: Stupid
• Work: I'm lucky, I love my job.
• Responsibility: A little organization, time and common sense and it's really not that hard to be a responsible adult. I know common sense isn't so common, but damn it's not that hard to be responsible. I'm not a parent yet (or married) so I haven't dealt with those giant life-changers.

It basically boils down to the fact that most kids in middle-to-upper class (and possibly lower class) think the American Dream is a cinch and they'll have everything they desire by the time they hit 30 no matter what. Turns out you are guaranteed nothing in life and the sooner you realize that the better off you'll be.

The one thing I wish my parents drilled into my head more as a youngin was that life is hard and the only way to kick its butt is to work as hard as possible and be aggressive in pursuing your dreams and goals. Until I was about 23 I thought life was easy, I was a happy-go-lucky live-in-the-moment kid. Then I made almost every mistake possible over the next five years and took a trip through the school of hard knocks. But I learned from everything and am in a darn good place right now and know I'll never make the same mistakes again.

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As Malcolm Gladwell discovered, "people at the top don't just work harder or much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder." While some of the article is true the general 'woe is me' attitude is disappointing. I 100% believe that if you really, truly want something in life you'll do what it takes to acquire it. If you don't make it, in most instances it's because you simply didn't want it badly enough or work hard enough. It may be harsh but it's true.

Doing the minimum in anything is crap. Showing up for 9am and leaving at 5pm every day for your job is going to get you nowhere. Jogging a few miles a day isn't going to get you a beach body. I'm in the IT field and I work roughly 8a-6p every day and then on the learning/reading/education stuff I have to do on the side and I'm easily working 60 hours a week. And honestly half the time I feel like I'm not working hard enough. My last annual review lasted 30 seconds, my boss said, "I have no complaints, you're a great employee and every client absolutely loves you." I wasn't and still am not satisfied and continue to work as hard as I can to advance my career.

IMO most people do not work as hard as they should. It goes for all aspects of life - their career, health/exercise, personal finance, etc. I'm coming off as judgmental as hell but when people complain about being stuck in a rut or having a job they hate (the whole job/career thing now is a different animal because of the economy and job market) or being out of shape there's only one place for them to look and that's the mirror. It's no one else's fault.

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[CMH]

I'm 29 and turn 30 in late January. I've been telling my friends I can't wait. And I really can't. I'm excited about turning 30.

None of my girl friends agree. "My life goes downhill from there," they say. I tell them, "Only if you want it to!"

One guy friend turns 30 exactly a week after me and is just as excited.

Everyone is invited to our 30th bash! We will drink during all happy hour and then play board games before passing out at 10 to get to work on time the next day.

The life!


Sent from my mobile device.

[TCM]

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Glad I don't feel like that guy. Love my job, some months I only need to work 10 days. Have a boat to fish lake Michigan on, have a nice condo, can still ski like a mofo. Just partied 3 days straight. And my wife is hot.

In the Sims

[VDusen04]

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Granted, a lot of things on that list do indeed suck. But I feel like a similar list could be made about any age bracket. Well, a different list, but still of things that suck.

My life mantra is "The journey is the reward." I think a lot of us (me included) can sometimes catch ourselves concentrating only on what we're chasing. Jonesy made a post in the Motivational Poster thread that summed it up quite well:



It can be easy to develop tunnel vision and focus all your feelings on particular things in your life. I've definitely caught myself just looking forward to when a particular "problem" was no more.

"It'll be all good if I can just blast through these last few weeks and graduate high school."

"It'll be all good once I just work long enough to save money for college."

"It'll be all good once I graduate college."

". . .when I find a job."

". . .A wife."

Sometimes I just have to remind myself that it's all good right now. There's always going to be more mountains to climb. To try and pretend there's going to be one thing to accomplish that'll make everything better is shortsighted. There's always going to be something else. I make a point to enjoy those things. It's not just about working to survive, it's about me making the best of my job, enjoying it. Each task we're working on is what we're living for. This is life, and it's awesome.

For me personally, if I'm just operating on a station to station basis, I feel I'd be missing out on what life is all about. I'm always keeping one eye on the future, I'm doing the things that need to be done, but I'm sure as heck trying to not take anything for granted. And to put it more plainly, I'm making sure to stop and smell the roses.

[DocHolliday]

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In the Sims

No lies. I'm a lucky 30 yr old. Sending this from my phone on the lake. 1 ft waves and hopefully a 25# salmon soon.

[fistofrage]

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I noticed the precise moment this happened, I was 32, went back to College for Homecoming weekend after a few years of not going. I was invisible to the girls, and frankly the college freshmen looked like they were 12. I felt more creepy than anything else.

Then I decided it was time to settle down. You do get in a rut, but now I have kids, its cool again, they play sports, I golf alot, smoke cigars, hang out at the pool at the country club and watch the neighborhood mom's model their bikinis after doing Zumba all winter and spring. Could be worse.

[Graphik]

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I love this thread. I'm 32 now and its all true. Responsibility is a *****. There have been many times when I'm up past 12am playing the game and responsibility knocks like "dont you gotta get yo *** to work tomm"? I'm like "Meh, 10 more minutes".......


......then comes 2am when you need to be up by 6-7 and you absolutely know your morning is gonna suck. Suck hard.