Have y’all seen that quote floating around Pinterest or Facebook about being a grown up? The one about how as a kid you couldn’t wait to grow up, and now that you have you’re main thought is, “Seriously?” Of course I can’t find it today to share it with you, but I’m sure you get the point.
As kids we all thought about the cool stuff grown ups get to do like staying up as late as they want, getting to eat cake for breakfast, driving, having our own money… But now that we are all grown up we realize there are some pretty sucky things about it too.
Here are my top seven things that suck about being a grown up:
1. Going to work – Don’t get me wrong. I really like my job, and I’m super thankful to have it, but rolling out of bed every morning at 5:15 to get dressed to go to work really sucks. Every single morning when the alarm goes off I think, “this sucks.” (I probably need some kind of attitude adjustment.)
2. Paying bills – As if getting up every morning at 5:15 isn’t enough as soon as my paycheck hits the bank I have to turn around and give all of my money to the bank (mortgage and credit cards), electric company (got to have A/C), phone company (hello DSL), garbage company (how much does it suck to have to pay someone for trash), etc.
3. Taking care of sick kids – Having children is one of things I love about being a grown up, but man I hate when one of them is sick. They are whiny and clingy and there is nothing I can do to fix it. It sucks.
4. Cleaning everything – I hate cleaning. I always have. When I was growing up my mom did all of it because she wanted it done her way. Plus there is the fact that it NEVER stops. You can wash, pick up, vacuum, scrub, and put away every single thing in your house, but the next day there will be more. It is just so hopeless. And endless.
5. Going to the grocery store – I didn’t enjoy it as a kid, and I don’t enjoy it now. But we’ve got to eat so what can I do? Someone has to endure do it, and if I send David he’ll get all the wrong stuff, and MORE. David always buys extra when he goes to the store, and none of his extra is healthy.
6. Being healthy – Or at least knowing that you need to be, and then feeling the guilt when you know that you aren’t. Plus if you have kids then you have to be in charge of them being healthy.
7. Being responsible – For EVERYTHING. No one else is there to take the weight of your responsibilities. If you screw something up or forget to do something then it is all on you. Plus if you have kids then you are responsible for all of their stuff too. No one is there to fix your problems. All the problem fixing lies with you.
Sometimes I would like to take a day or two or ten to be a kid again, but mostly being a grown up is totally worth the sucky parts. What do you hate about being a grown up? Or love about it?
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Jen,
love this. and relate to every single damn one. i went to Whole Foods yesterday due to # 5/6/7. It’s a constant juggling act. I can’t seem to keep all the balls up in the air….
looking forward to meeting you SOON!
I drop balls all the time.
I would never make it as a professional juggler, as many balls (and babies ugh) I’ve let fall. Oh, who am I kidding? I’d never make it as a mediocre juggler’s understudy’s understudy.
What a thought. Just one day to be a kid again. I would try to arrange it so it fell on the day that the bill paying needed to occur!
I would try to do it on laundry day.
My kids are currently ALL at a week long summer camp….totally not fair that I am here working and they are playing ALL week and doing amazingly cool and fun things. It’s rained a lot of the week and a bunch of the pictures show them just covered head to toe in MUD and smiling and laughing. I WANT TO GO TO SUMMER CAMP! And the most unfair thing of all? When they come home all dirty and stinky and exhausted, guess who will wash all those muddy clothes for them? Right….me!
I’ve seen some women in the blogging world asking about a summer camp for moms. That would be awesome.
I hate hate HATE grocery shopping!! And I feel ya on the responsibilities – if our marriage can survive this move it will survive anything. I am ready to strangle my husband and he has been a grouch on the edge for weeks.
You’ll survive. Pretty soon you’ll be having tea and your kids will be picking up a British accent.
You totally nailed it on the head…sick kids, bills, RESPONSIBILITIES, and now that we have two kids, my husband does the grocery shopping. Yes, we end up with sherbet instead of ice cream at times, but I’ll take it.
Does he call a billion times while he is at the store? That’s what mine does.
I had to laugh at the part about cleaning being hopeless. I totally agree!!
I mostly hate the responsibility part of being an adult. I’d love to just do something sometime, without worry about the repercussions. Like, saying exactly what’s on my mind whenever I want to.
My mom asked me the other day why I didn’t clean and I told her because I can’t keep it that way. She laughed at me. She does that a lot.
I can do relate to the husband getting the wrong things! And it is never healthy, is it? LOL
Oh mine too. Chips, double stuff oreos, you name it. Plus it takes him TWICE as long as it takes me.
Amen. Over and over.
At least 7 times over and over. And I’m sure I can add quite a bit more.
Oh I’m sure the list is much longer than seven.
Girl, Yes! All of these. And what happens when I send my husband to the grocery? He calls me about location or brand or size on every item.
I don’t have to go out to work, but I’m about to start treating my day like I have a time clock. I think it will improve my mental health.
Mine does that too. My time clock just reminds me of all the things I’m not getting done.
I actually love the grocery store — but I love it more when I’m by myself. Which, is usually NEVER.
I loathe the grocery store, but I hate it even more when my husband brings back all the wrong stuff.
I also hate running errands. You know the dry cleaner, the post office, CVS, ETC. So annoying!