Sometime in the past ten years, my doctors started being younger than I am, and I’m still conflicted about it.
This reminds me of when Matt Smith was cast in Doctor Who and, for the first time in my life, the Doctor was younger than I am.
When I realized that adults are just kids in an older outer packaging. Things barely change, they just start involving money and hearth, that’s pretty much it.
Probably the first time I realized someone didn’t like me and I honestly didn’t care. I hadn’t done anything to them that I know of. I guess I just wasn’t their cup of tea. And you know what? I was ok with that because I like me and that’s not something that I’ve always been able to say.
Well I like that about you. Good for you.
Having a baby. When I became responsible for another human, I really felt like an adult for the first time.
The first time was when I accidentally cut myself with a new knife while trying to chop a cabbage. Thankfully due to quick reflexes, it wasn’t a serious cut, but I remember for just a split second that old childhood instinct of looking around for the adult kicked in… right before I remembered I was the adult, and was the one in charge of the situation.
After that I just got myself plastered up and was groovy. Still have the scar to this day to remind me of my green nemesis.
A bit harsh blaming it on the cabbage tbh.
Nah I’m with OP, it was clearly the cabbage’s fault.
32 years old and honestly, not sure I do
When I caught my father’s belt in my fist, ripped it from his hand, and he backed the fuck down.
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Kurt Vonnegut said that at some point he realized that the people he’d gone to high school with were running the world.
Oh, to be an octogenarian. Must be nice.
Oh, to be an octogenarian. Must be nice.
That’s my new standard reply to all trolls.
Also, it reminds me of something Joan Rivers said. She said she knew two kinds of old folks; people she’d known growing up, and people she’d met in show business. The friends and neighbors all wanted to talk about the past, and the show biz people would always be excited about the upcoming shows and concerts. I know what kind I’ll try to be.
The moment I realized that no one. Anywhere. Has any idea what they are doing.
When no one else took care of me when something went wrong.
The pint of ice cream in my freezer that I take tiny bowlfuls of on occasional evenings. After all, I deserved it.
Moving into my own apartment mainly.
But also: politicians and other celebrities being younger than me.
(I mean of course Justin Bieber is younger than me and has been a celebrity for a long time, but that used to be the exception, now there are so many.)
When I was excited about buying some mundane thing for my house, like a toaster oven or chair.
Crossing the snacks aisle and resisting the temptation to grab shit, like we’re legit ass adults and we ain’t going out to buy a whole ass cake to eat in a single seating. WHY.
I bought a ice cream cake on one of my post-30 birthdays. Took a week but I finished it. By the end I definitely regretted it though.
When at every visit, I started having to go through my parents’ fridge to replace their expired food.
