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The lovely and gracious BabelBabe hath posted a very insightful thing on the matter of becoming an adult and realizing same. Her post is shaded rather girlishly because she is, y'know, a girl.
So, as not to discriminate against the boys, I offer my own version thereof.
To me, reminders of being an adult are...
1- Seeing young woman scantily clad and thinking "I'd never let my daughter go out dressed like that!"
2- Hearing the phone ring and realizing you no longer wish the call was for you.
3- Waking up and parts of you are aching...parts you didn't even know you had.
4- Drinks make you sleepy, not "wild."
5- The kids are gone for a sleepover and all you want to do with your wife is SLEEP.
6- Picking up and going anywhere out of pure spontaneity is a dim memory.
7- What's with all the vitamins (or worse, the prescriptions)?
8- When you realize that movie/that song/that ____ came out THIRTY YEARS AGO.
9- You think about consequences.
10- You know you don't know it all.
11- You remember to go to the bathroom before leaving the house.
12- You hear the greeting "Good morning Mr. _____." and realize it's YOU.
13- You let go of most grudges.
14- When your kid tells you how lucky you are because you don't have school.
15- When your worries no longer involve you, but rather, those about whom you care.
-J.
So, as not to discriminate against the boys, I offer my own version thereof.
To me, reminders of being an adult are...
1- Seeing young woman scantily clad and thinking "I'd never let my daughter go out dressed like that!"
2- Hearing the phone ring and realizing you no longer wish the call was for you.
3- Waking up and parts of you are aching...parts you didn't even know you had.
4- Drinks make you sleepy, not "wild."
5- The kids are gone for a sleepover and all you want to do with your wife is SLEEP.
6- Picking up and going anywhere out of pure spontaneity is a dim memory.
7- What's with all the vitamins (or worse, the prescriptions)?
8- When you realize that movie/that song/that ____ came out THIRTY YEARS AGO.
9- You think about consequences.
10- You know you don't know it all.
11- You remember to go to the bathroom before leaving the house.
12- You hear the greeting "Good morning Mr. _____." and realize it's YOU.
13- You let go of most grudges.
14- When your kid tells you how lucky you are because you don't have school.
15- When your worries no longer involve you, but rather, those about whom you care.
-J.
Comments
And I agree with you on all the others too.
-J.