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Article created by: Ieva Pečiulytė

A horrible part of growing up that many people never talk about is the fact that you will, inevitably, discover that you actually like something you detested as a child, or even worse, that your parents are ultimately vindicated about some “absurd” opinion they held.

Well, one netizen was curious to hear from Generation X, now that they are all firmly into adulthood, what activities, experiences, and things they discovered that they actually liked. So bookmark this article if you have skeptical children, otherwise, get comfortable as you scroll, be sure to upvote your favorite “things” and comment your thoughts below.

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#1

When you get all your errands/chores done during the week so you can spend the weekend doing nothing is what I live for. Great feeling.

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#2

The unutterable joy of having all your errands line up to be on the same side of town

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#3

I have nothing to do today and this is THRILLING.

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#4

You people are weird. I need to see what the colony of woodpeckers are up to.

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#5

Just wait, you haven’t felt the satisfaction or excitement at getting a *good* pair of socks for Christmas or your Birthday, yet. It’s on par with a quality pillow or super soft bed sheets.

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#6

The knew I fully settled into my forties when I was so excited about how well my steam mop cleaned my kitchen tile floor.

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#7

I found my favorite garbage bags at the store today. Bought all three packages they had because I’m bitter they were out the last couple times I was there. I had to use a different brand and that’s unacceptable.

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#8

Yep. I’ve got an excursion planned with a friend to go scope out a new grocery store that opened in my neighbourhood 🙂 apparently it’s really awesome! 😉

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#9

When I bought a Dyson vacuum cleaner that picked up pet hair, I was in heaven. I lost it in the divorce, so I’m saving up for a new one. 😆

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#10

When I was a teenager, my parents were like “Get in the car. We’re going to Costco today” and I couldn’t think of anything more boring.
These days, I can’t think of a better way to spend Saturday.

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#11

We deep cleaned the main floor of the house together yesterday. That was so exciting I went and started cleaning the basement while he did laundry and watched football.
Made spaghetti and went to bed at 8:15.
Day 2 of Wisconsin monsoon season, I’ll be in my sewing room ALL day.

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#12

Going to Costco wit the masses on a weekend really is a risky venture. I’m suddenly at the age where I’d rather venture out after work so I don’t have to deal with so many people.

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#13

I stayed home last night and did my laundry. If you told me 20 years ago that I would have been happy about staying home and doing laundry on a Saturday night, I would have looked at you like you had two heads.