As kids, many of us rushed to come of age and enjoy the freedom we saw grown-ups having. We were envious of how they could stay up late, eat whatever they wanted, and go anywhere without asking permission. 

But upon getting there, the realities of adulthood became a sobering splash of cold water in the face. Many people weren’t (and likely still aren’t) ready for “adulting,” and they opened up in this recent Reddit thread. 

Some comments spoke about the need to sell yourself, while others discussed the disheartening experience of losing a job. If you have these similar sentiments, share them in the comment boxes below!

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#1

Watching a country I grew up thinking was stable, powerful, and plentiful be taken over by the billionaire class and milked dry at the hands of oligarchs who claim that the problem is poor people, immigrants, and queer people.

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#2

How stupid most people actually are.

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#3

Dust. There is dust everywhere. There is so much dust, and it accumulates so fast!

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#4

How much of your time revolves around eating and/or making food; cooking, washing dishes, cleaning sinks, even just selecting what to eat – so much [darn] time.

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#5

How much you have to sell yourself. In my younger years, it was enough to just do the work well because the teacher has to grade your work. As an adult, your boss and interviewers may not even look at it, let alone understand what you did.

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#6

Regret. Knowing how much better and easier my life could be had a made a few different decisions is [eating me alive].

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#7

Just how boring most things are. The days blur together and the next thing you know, your body hurts everywhere all the time and you can’t remember yesterday. But you remember 40 years ago like it was yesterday.

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#8

Realising your parents are not the person you think they were as you grow older.

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#9

Life is not promised. You can do everything “right” and things just don’t turn out how you had hoped.

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#10

You can stay up as late as you want. But you shouldn’t.

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#11

Being home alone for medical emergencies. I guess it can happen at any age, but it feels like more of an adult living alone kind of problem.

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#12

How to console your teenager when someone you didn’t like in the first place dumps them. It feels like knowing the end of the movie and your teen has only just started watching. The first breakup after your first love [is bad], but I bet there’s a lot of people out there who are grateful that their very first serious relationship didn’t pan out. I know I’m glad that mine didn’t last. But you can’t just say that to your kid, you have to hold space for them and know when to shut your mouth. It’s hard seeing them in pain though.

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#13

How absolutely out of reach living a normal life is without working to death.

I don’t get the point of any of this s**t. It’s heart breaking.

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#14

Feeling so behind compared to others. I have my associates but It doesn’t really do anything for me and people my age are getting into their careers and I have no clue what I want.

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#15

How little time you have for yourself. You work for 8 hours, get home, make dinner, clean up the kitchen and then you have like 1-2 hours before you need to go to bed so you can do it all over again. Then the chores pile up so you have to waste a big chunk of the weekend as well.

I don’t understand how people can work, have kids, keep their home tidy and go to the gym and get a good nights sleep. Like how?!

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#16

How fast your battery runs out when you get over 40. There is barely enough juice left after work to do anything before going to bed.

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#17

Your parents being way less emotionally mature than you realized.

Or adults in general who you grew up thinking were intelligent, thoughtful, and I formed. It’s shocking when they realize just how clueless they actually are.

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#18

I should probably put this box in the recycling, but maybe I should save it, it is a really nice box.

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#19

Being in charge of your own happiness. Down to what you watch, eat, listen too, therapy. You are in charge.

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#20

Elderly parent losing their mind due to dementia and needing care but nursing homes are 7k per month, in home nurses are 3k per month. Yeah that’s a f*****g problem that no one could have prepared me for.

– edit to add: I found my answers and my parent is cared for now, but the path leading up to the answers was a terrible and scary path.

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#21

Midlife crisis is real. I’m questioning everything now and it feel unsettling all the time.

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#22

Managing finances. I learned so much insignificant garbage through all of my education that means absolutely nothing after graduation. I think it would be difficult to do an entire semester on it, but there are other topics that can be added to the “welcome to the real world” class.

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#23

Keeping a job. There’s that ‘honeymoon’ period once you start the job. But then as the days turn into months… And the months turn to years… You look in the mirror and say, ‘Is this it? This is all life has to offer?’.

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#24

How boring being a parent can be….like, my kids are my life and I love them, but sometimes I don’t want another conversation about Minecraft, or Halloween decorations. .

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#25

Dealing with health insurance corporations.

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#26

Idk if anyone could have prepared me for it but I was definitely not prepared to be diagnosed with a chronic illness, even before I turn 30. Ik no specific illness is a typical part of adulthood. As in, we can get sick at any time and there’s no age bar. But I personally thought I still had time before I got sick. And to have a condition (fibromyalgia) that I can’t explain to anyone, because it’s not as straightforward, is a whole different frustrating element that makes me want to shut myself off from the world.

I’m in my ranting mood today, apparently.

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#27

Getting laid off.

Everyone’s working, doing their thing, workload fluctuates and slows down after the pandemic. The expectation is for us to give two weeks notice when we leave but I’ll be damned if I didn’t get a six hour heads up that my computer would lock at the end of the day and my severance check would be in the mail in a week.

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#28

How expensive maintaining a car is. Gas, windshield wipers, oil changes, repairs, brakes.

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#29

That stability is a dream. Everything, good and bad, shall pass.

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#30

Laundry mountains that never stop growing.

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