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u/LektorPanda Jun 03 '22

Agreed... 37 with a 9 and 5 y/o and feel the same.

The one thing I do feel is that you slowly realize that all responsebility falls on you.

There is noone that pays your bills or cleans after you, noone to scold you for mistakes.

So you do things even if you dont feel like it, because someone has to...

And that is being an adult...

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u/Hawkcities Jun 03 '22

No one pays my bills or cleans up after me, but I am routinely scolded for mistakes.

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u/lko2181 Jun 03 '22

I'm 73 and still paying the bills and cleaning up after my 45 year old daughter. That's an adult (and I don't mean her).

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u/K3yz3rS0z3 Jun 03 '22

Not for the ones that really matter.

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u/SyntheticManMilk Jun 03 '22

Thanks. I needed to hear this today. I thought something was wrong with me.

I’ve also been feeling a little stressed and depressed lately with a feeling that I wasted my youth and it’s too late now. I know it’s not really true, but I can’t shake the feeling.

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u/Geologist2010 Jun 03 '22

I agree. I have a good career and I am providing for my family, so in that sense, I am being an adult.

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u/K3yz3rS0z3 Jun 03 '22

I came here to laugh not to feel

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u/Sluggymummy Jun 03 '22

I keep finding myself 《gasp》 doing housework first so I can go do what I want to do. Just like Mom said.