I used to fear that I would be made fun of for having curly hair. It made me feel different, since very few people in my grade growing up had similar hair as me. Looking back on it, I think a lot of that fear was self-consciousness. Kids will indeed bully you for things you …
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24-year-old daughter racks up $3000 in credit card debt, mother refuses to bail her out: ‘She is an adult, but still acting like a teenager’
When you’re a young adult, figuring out your finances is one of the hardest life things you’re tasked with. If you weren’t taught financial literacy growing up, it’s easy to be flying blind, especially once you get your first job. Getting paychecks is exciting, and if you’ve never had that kind of money before, it …
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‘They need their 25-year-old to subsidize their lifestyle’: Mom charges son $600 in rent, retaliates when he wants to move out
Living with your parents when you’re an adult is a tough gig. It’s nice to have a free (or usually cheap) place to land, but it often comes at a price. You usually forgo your privacy, independence, and some level of maturity. But it’s a tradeoff. Rent is incredibly expensive these days, no matter where …
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‘Naptime’: Adults reflect on the things that you’ll really ‘understand when you’re older’
A phrase that almost everyone’s parents have told them at one point or another, «You’ll understand when you’re older.» It was always so frustrating to hear when I was a kid. «No, I promise I’ll understand,» I wanted to say to them. Because that’s the thing, you think you know absolutely everything at every age …
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A Wooden Table Set With 40 Memes Instead of Manners
My parents were the type of people to send you off to manners school if you forgot to say ‘please’. I once had a fork for everything. A fork for salad, a fork for the main dish, and a fork for dessert. I was informed that no good, self-respecting company would accept me as an …
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30+ Memes for Adults Who Would Rather Embrace Their Inner Child Than Pay Bills
As we all probably know by now, adulting is no easy feat. From paying bills to sending emails to having to be polite when you see someone you know at the grocery store, I think we can agree that adulthood is not as exciting as we though it’d be. Once you hit 25, ice cream …
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42 Memes for Tired Adults
Adult life is draining. Having a full-time job can make you feel like Squidward in that episode where he does the same thing every day and gets progressively sadder while doing so. Get up, feed the cat, go to work, eat lunch, come home, feed the cat, watch TV, go to bed. Rinse and repeat. …
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37 Relatable Adulting Memes for the Grown-Up Children Faking Their Way Through Life
Back when we were kids, we couldn’t wait to be adults. We thought it would be all freedom and fun, but now that we’ve made it to Grown-Upville, it’s more like, «Wait, what’s going on here?» I mean, seriously, I’m practically running on fumes 24/7. And we’re supposed to keep doing this for the rest …
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People Share ‘Old People’ Things They Hated as Children, But Love as Adults
As I’ve grown up, many things I hated as a child get put into perspective. For instance, when I was a kid, I hated when adults would fight over the bill at a restaurant. I wished that one of the families would accept the generous offer and try to cover the bill next time. Now …
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Adult Children Discuss The Struggle of Financially Supporting Their Parents
Money is not an easy thing to manage. It comes and goes so quickly for a lot of us, and it’s very difficult to predict how much cash you will need in the future. Chances are, it’s a lot. We always need more money than we’ve got, and when you’re in a situation of financial …
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