‘If they don’t like our lifestyle they can leave’: Six figure-earners never cook at home, receive lecture from overbearing parents

If there’s one certainty in life, it’s that everyone is not always going to approve of your choices. No matter what choice you make, there will be a group of people who think you’re crazy, for one reason or another. That can be tolerable, though, when those people are far away in some fringe group …
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‘4 hours at the end of the day is miserable’: Unpopular opinions about working 9-5

The 9-5 pace is one of the cruel realities for the contemporary worker. Though in some ways it has become less relevant than ever (with the advent of remote work and other technological advances offering more flexibility), it remains the core around which most folks revolve. And it seems arbitrary in some ways. It’s just …
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31 Anti-Adulting Baby Yoda Memes That Speak to Everyone’s Inner Child

If you’ve been on the earth long enough to have seen every Star Wars movie in theatres, you probably have a favorite era of movie releases by now. For those of us who aren’t as involved in the intergalactic dramas of some light-sword-wielding monks and a couple of bounty hunters, you’ve probably picked a favorite …
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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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30+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (March 14, 2024)

Parenting is an Olympic-level sport. It requires great feats of stamina, engineering, and functioning on as little sleep as humanly possible. I don’t think anyone would say it’s easy unless you have a team of nannies and a fleet of housekeepers. Even then, they will come up to you and say «Mommy, where do babies …
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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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Adults Point out the Absurdity of the 9-5 Schedule, Dream of Night Dentists

When you’re an adult working a full-time job, you quickly realize you don’t have a ton of time for anything else. Being an adult is all about making appointments and getting things done, right? Then why is it so hard to do that? We’re at the office for 8 hours a day, and when we …
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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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25 Nap Memes for Those Craving a Lil Midday Sleep

Naps are our bodies’ way of hitting pause on the game of life for a while. If things are getting a little too real, a little too overwhelming, or a little too boring, we always have the natural out of sleep. I’m a big proponent of the benefits of a nap. It can turn a …
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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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