Adult Problems That People Definitely Weren't Ready For

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Apr 10, 2021 8:00 AM EDT

Adulting is a struggle. Some days are easier than others. The overall point is that pretty much all of us encounter some real world struggles as we grow up, and move through this crazy thing called life. Maybe some of these insights from folks about adult problems they weren't ready for will strike a chord. 

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    Organism - Virtuallce23 • 13h Holidays! When you're younger Christmas is going to your cousins house and opening gifts while getting off of school. As an adult it's shopping, cooking, family drama, and being so exhausted that you just want it to end. And then, back to work the next day. I've grown to despise all holidays now. 6 Reply 1 223 3 ...
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    Rectangle - kitjen • 16h A 3 10 Awards Constantly feeling like I'm still a child trying to adapt to grown up life. I always assume there are actual adults in charge of things but I'm nearly 40 and I'm meant to be that adult. I feel like a kid in an aged shell. 6 Reply 4 2.5k 3 ...
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    Rectangle - GoldenGirl925 • 12h We don't get summer off. It's miserable. G Reply 4 122 3 + ...
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    Font - Cirrus-Ramparts • 15h 1 Award The devolving of friendships. Sending a once-a-year text asking, "hey how are you! Haven't heard from you in a while" and getting a generic "things are great! How about you?" response, then being obligated to say "things are great here too" because anything more than that is too much for them. I miss the days when my friends and I could talk for hours about seemingly any old random thing. I miss having real conversations. I miss being involved in peoples live
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    Font - Hellevan • 16h The harrowing process of breaking old toxic habits you were raised to believe were good. G Reply 4 578 3 ...
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    Font - quantizedself • 15h The acceleration of time as you get older. The realization that youth really is wasted on the young. G Reply 4 212 3 ...
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    Font - Runner5Blue · 16h Aches and pains. I thought that was for really old people (70+). Nope, not for a couple of decades yet, but I deal with pain every day. G Reply 301 3 ...
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    Font - jagersthebomb · 14h The skin on your feet and heels gets hard and dry and scaly. Suddenly you find yourself having to sand down your feet like a friggen horse. Nobody prepared me for this. G Reply 592 3 ...
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    Font - ryl371240 · 16h How dirty my house can become so quickly. It feels like I'm constantly cleaning. I have a dog, but live by myself and don't have kids. G Reply 4 278 3 ...
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    Rectangle - WitchyAcademic • 13h How and when to quit a job, especially if you've spent your childhood not knowing how to interact with authority. G Reply 55 3 ...
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    Rectangle - donac • 15h Middle age acne. I thought we were done with that, but alas. G Reply 156 3 ...
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    Font - JZType5 · 16h The grout in the shower will never get clean. Ever. G Reply 1 492 3 + ...
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    Handwriting - truebluerevolution • 16h Realising that every problem I have is my own doing (mostly) and I have to work super hard to unlearn stuff that's holding me back G Reply 4 94 3 ...
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    Mammal - pizzaroll94 · 14h Navigating relationships and career paths. As a kid you're made to think you meet one person and if you love each other everything will work out but it's way more complicated and messy than that. Same thing with career paths. Nothing is linear. G Reply 4 32 3 ...
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    Font - Citoyen_Talleyrand • 13h The comprehensive level of dishonesty most people live in every day. G Reply 28 3 ...
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    Rectangle - yankstraveler • 12h "Engineers" with almost zero mechanical ability getting credit for my modifications, that I designed and installed, by management. He just got promoted again and l'm looking for a job some place else. G Reply 4 21 3 ...
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    Font - lovelywavies · 16h Managing a household as a not particularly domestically-inclined person G Reply 1 20 3 + ...
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    Organism - theoptionexplicit · 15h Dealing with a really bad stomach bug in my first apartment. Roommate was out of town, parents too far away. Really felt the impact of having nobody to help take care of me. G Reply 4 60 3 + ...
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    Font - SomewhereAgreeable42 · 15h That you actually have to eat right and exercise if you don't want to have health problems. G Reply 484
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    Font - sevvii • 15h Have to work five days a week. G Reply 50 3
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