'Most opinions can be kept to yourself': 20+ unwritten rules about adulting

It's no secret that adulting constantly presents itself with unforeseen challenges. You sometimes wish you spent less energy in school on trigonometry and more energy on financial literacy, taxes, and how to secure work in a competitive job market. Of course, education on how to be a productive adult seems to be the one useful piece of material that is forever absent from our curricula. It's as if some mega-adult out there wants us all to fail. Sure, figuring things out as they go is one way of looking at adulting, but it would be a whole lot easier to get a heads-up on certain concepts.

The following list was compiled from this r/AskReddit thread and deals with more emotional life lessons that feel like "unwritten rules" about adulting. Keep scrolling below to see what these regretful adults had to say about their experiences. For more, check out this list of cringeworthy industry secrets.

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