Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Adult

Every college kid on social media:

*mentions something they did that was particularly childlike* *says something about how "adult" they are*

*mentions something they did that was particularly mature* *says something about how "adult" they are*

It's some joke that being an adult is wow so new! wow so different! wow I thought I'd have it down by now but I still don't know what I'm doing! adult! adult! adult!!


Like, chill. If it even was a joke in the first place, you're running it down.
No one expects adults to know everything. And if you're 18 or older, yeah, you're an adult, it shouldn't be a surprise.

Maybe this irritates me because I don't give much to age. A fourteen year old could be more mature than a forty year old. Age doesn't really matter that much, it just all depends on who you are and what you do with it.

Also, maybe it irritates me because it's lowkey humble brag. "I'm an ADULT now look at ME!" Okay it's not a surprise you literally had 17 entire years of knowing that once you turned 18 you could start calling yourself and adult and guess what that goes for everyone so you're not special and you don't need to tell everyone about how your life is different from when you were a child.

Y'all - just stop putting so much weight on "adult" and what it means and the fact that you are one. Stop pushing a societal joke that's not even funny,