Grown up Stuff

maeday2

ShesSoCold said:

I like most "adult" things. H and I grocery shop together and I like to cook. I even kind of like cleaning and I LOVE that "our house is spotless now I can lay around and do nothing" feeling. Since we finally got ourselves out of debt (YAYYYYYY US 100% DEBT FREEEEEEEE), I actually enjoy paying bills so I can sock away the rest.

I made an appointment with a financial planner and that really made me feel like an adult. At 27 I still have "wow I'm almost like a real adult!" moments. 

I'm the same way, usually. I enjoy Friday pay days where I can pay bills then chunk some into savings too. That makes me feel like I'm being a good adult. 

climbingsingle

I really, really hate folding laundry. 

slothiegal

larrygaga said:

I'll just continue eating lettuce and canned corn instead of going to the grocery store

I hear pancake mix is a fun alternative!

beachyone15

I hate having to do my hair in the morning before work. I can't just roll out of bed and go, b/c I look BSC. So I'm forced to do something. My routine lately has been washing it at night and just (half-ass) straightening it in the morning.

I also hate cleaning the shower b/c I'm short. Luckily my H does that for us!

NowIamMrsKlein

I got my first ever christmas bonus this year. And I put it immediately into my Retirement Savings Plan. 

And the FI and I lamented about the loss of our fun loving youth and the days where that chunk of change would have got spent in a much more fun manner. 

VulgarGirl

Putting on pants. It fucking sucks.

loveislouder

I hate cooking. If FI isn't home to cook, I eat sandwiches or alphaghetti. It's not that I'm bad at it, it's just that when I'm hungry, i want to eat now and not have to plan to cook at like, 5:30 if I'm not going ot be hungry til 7... if that makes sense.

jenna8984

MagicInk said:

Putting on pants. It fucking sucks.

I've been lazy and getting fat so I've been buying stretchy pants for work (not leggings but they have elastic waist). I have an interview today for the first time in a long time, so I go to put on my nice suit pants and I'm like holy fuck these are tight in the tummy buttons. I can survive wearing them for the 1 hour interview but not for the 6 hours of work beforehand. So I'm wearing the stretchy pants now and I'll change in my car on the way to the interview. hahaha

falsara

Cleaning the bedroom,  I have one pile of dirty clothes and then a huge ass pile of clean clothes.  We don't really have the room for either pile in our teeny room, so getting out of bed requires e to step on a huge ass pile of dirty clothes and possible falling on my ass.  I know it needs to be done, but actually doing it is going to take me getting upset about something and then going on a cleaning spree.

amelisha

I always put off the dumbest stuff. Like, I got my car registration renewal notice in the mail in early December (expires end of January) and it's sitting on my desk and all I have to do is fill out an online form that will take two minutes, and I haven't done it yet. I could have done it in the time it took to type this and I'm still probably not going to do it today. I can do it at my desk! I don't even need to go to the registry! Why? What is wrong with me?

esstee33

I looooooove adulting, most of the time. Cooking and grocery shopping especially. And I like doing laundry, even folding it (as long as it's still warm), but not putting it away. 

It's the getting up early part that I massively fail at. My old job was 8-5 and 1.8 miles from home -- all of an 8 minute drive most mornings, since I had to go right through downtown. For the first year or so I'd get up at 6:30 (6:00 in the winter to allow for car bullshit) and have a nice leisurely breakfast and coffee after my shower, then put full makeup on and dress nicely. Then after that I started getting up at 6:45 and not wearing makeup anymore, or only wearing foundation and mascara. Then it was 7:15 and coffee in a travel mug with breakfast in Tupperware to eat at work. Then it was bathing the night before and getting up at 7:30, throwing whatever clean things I saw on my body, and hustling out the door. I managed to game it so I could still get to work by like 7:58 and be at my desk by 8. 

I fucking hate mornings. 

emmaaa

Currently, I hate that I work over an hour from home. Today, the school system where I live cancelled classes due to icy roads. The county where I work had a delay (and honestly, for no reason). I work for the town and had to come in even though the roads near my house will be icy until tomorrow morning. Luckily, my  boss is awesome and let me come in late.

Kahlyla

MagicInk said:

Putting on pants. It fucking sucks.

kat1114

MagicInk said:

Putting on pants. It fucking sucks.

I'd say the whole getting dressed thing in general. I would mind work a lot less if I could work from home in pajamas.

ShesSoCold

I asked my boss if we could have a scrubs dress code here. He said no.  

We do insurance. There is no reason for us to wear scrubs but they're so comfy. 

theartistformerlyknownas

slothiegal said:

larrygaga said:

I'll just continue eating lettuce and canned corn instead of going to the grocery store

I hear pancake mix is a fun alternative!

novella1186

esstee33 said:

I looooooove adulting, most of the time. Cooking and grocery shopping especially. And I like doing laundry, even folding it (as long as it's still warm), but not putting it away. 

It's the getting up early part that I massively fail at. My old job was 8-5 and 1.8 miles from home -- all of an 8 minute drive most mornings, since I had to go right through downtown. For the first year or so I'd get up at 6:30 (6:00 in the winter to allow for car bullshit) and have a nice leisurely breakfast and coffee after my shower, then put full makeup on and dress nicely. Then after that I started getting up at 6:45 and not wearing makeup anymore, or only wearing foundation and mascara. Then it was 7:15 and coffee in a travel mug with breakfast in Tupperware to eat at work. Then it was bathing the night before and getting up at 7:30, throwing whatever clean things I saw on my body, and hustling out the door. I managed to game it so I could still get to work by like 7:58 and be at my desk by 8. 

I fucking hate mornings. 

SIB

I feel like I could've written this. This company pretty much has no dress code, but when I first started I'd wear nice dresses, pencil skirts, etc to "make a good impression" and look like I really cared about the job, and do full-on makeup (like foundation, blush, mascara, etc etc). so I would get up at 6am, 10 minute drive to work, be here a little before 8. 

I now wake up at 7:30, put on chapstick and maybe a little eyeliner, wear whatever is in the clean pile on the floor in front of me, and walk in at about 8:15 (my boss does not care; we just need to be here by 8-ish.) 

I haven't showered in 2 days, and I'm wearing jeans, Sorels, and the ugliest sweater ever with a t-shirt that doesn't match. But thanks to working in clinical research I still look more dressed up than half the people here. Plus I ran out of fucks to give. 

behsco90

Cleaning.
And being the bigger person. I just got word that my cousin will send one invite to my parents house, for my parents, my brother and my FI and I. It wouldn't piss me off as much if I was still at home, but I have not lived at home for almost 2 years. I am so tempted to do the same and send one STD and one invite to my aunt's house for all of them. But I will be the bigger person and do the right thing.

theartistformerlyknownas

novella1186 said:

esstee33 said:

I looooooove adulting, most of the time. Cooking and grocery shopping especially. And I like doing laundry, even folding it (as long as it's still warm), but not putting it away. 

It's the getting up early part that I massively fail at. My old job was 8-5 and 1.8 miles from home -- all of an 8 minute drive most mornings, since I had to go right through downtown. For the first year or so I'd get up at 6:30 (6:00 in the winter to allow for car bullshit) and have a nice leisurely breakfast and coffee after my shower, then put full makeup on and dress nicely. Then after that I started getting up at 6:45 and not wearing makeup anymore, or only wearing foundation and mascara. Then it was 7:15 and coffee in a travel mug with breakfast in Tupperware to eat at work. Then it was bathing the night before and getting up at 7:30, throwing whatever clean things I saw on my body, and hustling out the door. I managed to game it so I could still get to work by like 7:58 and be at my desk by 8. 

I fucking hate mornings. 

SIB

I feel like I could've written this. This company pretty much has no dress code, but when I first started I'd wear nice dresses, pencil skirts, etc to "make a good impression" and look like I really cared about the job, and do full-on makeup (like foundation, blush, mascara, etc etc). so I would get up at 6am, 10 minute drive to work, be here a little before 8. 

I now wake up at 7:30, put on chapstick and maybe a little eyeliner, wear whatever is in the clean pile on the floor in front of me, and walk in at about 8:15 (my boss does not care; we just need to be here by 8-ish.) 

I haven't showered in 2 days, and I'm wearing jeans, Sorels, and the ugliest sweater ever with a t-shirt that doesn't match. But thanks to working in clinical research I still look more dressed up than half the people here. Plus I ran out of fucks to give. 

We're twins!

KatieinBkln

Wow, I realize reading this that I hate almost ALL of it.

I hate:

-Gettin' up early

-Doing laundry (specifically the folding/putting away, but also the "keeping on top of it")

-Cleaning

-Budgeting

-Planning my own wedding

-Dressing myself on a daily basis. I like fashion and enjoy putting together somethin' cute for weekends/evening, but looking like an adult is hard, especially when you also hate getting up early. Leaves very little time for making creative choices.)

I don't totally mind bill-paying, since there's a weird sense of accomplishment when I do it. I like to cook, if not the "clean up the kitchen afterward" part. I like caring for my dog. I like feeling accomplished/like an independent person with my job. 

ETA more stuff I hate.

maeday2

lolo883 said:

novella1186 said:

I haven't showered in 2 days, and I'm wearing jeans, Sorels, and the ugliest sweater ever with a t-shirt that doesn't match. But thanks to working in clinical research I still look more dressed up than half the people here. Plus I ran out of fucks to give. 

We're twins!

Triplets! Minus the arctic footwear. Suede moccasins. 

sophhabobopha

penguin44 said:

Making appointments and going to them. Hate going to the doctor. Hate talking on the phone. I don't mind any housework tasks. Cooking, cleaning, etc. I just don't like talking to pay roll, filing taxes, figuring out retirement, paying bills. Luckily H handles most of our finances. But he can't make me go to the dentist...

Ughhh me too. I always forget to go.

And DISHES.

ShesSoCold

sophhabobopha said:

penguin44 said:

Making appointments and going to them. Hate going to the doctor. Hate talking on the phone. I don't mind any housework tasks. Cooking, cleaning, etc. I just don't like talking to pay roll, filing taxes, figuring out retirement, paying bills. Luckily H handles most of our finances. But he can't make me go to the dentist...

Ughhh me too. I always forget to go.

And DISHES.

Once I accidentally forgot about a Brazilian wax appointment. Now she texts me every month to remind me and it makes me feel like a child.

sophhabobopha

ShesSoCold said:

sophhabobopha said:

penguin44 said:

Making appointments and going to them. Hate going to the doctor. Hate talking on the phone. I don't mind any housework tasks. Cooking, cleaning, etc. I just don't like talking to pay roll, filing taxes, figuring out retirement, paying bills. Luckily H handles most of our finances. But he can't make me go to the dentist...

Ughhh me too. I always forget to go.

And DISHES.

Once I accidentally forgot about a Brazilian wax appointment. Now she texts me every month to remind me and it makes me feel like a child.

SITB

My dentist does this.

Knottie29052614

I hate it! I am always leaving it in the basket CLEAN honestly I am to lazy and just absolutely hate it. Then my room is a disatsr so I have to. Ugh