A lot of memes I across the Internet are about how everyone, no matter how old, is just a kid inside, trying to figure out what’s going on, which is something I definitely identify with.

But every once in a while, something happens that does actually make me feel like a grown-up. It’s usually small, and kind of silly, but it’s fun, and I thought people might want to share theirs.

For me, most recently, it was realizing I like Greek yogurt now. It was trendy when I was like 12, and I couldn’t stand it then, but I bought some on a whim, and now I keep the fridge stocked. That drastic change in my tastes took me aback momentarily, but I thought it was a nice fun little milestone.

How about you?

  • cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Cleaned up my place and now its staying that way! Nobody can barge in and out and trash the place like it used to be, constantly cleaning up after someone else who has zero respect for your space and keeping a calm,clean environment

    That includes myself, in case anyone thinks I’m solely projecting lol

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The first time going to a hardware store for something I needed and being like “oooh I want that” to like half the random shit in the store like light fixtures and lawn furniture.

    Being excited to see furniture is definitely an adult feeling.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Dude…I just bought a coffee table that has liftaway tops to create a desk, AND hidden storage compartment.

      Im excited about a coffee table.

  • MadBabs@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    A 20-something year old kid swung by my desk at work to see if I could identify a plant that was growing in his yard and if I knew what to do with it. I could, and I did.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    I changed my diet to correct for my familial hypercholesterolemia…

    Stupid liver enzymes not doing their job and stopping me from eating fried chicken all day every day!

  • fubarx@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Making spaghetti for the first time, in my first apartment. Then realized I had made enough for four people for a week, aaaaand the feeling passed.

  • AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    I like to listen to music or books while I work, and I have to drive a work vehicle a few times a day, and a big forklift to do my job. Both have a radio built in but no easy way to connect my phone to listen to my own stuff. I eventually found that I actually enjoy listening to the radio, especially the local news updates.

    Once I realised that, I thought “oh god I’m turning into my dad”

    I’m 30 and haven’t liked the radio since I was around 10 (aka when I got my first CD played)

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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    3 months ago

    Helping my son deal with his mental illness, drug addiction, and ultimately suicide.

    I really have never felt like an adult, until my son moved in with me (I met him when he was 5 days old, and was kept from seeing him again until he moved in with me when was almost 17). Suddenly I had to deal with his medication, his appointments, keeping him out of trouble, learning to be a father of a 17 year old I did not know.

    After his death the feeling stuck around for a while, but has slowly gone away over time. My last born child turned 18 earlier this year, and while that made me feel old, it did not make me feel like an adult. I even took him to register for college that, just feeling like an old kid.