So you have grown up?

Post by **JWR** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:42 pm

25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."

10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@#’ing kids next door won't turn down the stereo.

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

16. You take naps.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.

20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."

23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.

24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh S*$# what the hell happened?"

Bonus:
26: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn' t apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old butt.

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:52 pm

I remember years ago when I was (probably last) in an elevator, and heard a favorite song and thought: "Crap! When did that become uncool?"

Ashura · Post by **Ashura** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:08 pm

Well more than 1/3 of that list still doesn't apply to me, but I still feel old

Thanks JWR, your list are always funny

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:43 pm

You should change the title to "25 SIGNS YOU'RE GETTING OLD". Some of
us will never grow up...only older.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:24 pm

YAY!!! I'm not a grownup! Only 5 apply to me.

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:58 pm

Whee! I'm not grown up either!

well... not QUITE. A lot of them look pitifully familiar (especially all the drinking-related items, because I just... don't drink anymore). The 6 am one in particular had me giggling "oh, dang, ya got me!"

but this one:

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.

*sigh*

Although... anyone know if Christmas Cactus is smokable?

(I may be an old fart but darn it, I'm an UNREPENTANT old fart!)

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:54 pm

Jee... thanks for putting things in perspective : is old.

Okuni · Post by **Okuni** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:21 am

I have too many toys and cartoon shows to be considered grown up!

I absolutely REFUSE!! (A Peter Pan complex? me? Nah!)

But, I thought of a sign. It might seem icky, though:

27. You have traded your acne cream for hemmorhoid paste.

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:36 am

Despite the fact that several of those apply to me.. LOL... I refuse to admit that I'm grown up!

I prefer to live in denial...

glorff · Post by **glorff** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:28 am

There is always hope that you don't have to grow up since half of them don't apply to me and I am one of the OLDSTERS around here

Chicken wings anyone ?

Deadly Whispers · Post by **Deadly Whispers** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:10 am

Oh lord. I think I was old before I ever grew up. A lot of that applied to me when I was still a teenager . . .

Although, I can point my finger at Magician and laugh my sorry "grown up" butt off at him because #15 applies to him and not me!

~ DW

darksuzaku · Post by **darksuzaku** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:21 am

mmm, lets see, 7 yeps, 11 nopes and 8 N/A for me....

Am i already old?.....

and if not ......

why do i feel horribly old already ?:P

klet · Post by **klet** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:27 pm

JWR wrote:4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

<.< >.> No comment.

JWR wrote:5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

I don't think I've ever even heard a song on an elevator. Maybe I'm just riding the wrong kind?

JWR wrote:16. You take naps.

Now, see, this one doesn't belong here. College kids sleep more during the day than at night.

JWR wrote:21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

The sad thing is, I had eggs on english muffins for dinner . . .

Now if I could only get everyone to stop calling me mad'am.

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:54 am

lol, that was pretty funny.

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:48 am

klet wrote: Now if I could only get everyone to stop calling me mad'am.

Now that's...scary.

My colleague and I were bemoaning the fact that digital cameras make us both look gray! can you imagine that??!! But I only got a ma'am for the first time around 25. It was still darn shocking.

"must...not...kill...person who is just trying to be polite..."

Anime-Beta TNG

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