GTKY: You're an adult.

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What do you hate the most about being an independent adult? What do you love the most?

[Daikoku]

Hate: Bills. Not so much the expense of bills, but the need to be a responsible adult who sits down regularly to pay them so they're not late.

Love: I'll get back to you on this one.

[SheilaTheTank]

Hate: Paying bills. I want to be back in my mom's house eating all the food and watching tv with the AC blasting.

Love: Doing what I want, when I want. Within a budget of course.

[lemoncupcake]

Hate: Home maintenance and renovations

Love: Doing whatever I want, whenever I want. Assuming that TTC goes well, my days are numbered in regards to that.

[jags8]

Hate: Taking care of bills and paperwork. I hate that money is coming out of my account, and I hate the actual act of taking care of it.

Love: I do what I want! No one to tell me I can't have pumpkin pie for breakfast after thanksgiving, no one to tell me to go to sleep, etc.

[thelittleredm]

Hate: Paying for things that are necessary. I miss the days where I didn't have to make budgets, where I could spend birthday money on something basically useless instead of saving it to pay for Christmas gifts later in the year or to buy necessities for someone in the house.

Love: Having my own place of living. JK, I live with my parents. In their basement. *sigh* But I did love living on my own for awhile there.

[icaughtfire]

Hate: it's mundane. Get up, work, dinner, laundry, bills, bedtime, rinse, repeat, etc. As a kid, even though I had school I was always doing something after school everyday (hanging out with friends & stuff.)

Love: I can legally drink. I don't live at my parents house. I can eat ice cream for dinner. I'm a lot more confident than I was in my childhood/teen years.

[daystardreams]

HATE: I hate being responsible. I want to call into work if I want to but I'm too responsible!

LOVE: The freedom to do whatever I want! Though I'm too morally conscious to do anything crazy!

[zombiesquad]

Least fave:

Fave: Making my own decisions. But that could also be one of my least faves.

[teraiin]

Hate: Not knowing how to do some things or who to call to get help on some things. I could give examples, but I won't. You're welcome.

Love: Choosing when dinner is and what it. Sleeping in on the weekends when I feel like it.

[Ruca]

Hate: Bills and responsibilities in general

Love: Having my own home

[pismoduo]

Hate: Bills. Responsibilities.

Love: More control over my own shit. No more having to deal with my parents' expectations and the whole "as long as you're under my roof" thing.

[lemoncupcake]

May 14, 2015 12:34:28 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Hate: Not knowing how to do some things or who to call to get help on some things. I could give examples, but I won't. You're welcome.

Like last month when our garage door came off the rails and got stuck open at midnight and my handy DH was out of town? YouTube for the win! I was on the verge of tears because I couldn't figure out how to fix it. 

[awkwardturtle]

I hate when older adults talk down to me and don't treat me with respect just because I am younger than them.

I love just about everything else, having my own house, traveling where and when I want. Eating what I want and buying what I want, all within our budget of course.

[joy]

What do you hate the most about being an independent adult? Doing everything and being expected to do everything. Laundry, bills, clean house inside, picked up outside, hair done, respectable clothes, three square meals... the list goes on and on. My god. Sometimes, it's too much to juggle it all.

What do you love the most? Independence. I can eat cereal for dinner, I can go on a trip anywhere I choose, I can sleep all day if I want. I make my own plans, my own choices, and am free to be me. <-- this is the reason why I flourished in college and grew up to be a rather put together and successful adult. I need room to breathe.

[Deleted]

Hate: Having to work.
Love: Booze. Jk. Maybe.

[requiressnacks]

Hate: Since bills has been mentioned a couple times, I'll also say that I hate not having summer vacation. I work all the time and sometimes it feels like my career is sucking the life out of me.

Love: Spending my money however I want.

[wannabmama]

Hate: commuting and the drudgery of my job (and bills).

Love: freedom, in so so many things.

[thelittleredm]

May 14, 2015 12:46:03 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Hate: Since bills has been mentioned a couple times, I'll also say that I hate not having summer vacation. I work all the time and sometimes it feels like my career is sucking the life out of me.

Love: Spending my money however I want.

Gold star for the gif

[mlgnumbers]

Hate: The weight of the responsibility that I feel for my family, my friends, my work, and my community. I'm constantly concerned that I'm doing something wrong or making a detrimental choice.

Love: Adult relationships. The depth and breadth and intimacy and security that I've found in my relationships with friends and family as an adult.

[teraiin]

May 14, 2015 12:42:19 GMT -5 lemoncupcake said:

May 14, 2015 12:34:28 GMT -5 teraiin said:

Hate: Not knowing how to do some things or who to call to get help on some things. I could give examples, but I won't. You're welcome.

Like last month when our garage door came off the rails and got stuck open at midnight and my handy DH was out of town? YouTube for the win! I was on the verge of tears because I couldn't figure out how to fix it. 

Yes, exactly.

Like when I came home from work and tried to use the kitchen faucet and it made a popping noise and water came out in spurts. (Air in the pipes due to construction on nearby water mains).

[Deleted]

Hate: The norm. Bills, laundry, house work.

Love: Being married. Cooking meals, and never having to do dishes (cause my DH is amazing). General freedom. I have a lot more confidence as an adult than I did as a teen.

[Rama]

What do you hate the most about being an independent adult? Responsibilities. Having to work. Not being allowed to eat Trix. The threat of actual, serious consequences looming over my head if I do something wrong/fuck something up. Having to make time to do things with or for people/myself. Setting personal limitations.
What do you love the most? The seemingly limitless options available. Being independent (I even like paying bills, haha). Being able to pull the "eh, fuck it" card. Having the ability to help other people.

[samanthasays]

Love: Being married and having my own family. I love making our own traditions and taking care of our dogs together, I feel like my love is just multiplying every day
Hate: Having to think about retirement from a financial perspective. I am terrified of outliving our $, so I am probably more concerned with retirement than a 28y.o. should be.

[shadesofgold]

Hate: I don't hate the responsibility, but I hate seeing other people my age still acting like children (mooching off their parents, acting a fool, being selfish). We're thirty now, folks.

Love: Knowing who I am and how I want to spend my time. Along those lines, having a career.


EDIT: SPELLING. WTF IS WRONG WITH MY BRAIN TODAY.

[shadesofgold]

May 14, 2015 12:46:03 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

Hate: Since bills has been mentioned a couple times, I'll also say that I hate not having summer vacation. I work all the time and sometimes it feels like my career is sucking the life out of me.

Love: Spending my money however I want.

I wish we had summer vacation back.

[wirt2cute]

Hate: +5 for paying bills and being completely in charge of everything.

Love: Freedom and not having to ask permission to do things.

[pinkcat]

This is a fun question!

Hate: I love owning our own home, but sometimes it seems overwhelming. When something goes wrong, we can't just tell someone else what the problem is- we actually have to fix it.

Another thing that is hard is watching family get older. Seeing my grandparents age so much, as well as my parents, and realizing they won't be here forever- that is really, really sad.

Love: I love being married! I love having "our" house and all of our routines. Getting to do our own firsts together, like first apartment, first pets together, first house, now trying for our first baby...it's all fun. Also, we are remodeling our kitchen- and getting to pick out exactly how I want it is very nice!!

[locopollo]

HATE: having to work... I like what I do, I just don't want to do it every day all day. I remember being younger, maybe 4th grade thinking "only 8 more years till I don't have to go to school every day!!" Work ain't any better younger me

LOVE: having the paycheck to do the things I want...vacation, home improvements, nights out etc. In college I somehow survived on like 20$ a week. Me and my roommate used to split a handle of cheap vodka and then take turns buying pitchers at the bar. If I could only make that work now, I'd be rich!!

[Sammich_Cat]

Hate: Obligations to advancing in my career

Love: Independence to learn (and take classes on) what I want when I want.