Writer’s Workshop: Being An Adult

5.) List the 6 best things about being an adult.

I was talking with someone recently about how now that we’re grown ups we look around at our peers and see we’re all still a bunch of children.

We happened to age, perhaps we got degrees specializing in certain fields, but beneath it all none of us really know what the hell we’re doing.

Our toys are fancier, our bedtimes are later, and suddenly we have the authority to pretty much do whatever we damn well please, but at the end of the day we just want to have fun. We want to go on vacation, we get giddy about girls nights and new shoes, and we still complain about having to get up too early.

We’re giant children.

Which is exactly why, aside from the weight gain (gah to be 55 pounds again!) and influx of responsibilities, I LOVE being an adult!!

OMG, we can do whatever we WANT you guys!!

Here are my top 6 best things about being an adult!:

1. Everyone in my house has to do what I say.

I try not to take advantage of this serious power trip, but it IS kind of nice to call a child down from bed so that they can get the remote for you when it’s clear on the other side of the room!

2. We eat what I’m hungry for.

Didn’t you HATE it when you were starving and you were all “Mom what’s for dinner?” and she’d be all “Rice Pudding” and you’d be all “Nooooooo!!!!” Guess what? We NEVER eat rice pudding EVER at my house! It’s awesome.

3. Credit Cards!

These people just HAND me cards filled with money and I can buy new clothes for everyone! You want to go to the mall in a limo? You got it! We can do whatever we want because these cards make me rich!

4. Who wants a puppy?

I remember begging my Mom for YEARS about getting a puppy or a kitten or a pony and now? I don’t have to ask anyone! I want it, it’s mine!

5. Trashy TV!

My parents were pretty disgusted with Three’s Company. At least, they acted like they were whenever the show aired. It was not permitted in our house and there were a variety of shows that were deemed inappropriate for us kids. When you’re an adult you get to watch all the sexually explicit TV you want and there is TONS of it. I’ve definitely made up for lost time! Thank you MTV!

6. Special Requests!

Adults can get people to do things for them just by acting like an authority figure. More specifically, I learned this sentence, “Hmmm, you know that’s not going to work for me…do you have a manager I can speak with?” and it works wonders! You want the nuts removed from your peanut buster parfait? You want a refund on a purchase paid in full only to see it on sale a month later? That sentence is all you need. I don’t know what it is about managers, but if the threat of asking to see one doesn’t get the desired result than actually speaking with one typically WILL. Managers are awesome! Because they don’t care…they just want you to go away happy so that you don’t cause a raucous on Twitter. You might look like a jerk pulling the “I’d like to speak with your manager” card, but it’s worth it.

Being an adult is AWESOME…what’s your favorite part?

Now it’s your turn!

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The Prompts:

1.) Share what you were blogging about last year at this time…what has changed?
2.) What do childhood rhymes even mean? Write something that includes a rhyme you used to sing or say when you were a child. (inspired by writingfix.com)
3.) Do you have a green thumb? Tell us what kind of gardener you are!
4.) This one time I was sleeping and…
5.) List the 6 best things about being an adult.