20 adulthood surprises to which we are not prepared
A Life / / December 19, 2019
1. Lose friends easily, and find - difficult
Stories about ten classmates, who were friendly to the gray hair is likely to remain only in the movies. In a not very fine day you find that lost contact with many of those with whom you shared the most intimate. And all the new friends - these are your colleagues. Because as an adult you have neither the time nor the inclination to get involved in the adventure, since you in general are tired of the people.
2. Will have to develop a system of self assessment
As a child, you get used to that next to you is always a moderator of your behavior. Teacher exposes assessment, parents give candy or belt. And you learn to balance between personal interests and attempts to please the adult, but you can see the frame, in which case, why can return.
In adult life benchmarks will be much smaller and will have to develop internal evaluation system. For some things you no praise or scold, and you have to know yourself what is acceptable and what is not, continue to respect themselves.
3. With age, the doctors fear persists
Previously, you were afraid of the doctor, because he looked you in the mouth and made a painful injection. Over the years, the fear is not passed, just cause for panic was over.
4. The body will be treacherous issue your age
From the point of view of the social life of 25 - is the new 18, 30 years, life has just begun, and do not dare call the sixty-year old men and old women. But your body will think otherwise. One day - and quite early - you feel with him that something was wrong. In a few years you will know exactly what happened to him is not something, and realize that more will only get worse. You will have a first aid kit with medicines for all occasions, and you'll know exactly where is your MHI policy.
5. Your metabolism changes
No matter how much you can eat and not get better: a handful or a bucket. With age, you have to eat less to save weight because the metabolism slow.
6. It is impossible to feel old enough
The argument 'when I grow up "will never lose its relevance, just one day he would be ashamed to say aloud. No miracle will happen on the day when you turn 18, 21, 30 years. Just one day you will find yourself in a difficult situation, decide to ask for help from adults and realize that most adults here - it's you.
7. Even a dream job - it is primarily the work of
Things that you love, will sometimes annoy you, and work is also a concern. Position dreams will require more effort and take huge amount of time. Excellent work from a work is different in that you will at least sometimes feel happyI am thinking about what you do.
8. People begin to climb in less than your life
Hopes that with age you finally cease to teach, will not be justified. Everything will continue to assume that they know best how you live. Only if used for the approval was good enough to learn and do not dye your hair in the green, but now the list of public expectations will not fit in a notebook 48 sheets. At least people will think that you are somehow interested to know their opinion.
9. You will find the gaps in technological literacy
You may be surprised how much you like the fact that the parents have not learned how to write SMS, exactly as long as find themselves behind the teen a few steps. After all, why develop a new technology when the old works fine?
10. You will dream about privacy
A little bit of adult life, and funny holiday in Ibiza no longer be a priority in vacation plans. Your choice - a remote village somewhere in the forests of Finland, but rather on the Moon, and that there was no mobile phone.
11. You understand that all are mortal
None of your relatives is not the name of MacLeod, so you always knew that sooner or later the parents will die, and your life one end. But with age, this fact goes from the field of knowledge was keenly aware of the inevitability. You'll commiserate friends to receive reports of death classmates, read the news and know that every moment of your life may be the last.
12. Successful pop stars and football younger than you
In many professions and 13 years old - the age when it is already too late to start. But you continued to secretly hope that you will meet on the street model scout and speechless by the beauty and fascination that domestic football will grow into something more. And then you suddenly find that even scandalous TV show participants younger than you, not to mention the real rising stars.
13. Good grades in school and college does not guarantee a successful career
Red Covers education documents do not guarantee anything. Your diploma will look only in the state structures, because they are strictly regulated by the hiring procedure. The commercial company it is important to have a date a set of skills and knowledge. And it is likely that yesterday's Losers will be led by honors and not to pull, but because they really know best what to do.
14. You can not buy everything
As a child, it seems that if the money my parents had in your pocket, then you would have bought a puppy and teddy, and model of the tank, and trendy jeans and the latest computer models, and everything that I want. But, first of all, with age you realize that everything you just do not have. Secondly, you do not need plush puppy and model of the tank.
15. You can eat sweet for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but will not be
Sweets - expensive pleasure. They are more affordable than vegetables and quality meat. But you will often have chicken with buckwheat instead of chocolates, because now all know about calories and the impact of obesity on health.
16. You can throw out the ice cream because it is tasteless
Even your favorite goodies section for you to tasty and tasteless. For a complete happiness to you is no longer simply an ice cream, you need the most.
17. Love is not necessarily one for life
Parting with first love, you will experience very difficult. Most likely, even decide that such strong feelings no longer experience. However, you'll fall in love again and feel very happy.
18. Birthday is not so jolly holiday
Even if you are not experiencing any complexes about the inevitable maturation and openly call his age around are dozens of people who are able to overshadow any holiday. They will say that your year it was time to do, and that is now forbidden to joke about the old man's wrinkles and gray hair, suggest a quick walk to the cemetery. And when you say that if a bike after 40 will understand, if you wear a mini-skirt, and after 25 years of travel, you would find a cad. So the birthday celebration will be especially unpleasant communications.
19. You can long remain without a family and does not suffer from this
As a child, it seems that 25 years - it is a deep old age, and this time you need to create a family and have children. In this case, at almost any age, you may find that not yet done so and do not suffer.
20. Bad forecasts parents do not come true
Your life will consist of at least normal: the apartment is not zarastot mud, you will find a normal job, and can be responsible.
And what are the things of adult life came as a surprise to you? Share in the comments.
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