# I love being an adult. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465 "2013-09-10T01:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/1 "2013-09-10T01:25:28Z")
Today for I walked to work with nothing but cake in my lunch bag. I remember people telling me to enjoy childhood because being an adult is not fun. I disagree. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/2 "2013-09-10T01:27:21Z")
I had pie for breakfast the other day. I was pretty pleased about that. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/3 "2013-09-10T01:31:53Z")
Aye, being an adult totally fucking rocks. But a large part of what rocks is being able to be somewhat childish (or child-like, if you prefer) at times. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/4 "2013-09-10T02:06:39Z")
The worse thing about being a kid was having to go places that I didn’t want to go to, dressed in horrible clothes, with horrible hairstyles, and not being allowed to express any dissent. And always living in fear of being yelled at over some bullshit reason. Those days sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/5 "2013-09-10T03:05:18Z")
I far prefer being an adult over being a child. If people harass and attack me the way I was treated as a child\*, then I can call the cops and have them arrested for it. No “boys will be boys, stop being a tattletale” nonsense. \*Not by my parents, they were fine ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/6 "2013-09-10T03:14:13Z")
I’m drinking a beer in bed while surfing The Dope. Does that count for anything? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/7 "2013-09-10T03:18:00Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > The worse thing about being a kid was having to go places that I didn’t want to go to, dressed in horrible clothes, with horrible hairstyles, and not being allowed to express any dissent. And always living in fear of being yelled at over some bullshit reason. > > Those days sucked. I take it you’re not married, then. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/8 "2013-09-10T03:22:41Z")
being an adult is lame. being a kid was cool cause you could just sit around watching TV all day (that’s what I still do, but now I’m a bad person because of it) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/9 "2013-09-10T03:25:51Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > being an adult is lame. being a kid was cool cause you could just sit around watching TV all day (that’s what I still do, but now I’m a bad person because of it) Not when I was a kid, mon ami. Not when I was a kid. My dad had us working on something every damned weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/10 "2013-09-10T03:32:05Z")
I’m staying up until 2 watching TV. It has its perks. Maybe I’ll have whiskey for dinner thursday. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/11 "2013-09-10T03:38:26Z")
Being an adult means that I get to live in the city that I love, instead of the bland small town of my childhood. Every time I bike to work (past the Jefferson Monument) or a bar with friends (past the Capitol) or to an amazing free show, I’m reminded of just how great it is to be an adult. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/12 "2013-09-10T12:17:37Z")
Yep! You can do pretty much all the stuff you could do as a kid, _plus_ you can do it _drunk_. And you have a better idea of the potential consequences, rather than getting utterly blindsided by them. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/13 "2013-09-10T12:40:19Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m drinking a beer in bed while surfing The Dope. Does that count for anything? Nobody told us there was going to be a quiz. I no longer have to pedal my car. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/14 "2013-09-10T12:51:53Z")
Didn’t like being a child to my human parents, adult and getting away was better but a lot of work and worry, like a lot better being a child of angels who provide for me and my fun without all that pesky work. Being a child is where it is at for me, they can do the adult thing - thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/15 "2013-09-10T12:58:56Z")
What is this “adult” thing you speak of. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/16 "2013-09-10T13:01:20Z")
I remember emailing my mom that I had had a candy bar for breakfast. I said, “I’m an adult. I can do that.” Later, I had a moment when I realized that not only had I spent some Christmas money on new socks and underwear, but that I had been excited at the time to do so. “Free socks and shorts! Score!” ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/17 "2013-09-10T13:22:21Z")
> [@picker](#): > > I take it you’re not married, then. I like to call that “the best of both worlds,” i.e. adult and unencumbered. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/18 "2013-09-10T13:49:50Z")
Indeed. See this bag of cookies? It’s the kind that I like. And I get to eat every one of them all by myself. ---
**Author:** ![Virgil\_Tibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Virgil\_Tibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Virgil_Tibbs)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/19 "2013-09-10T14:26:23Z")
Apparently being an adult gives people the right to consume whatever they like at whatever time they like. Now there’s freedom for you. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465/20 "2013-09-10T14:50:19Z")
As an adult, I can use the bathroom whenever I want, and not be interrogated as to why I didn’t use it later. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-being-an-adult/668465.md?page=2)