# The "My bumpy transition into adulthood" MMP - and how was yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 9, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882 "2009-11-09T05:06:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/21 "2009-11-09T18:25:34Z")
43 in two weeks. Still having lifelong career, family, intimacy and depression issues, so still bumping along. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/22 "2009-11-09T18:59:25Z")
\*\*Doggio \*\*and \*\*Kopek \*\*-- me three! I mean, sure, I have three kids a wife and a job and we two earn our keep and raise the kids… But that’s really just window dressing. Truth is, deep inside there’s still a kid who would love to cast the shackles and go on a world-wide trek. I hope I never outgrow the feeling 🙂 As for transitioning – I finished high-school early, so I got to play at being “student” for two years before having to make up my mind… so by the time I had to go into the IDF I knew that I wanted to defer my service for (our equivalent of) ROTC, and I knew the field I wanted to study – Computer Science. Got through college with flying colors (not straight A’s but not too far below that); did my stint in the IDF (air force); stayed on a few years as a pro; finally left for the private sector in 1993, when I already had one wife, one apartment w/ mortgage and one kid; and I’ve been working in the private sector, as a Software Engineer, ever since. So I guess you might say I grew up effortlessly as a smooth process – or that I never really had to grow up, because I’ve never really had to face the music in any meaningful way. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/23 "2009-11-09T20:28:09Z")
I went right from high school to college, but it was a mistake for me. I mostly survived the first year, but since I was a commuting student riding my bike from home to the campus, it was an expensive version of high school. Plus I’d chosen a women’s college with a really good reputation where I never fit in socially. Most of my classmates had cars, nice clothes, no jobs, and daddies with fat checkbooks. Any wonder I visited a Navy recruiter before the second semester was out? I think my real transition began in bootcamp - I found confidence and a direction for my life. Suddenly, I was making decisions without letting Mom and Dad guide me. And yeah, writing the first rent check a year and a half later was a dose of adulthood. Oddly enough, tho, it didn’t hit me that I was an adult till my 37th birthday. I don’t know what it was about that number, but it suddenly hit me that I wasn’t a kid any longer. But, oddly, at 55, I don’t feel too different from that day 18 years ago. So I guess I’m still an adult and not a geezer, despite what a certain \*\*bear \*\*might suggest… 😛 **FCD** ’s procedure went OK, but I found out he’s got to have 2 more done in the next 4 weeks. Hope it eases his pain. Poor baby. Broken week this week, since Weds is Veteran’s Day. I can deal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/24 "2009-11-09T21:08:13Z")
Huh. You just made me realize that I completely glossed over bootcamp and Officer Training… Which is natural to me because the former is something _everybody_ here does, and the latter is something many of my peers did, as well… Different place, different culture, different rites of passage. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/25 "2009-11-09T21:45:56Z")
**MOOOOOOM** you might as well get use to sayin’ 56 cause you’re closer to that than I am. 😛 I have sad news. My washing machine has bit the dust. It won’t spin. Alas. However, the poor thing is twenty years old, so I guess it had to happen eventually. I’ve never had to have it repaired. I had to buy a new dryer six years ago but washer was just pluggin’ along until today. So now I get to go buy a new one. I looked at Sear’s online. Dearly departed washer is a Kenmore. Interestingly enough, they have what looks like to be a nice Maytag on sale cheaper than the Kenmore that’s the same capacity. I know basically the Sear’s brand (Kenmore) is likely a Maytag or a GE. Anywho, I’m goin’ to Sears in a few minutes to look. If’n I find one I’m goin’ to pay Sears to deliver it and take away the old one. I can do all that myself, with the help of OYKW but this is one of those times when I feel the checkbook is my best tool. RIP washing machine. _Sniff_ You were a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/26 "2009-11-09T21:49:17Z")
I’ve been on my own since age 17 but the moment I felt like a true adult was when I got a concert ticket to see my all-time favourite band. In Cleveland, OH. I live in Ontario, Canada. I realized then, as I planned my all-by-myself trip to make my lifelong dream come true, that I am now an ADULT and can go and do whatever I want without asking my parent’s permission. It was a wonderful feeling. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/27 "2009-11-09T22:04:01Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] I know basically the Sear’s brand (Kenmore) is likely a Maytag or a GE. [/QUOTE] More likely, a Whirlpool or Electrolux. There’s really only four major appliance manufacturers left - LG, Whirlpool, GE and Electrolux. LG makes LG. GE makes GE. Electrolux makes [Frigidaire and a raft of others](http://www.electrolux.com/national_consumer_brands.aspx) that you won’t find at Sears. Whirlpool makes [just about everything else](http://www.whirlpool.com/custserv/other_sites.jsp). Sad to say, but Maytag’s gone down a bit in quality since they were bought by Whirlpool. We’re completely smitten by our LG front-loaders. In a perfect world, you’ll come back from Sears and tell us that you bought an LG front-load washer and will be getting a couple hundred dollars in utility rebates. Ours completely paid itself off within two years for the reduced water and gas usage. Not just paid off the difference over a top-loader, but paid off completely. Now, it pays us. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/28 "2009-11-09T22:08:54Z")
We’ve stayed waaaaaaaaaaay too on topic today. So I’m going off-track. I want a new ring. Does anyone have any comments/suggestions/preferences between these three: [Spiral](http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34117625&ref=cat3_list_21) [Leaves](http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31613256&ref=cat3_list_18) [Greek key pattern](http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33430184&ref=cat3_list_13) Re: washers. We’ve got a GE front loader, and unlike **gotti** , I don’t really like it. It takes _at least_ an hour to do a load, where all the top-loaders I’ve had can do a load in 20 min. It’s efficient in terms of water and detergent, not in time. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/29 "2009-11-09T22:38:13Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > So how was your transition to “adulthood?” I’m still going through that transition (at almost-30). I’ll let you know how it works out. RIP **swampy** ’s washer. I like the Greek ring, **taxi**. But then, I’m a bit partial to Greek design on jewelry, especially the meander pattern. I stopped by Hotel Eyesore today after work/coffee. They finally opened today. I chatted with the former Morning Front Desk Lady (I’m the new Morning Front Desk Lady, apparently) and the Former Relief Night Audit Guy (now a front desk manager). They were all bubbly and cheerful. I’m glad for them. Unlike some people at Duckwood, I hope it works out for them. There are some good people over there and they don’t deserve to have their dreams ruptured. All those @#$@%@# who quit without notice on the busiest day of October can fall flat on their faces, though. Totally classless. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/30 "2009-11-09T22:52:37Z")
I’ll go with a top load machine mainly because it fits the space in my laundry room best. Oh and I did not go to Sear’s tonight. It’s lookin’ ick out. I do believe rain is on the way. Besides, I will be within two blocks of Sear’s tomorrow due to work so I can go then. Plus also, instead I went to some friends’ house and now have approximately thirty pounds of fresh tomatoes. Yeah, I know. We shall be tomato eatin’ fools the rest of the week and a bunch will get made into some sketti sauce and possibly a batch of chili. I could blanch and can some (I know how!) but I think I’d rather make sauce or chili and freeze it. They’re both good things to have around. **taxi** I second the Greek ring. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/31 "2009-11-09T22:56:50Z")
Another vote for the Greek pattern, **taxi**! I think I may be over the stomach flu, more or less. I cooked a dinner of chicken and vegetables last night and have managed to keep it down, so I’m being cautiously optimistic. It’s November but the weather’s ridiculously warm. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/32 "2009-11-09T23:10:07Z")
My transition to adulthood was immediate and unexpected. I legally emancipated when I was 17 and became instantly financially responsible for myself. I was a senior in high school. I will never forget the moment when I realized I was really going to go through with it. I grabbed a notebook and wrote down a list of everything I would need to do: -Find full time job -Medicaid -Court papers -Open new checking account -Transfer car title etc. Childhood over. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/33 "2009-11-09T23:16:11Z")
I didn’t start college until I’d been in the military, married and had a child. I worked 20 hours a week, cared for my 2 year old and my husband, while carrying a full load of classes. My GPA was 3.8, only because I, stupidly, took a beginning piano class, getting C+ because I (duh) had no time to practice. So, I guess that shows being a bit more mature translates to better grades. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/34 "2009-11-09T23:17:49Z")
I am still fighting with it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/35 "2009-11-09T23:20:45Z")
I’m gonna buck the trend and say the Triple Band one, **taxi** , but you should take that with a grain of salt because I have an irrational dislike of Greek patterns (and Greek men, but that’s not irrational because it’s based on a nasty past experience… however, I have no such issues with Greek food). Speaking of being a grownup, the dishes piled up while I was partying away the weekend, as The Boy worked the whole time. Poor thing. And since grownups should know that there is no such thing as a Housework Fairy, I suppose that means I must go do some dishes. Botheration. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/36 "2009-11-09T23:22:14Z")
in all honesty, **taxi** , none of those are really my style - is there a store where you can try them on? because sometimes pretty in a photo might not be so pretty on a hand. If I had to make a choice tho, I’d say the greek key. hmmm - transitioning to adulthood. Well, I did go to college right after high school because that’s how my family worked. During my senior year, my sister became very ill, and passed away within a year after I graduated. I was numb and foggy during that time, then I avoided dealing with my grief by acting immature in many ways (though I was working for Dad, and did help around the house). Even after I moved out 2 years later, I couldn’t classify who I was then as an “adult”. It wasn’t I declared bankruptcy in (I think it was) 1989 did I shake off the cloud of irresponsibility and start taking hold of my life. And it wasn’t until a year later, when I had my folks over for dinner, and they saw that I was fine on my own, that they saw me as an adult. My brother tells me it wasn’t until he actually bought a dining room table that he got that acknowledgement from our Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/37 "2009-11-09T23:40:50Z")
Aw hell. I just found out my BFF from high school’s mom died back in October. Speaking of transitions to adulthood, that was my big one. She offered to help me take over a small country when my mom died, I’m returning the favor now. Look out Lichtenstein! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/38 "2009-11-10T00:59:25Z")
Hey **taxi** , this might be irrelevant, but I really like Christina Guenther’s work and she seems like a decent person, too. I’ve never bought anything from her, but I’d like to someday. Well, I’ll just say that it was a long day after it finally got started this afternoon and I’m glad to be home now. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/39 "2009-11-10T01:05:31Z")
My day is just beginning! :: grumble :: I got an email about a meeting I have to attend from 2:30 to 7pm. :dubious: What kind of meeting lasts over 4 hours? I’m going to be bored out of my mind. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882/40 "2009-11-10T01:09:33Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > My day is just beginning! :: grumble :: > > I got an email about a meeting I have to attend from 2:30 to 7pm. :dubious: What kind of meeting lasts over 4 hours? I’m going to be bored out of my mind. maybe it’s really a surprise party for someone who has been promoted or is retiring? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-my-bumpy-transition-into-adulthood-mmp-and-how-was-yours/516882.md?page=3)