# Your "I'm a grown-up now" moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692 "2012-12-21T01:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/121 "2013-01-06T04:48:01Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Oh, god yes. I have a fourteen year old cousin. The other day when I called home, and he picked up, I swear for a minute I thought I was talking to his father, my uncle. But then I remembered that my uncle passed away a few years ago. It’s crazy to me how his son could bring back his memory in an instant. You want a weird moment - my uncle (my dad’s oldest brother) died some years ago and his wife never learned to cope. And by “never learned to cope” I mean “didn’t know where they banked”. So anyway, maybe six or seven years later,when of course she was living with their kids, we went to visit and oh god, when my dad came through the door her face would have killed stronger men than all our strength put together, because for a minute she thought it was her husband. She died only maybe a year later, of nothing particular but I’d have noted it “failure to thrive”. But I’ll never forget her “I thought you were TW…” my god. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/122 "2013-01-06T05:00:29Z")
Hmm, lemme think: 1. Had an intervention for my mom when she was having trouble with prescription meds. 2. Found an old pair of Air Jordan’s in the closet and threw them away. (Series 2, not worth much as a collectable.) 3. Stopped living paycheck to paycheck and started saving money. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/123 "2013-01-06T05:18:30Z")
1. In my mid-20’s, I had this find memory of having a bike and being able to ride far away from home. And I suddenly realized I could do it times 10. I bought a bike, some very light camping gear, and started heading out on my own, going hundreds of miles and camping out at night. 2. When I had my first job where I had no backup, no one to ask for advice or help in my little area of expertise. If I didn’t know something I had to research it myself. If I couldn’t do something, I had to recognize it in advance and hire someone else to come in to do it. Everywhere I had been before, I was part of a team, and not the last word on anything. But in this job, I was the expert, and I took it very seriously. 3. When my barber suggested I needed my eyebrows trimmed. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/124 "2013-01-06T06:10:10Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > That’s the spirit! 🙂 You’ve been here long enough to where you should know by now that it’s against the rules to modify quote boxes. Do not do this again. ---
**Author:** ![Sevencl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sevencl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevencl)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/125 "2013-01-06T06:24:28Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Really? I find a lot of sly fun in Diana Wynne Jones. Of course, I’m a public librarian and try to stay up with YA lit (and can enjoy the stuff I liked again without shame, because professional) and a lot is bad now, but the “classics” (even at the time young classics) hold up, and I’d consider her some of that. Yeah, it’s for a younger audience, but I don’t feel like it’s too dumb for me - a nod and a wink, rather. It’s not that I think it’s dumb. I didn’t read much of DWJ - just Dogsbody and HMC as far as I recall - but HMC was one of my favourite books for ages. It was like Shrek before Shrek was a thing. I think I just outgrew the level of writing and can’t go back now. It’s so easy it doesn’t demand my attention, so I end up losing interest. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/126 "2013-01-06T10:46:39Z")
I am sick. I have to suck it up and keep going because no one will feed me, look after my animals ofr tell me it’ll be ok. Just me (mind you as a kid I didn’t get much of that either) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/127 "2013-01-06T12:58:50Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > it’s against the rules to modify quote boxes. Editing a quote box (as I did here) is against the rules? I know changing/adding words is verboten, but editing? ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/128 "2013-01-07T01:59:13Z")
Video games - Years after both parents gave up in despair trying to get me to lose interest in electronic silliness…I lost interest in electronic silliness. Seriously, my Dreamcast, PS2 and Wii have been gathering dust for _months_ now, and I can barely find a reason to turn on the XBox 360 nowadays. Don’t get me started on the arcades (what’s left of them). I’ll put in a few minutes of blasting monsters or hammering out a dance routine when I can, but my days of all-night sessions are long over. It’s reached the point where watching other people play video games is FAR more enjoyable than playing them myself. Oh dear. More on this in a future Game Room thread. Message boards - I’ve made peace with GameFAQs (pretty much the last of the truly execrable message boards that are still up), I’m not the least bit bothered by YouTube comments, and…well, I don’t go to Wrestlecrap anymore since RD Reynolds’ “Yeah, I don’t know either, dude” rut. I barely remember what Improfanfic was all about, just that a bunch of guys were _waaaaay_ too into it. Work - Completely dialed in now. Stupid tenants don’t bother me anymore, which is good, because I’m now regularly dealing with them face to face. Can take criticism without getting upset. Sports - Lost interest. At best it’s frivolous entertainment, at worst it’s an outright scam. NOT interested in any of the controversies. Annika Sorenstam in a men’s tournament? Hey, good luck, kid. No-hitter lost on stupid ticky-tack hit? It happens. Bottom line, if it’s something that 1. mistakes can never be corrected, 2. but we’re still supposed to accept the result as 100% legitimate, include me out. Television - Nothing on TV interests me anymore. I tried getting back into The Simpsons; didn’t happen. Revolution left me cold. Watched Stars Earn Stripes and that’s the last I need to see of that. When is Hell’s Kitchen back on? Who knows? Driving - I’ve had enough close calls. Now I always make sure to leave a _lot_ of room at freeway speeds, because a lot of room can become very little room _very_ quickly. I value fuel efficiency and reliability over anything else. I’m sometimes impressed with how much power my Corolla has. Basically, I’ve reached the point where kicking back with a nice Web article or gamebook and listening to music other than the pop tripe constantly emanating from the radio, with maybe a workout on the elliptical machine, is vastly more enjoyable than all that crazy stuff I did as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/129 "2013-01-07T02:05:43Z")
I stopped on the way to work to buy smokes. I looked up at the store’s video monitor whose camera was aimed from behind me- funny, I didn’t notice the clearly balding guy behind me- Look right, no one’s there Look left, no one’s there Turn 360 degrees: OMG, I’m BALD! Well, balder than I thought I was- all my male ancestors on both sides of the family were bald, so this wasn’t unexpected. It just jarred me that I wasn’t young any more. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/130 "2013-01-07T04:50:53Z")
I had one tonight at the grocery store when I bought some more oregano. I felt such pride in the fact that I not only had bought oregano in the past, but I had also used it AND felt confident that I would want to do so in the future. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/131 "2013-01-07T14:27:36Z")
NM. Wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/132 "2013-01-07T14:35:50Z")
Did I really say I was 35 in my post up there…? I’m 37. I was thinking of how old I was when Mom died. Another sign of impending old age I guess. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/133 "2013-01-07T14:42:50Z")
At least you haven’t reached the point where you’re posting in the wrong threads. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/134 "2013-01-07T21:25:14Z")
I told my mother that I was excited for January 6th so I could clean out my tupperware cupboard while husband and son were at school/work for the day. “And soak the Foreman Grill plates and get all the sticky hardened grease off them.” But my "I’m a grownup moment happened when, after the first time I had strep throat in university, I have made it a standing policy to always have ginger-ale, soup and jello in the house in case I am sick and no one will be around to bring me some. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692/135 "2013-01-08T14:00:55Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Editing a quote box (as I did here) is against the rules? I know changing/adding words is verboten, but editing? What you did there is not what he did. You didn’t take any things out in the middle of the quote so that it can take on new meaning, you just snipped it (which is fine). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-im-a-grown-up-now-moments/644692.md?page=6)