Is it fun being an adult?

[Ranger REG]

I have a question to ask you. Is it fun being an adult?

No.

 

[Crothian]

Hell Ya!!! I get to stay up late, eat what ever I want, watch as many hours of TV as I want!!! Of course the freedom has to be balanced by responsibility but the hard work makes the fun...even more fun.

 

[der_kluge]

Yea, it's a balance. I've been fortunate to always have a good job, and have met a wife, who loves me very much, and we have a beautiful, smart healthy daughter who brings great joy to our life.

But, it's no picnic. There are responsibilities, and you have to take care of everything. You have to learn things like what a mortgage is, and what kinds of insurance you need to buy, and arguing with companies when they make a mistake on your bill. Everyone universally hates those things, I think.

And just when you're getting ahead, all the tires on your car need to be replaced, so you get to spend money on things you never, ever thought you'd spend money on. Formula for your baby, tires for your car, toilet plungers, and if you own your own home, decorating supplies, ad nauseum.

It seems overwhelming. I often take stock of where I am, and I feel like I've accomplished a lot in my relatively short adult life, but I've made mistakes along the way. You learn what works, and what doesn't.

And like henry said, I could easily afford hundreds of rule books, or computer equipment or video games nowadays, but I'd be neglecting other important things by doing so. So, I think responsibility means evaluating your needs and choosing wisely.

 

[the Jester]

I'll go beyond saying yes; I'm gonna shout out HELL YEAH!!!

Sure, there's responsability; but taking that responsability, finding out about yourself, growing as a person, all that malalrky, it's all fun. There are rough times and rough edges, but it's all fun.

 

[Django]

And we'll have fun, fun, fun ...

Hell, yeah, it's fun!

I'm free to do as I wish, anytime I wish, and with whomever I wish ... and I am free to face any consequences that may arise. There are no rules set down upon me by my parents. There are no schools that require my presence. I can vote, I can drive, I can marry, I can do all kinds of fun things that were forbidden me as a child.

Occasionally I imagine what it would be like to be able to go back and be a kid again. I would hate it. I didn't have a bad childhood or anything, but having enjoyed the freedoms of being an adult, I could never give them up.

Of course, with great power comes great responsibility: I am employed, I pay my taxes, and I have chosen to follow the laws of the land. Good things all, in my opinion.

 

[PapersAndPaychecks]

I have a question to ask you. Is it fun being an adult?

Growing up's no fun, and growing old's even less fun.

But they're considerably better than the alternatives.

 

[Zander]

So many people remark that their college years are their best years and I've almost decided that they are right.... Really, though, middle and late high school is the best time.

No doubt what you say is true for a lot of people but there are also many for whom it isn't.

There are lots of teens who don't fit in (i.e. gamers ) and are given a rough ride at school.

University can be grim for other reasons. At my BA graduation ceremony the student president of my graduation class said: "I was told that my college years would be the happiest of my life. And every night, before I went to sleep, I prayed that wasn't true." A fair number of new graduates applauded him, myself included.

 

[freebfrost]

Yes, its great!

Yes, there are more responsibilities and decisions and bills and work, but you know what, you make of that what you choose - no one forces you to buy a certain house, or work a certain job. No one makes you stay somewhere - you are free to move wherever your muse takes you. Even with a family.

So before you worry about all the doomsayers and their posts about mortgage payments and worrying about job security, there is so much more to it than that. People sometimes seem so wrapped up in their "adult" lives, that they forget to stop and take stock in all the good things that their life gives them.

Is it a bad thing to understand P&I and escrow payments for your mortgage? Or how much you can contribute to your 401K? Or what paint to use on your bathroom walls? No. Because the process of learning and understanding that is part of the life experience.

And I notice no one is saying that it is a bad thing to have a loving family of your own, or owning your home or choosing where you want to live. Or having disposable income to spend on splatbooks and minis. Or video games.

So while their are higher expectations of responsiblities and duties, there are also proportionally more rewards.

 

[CarlZog]

yes. the answer to your question is 42.

Isn't it always?

 

[diaglo]

Isn't it always?

well not if you live a Logan's Run life. then it is 31. iirc.


used to have a shirt back in my younger days that said something like i'm so happy here i could just.... splat.

and a hat that read talk to Da Judge.


short term memory is the first thing to go when you get old. but then again i don't remember.