What bits of adulthood do you find shit?

[Iwonder777]

Mine is shopping - specially food shopping.

There not being another adult to refer shit to.

Washing machine broke, me.
Kids pee poo on, around but not in the toilet, me.
Picking up the endless trail of crap left by the kids, me.
Mowing the sodding grass, me.
Putting away the washing, me.
Washing up, me.
Clearing up the broken plates when I get a kid to wash up, me.
Cleaning a room and coming back an hour later to utter devastation, me.
Not being able to even use the toilet without someone wanting something, me.

It's just so bloody shite.

My slow metabolism and my achy joints. I can't eat what I like (as I used to), and I can't exercise it off.

And tax returns.

Today I hate everything. But most days it's the having to remember everything. Why is it so incessant ?

Anything to do with cars. Buying, servicing, fuelling, insurance. All of it.

Nah, I like all of it.

I don't get hit with a fucking metre stick or punched in the side of the head.

I can eat nice food whenever and however much I like.

I can put the heating on and be warm.

I can wear shoes that fit me and throw away ones that don't.

The house is clean and rubbish is thrown away, rather than hoarded.

I can sit in the house with all the lights off and no sound from three radios and a TV at once.

The person I live with actually likes me. Loves me, too, which is an endless novelty to me.

I already had achy joints, but now I can sleep in a bed that's comfortable, rather than a knackered mattress on the floor where my bed was taken away and burned as punishment for leaving a cup underneath it once.

I have curtains and on demand hot water. I can take 2 showers and a bath in one day, rather than one bath a week in the middle of puberty.

No constant stream of sexism, verbal abuse or 'you know me, I'm not racialist, but..'

This grown up lark isn't all bad, you know.

@MuchTooTired

The constant repetitiveness of it. I reach the bottom of the laundry basket, feel like I am a superhero then realise that I’m wearing clothes which will need washing at the end of the day. Same for all housework tasks.

When I was a kid, I thought being a grown up was going to be staying up late and unlimited ice cream. To say it’s been a disappointment is an understatement!

And definitely this.

Having to pay for stuff just in case - insurance for the house, the cat, union dues.

Endless mopping, sweeping, and wiping.

Work.

For some reason I particularly hate giving the cat fresh water every day, because she only ever drinks manky rainwater from the lid of the wheelie bin, never clean, fresh water from her actual dish. I sneak water in her wet food just in case the bin doesn’t appeal, and that doesn’t bother me at all.

The thing I dislike about being an adult, well, specifically a parent, is not being able to just come home and lie down if I'm tired. Even when you're unwell you have to keep going for your kids. They still need to be looked after, fed, put to bed, brought to school etc.

Being in charge all the time
Having to remember everyone’s stuff
Deciding what to make for dinner every night.

Taking the car to the garage. Even if it's just for a service. I always feel simultaneously responsible and inadequate.
I drove past a farm sign advertising 'Cider and new potatoes', and suddenly I wanted nothing more than for there to be someone to sit me down and bring me cider and potatoes. I don't even especially like cider. I just wanted to be fed without being responsible for the entire process for a change.

Deciding what people want to each at each and every meal as they “don’t mind”. Shopping for it, cooking it. Boring.

Cleaning.

Food.

Shopping for food.
Choosing what to cook.
Cooking food.
Cleaning up after food.

100% what @juni said!

Not being able to be ill. When I was a kid and you’re sick I got to stay in bed and be fussed over. Last week I had a migraine with an afternoon of vomiting and still had to do bedtime in the evening and entertain my bloody mil the next day - cook a meal for her etc because she just won’t ever piss off! Nobody cares if you need to rest.

People you love getting sick and dying. I am so fed up with this.

@MitziK, 💜💜💜

Having to remember everything
Watching my amazing mum die
Domestic drudgery

Again. Hear hear.

I agree OP, food shopping.
Planning what to have for 3 meals a day, every day, shopping for ingredients/snacks/drinks and then preparing/cooking the bastard meals is just so mind-numbingly tedious.

Being the grown up is horrible. The one everyone comes to when things go tits up, the crushing responsibility.

It's pretty shit all round.

Having to make decisions and solve problems seemingly for every other person I know or have to deal with.

Hoovering the stairs.

The part where you have to wake up and then realise your responsibilities weren’t a dream
Paying bills and going to work to pay said bills until you die/retire, nothing’s fun anymore unless you’re into nights out and have tons of friends, it’s lonely being a single mum and not having anyone there for you, the school run and having to be a sensible mature adult all the time

Deciding what to make for dinner every bloody day.

Feeding other people. Meal planning, shopping, cooking, cleaning up, but worst of all knowing that at least one of them won't like it. If i was rich the first thing i would do is hire a chef to do all the above.

And getting older, that can fuck right off too.

constantly cleaning, washing and ironing. I don't mind the rest.