When did you realise you were a grown up?

[elliotssong]

I'm 30 and was talking to my friend today about at what point we felt grown up was. For me, it was wanting to stay at home with my kids than going out and suddenly realising that all the people I used to party with when I was a teenager/in my early twenties, who we thought would be friends forever, are not preoccupied with their own children/partners and actively turn down nights to spend time with them.

It crazy that just 6-8 years ago nothing would keep them in and now we are all quite content at home. Does something happen in the brain to cause this? Or is it literally just growing up?

Another thing, years ago I'd have a bottle of wine and be ready to go out for the night. Now I have a bottle of wine and am ready for dinner/sleep.

One day I was at parents night and I was the fuckin parent wtf.

When some children in the street saw me coming by and stopped what they were doing. I was early 20s and I realised I had crossed the line into adulthood in their eyes. It was very weird.

55 and still waiting tbh.

I actually don't think I'm an adult. Im 37 and have a 17 year old. But I'm not an adult.

When I had to buy pants for my dad.

I'm 27 and still don't feel like a grown up yet

I’m nearly 33, two kids, on our own home (well mortgaged). Discussing it at work a few years ago (who I felt was and wasn’t a “proper” adult). I realised the thing connecting the proper adults was that they had hosted Christmas Dinner

I will be getting out of hosting for as long as possible so until then, I shall remain a kid