Biggest let down when you became an adult

lazygal

What things did you believe/want/aspire to as a child that were a total let down as an adult?

I thought it would be great to have a car and be able to drive everywhere, but the costs of petrol, insurance, tax and maintenance are denting the dream.

The King of Moo

I thought adults would generally be intelligent.

Balmed Out

I really looked forward to drinking legally in pubs but it really just took a lot of the thrill out of it.

I thought my boobs would be bigger.

Tesco Massacre

Well, when I was a kid I fully expected to be an astronaut or a fire truck when I grew up, so adulthood has been a crushing disappointment for me thus far.

keano_afc

Voting.

MickySticks

Having a hairy arse, gone are the days of my youth when one clean wipe would suffice.

themadchef

As a child i suppose the only time i got post was on my birthday. Happy cash filled cards from loving, far away Aunts who couldint smother you with slobbery kisses, Heaven.

Growing up meant getting post, proper post I didint realise at the time it meant bills.

Fúck you mista postman, you dream killer.

mfceiling

Biggest let down...my erection

number10a

No let down in my adult life will ever compare to turning six and having to move onto Calpol 6+. Bleurgh!! The stuff is rank. Still, I suppose as an adult being bigger and all, I could probably drink a whole bottle of Calpol next time I have a headache!

The Davestator

I thought I'd have waaaaay more one night stands

The King of Moo

The Davestator wrote: »

I thought I'd have waaaaay more one night stands

PM sent.

I_smell_fear

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

Well, when I was a kid I fully expected to be an astronaut or a fire truck when I grew up, so adulthood has been a crushing disappointment for me thus far.

A cardboard box and a bit of imagination, you could be the best darn fire truck in town! makeawishfoundation.com

Swampy

I wanted to be a multi-millionaire, have a massive mansion and a stretched limo. Epic Fail.

Rocky_Dennis

When I was younger, I was told you get better looking as you get older, fcuking liars:mad:

Duggys Housemate

my astronaut plans have come to nothing.

jokettle

I thought the primary school-level bitchiness would die off, as being a grown-up surely meant gaining maturity.

Nope.

Tesco Massacre

I_smell_fear wrote: »

A cardboard box and a bit of imagination, you could be the best darn fire truck in town! makeawishfoundation.com

There'll be no need for that, I've already fulfilled my real wish in life. I don't really want to go into detail but I had to have my bottom ribs removed to make it happen.

Totally worth it.

Rich11

the economy... the year i was leaving school was when the s**t started hitting the fan:(

KKkitty

Making my own decisions. When I was a teenager I couldn't wait to do my own thing and now that I'm an adult I'm the most indecisive person ever.

cocoshovel

jokettle wrote: »

I thought the primary school-level bitchiness would die off, as being a grown-up surely meant gaining maturity.

Nope.

Just avoid those who havent matured?

TeddyTedson

I thought I'd have all the answers.
To be honest life isn't working out the way I wanted it to really so life in general, but **** it, it's the weekend now.

Carter P Fly

The King of Moo wrote: »

I thought adults would generally be intelligent.

Same here, they really aren't.

ShaneScouse

I thought I'd be about 8feet tall. Other then that just jobs/careers not being what you thought, and the fact no matter what the job monday morning still sucks. And that constant feeling of waiting to wake up one morning feeling 'adulty' and all grown up instead of a kid/teenager thats just got very old and kinda wants to be young again, Im pretty sure every adult is just a kid pretending

jokettle

cocoshovel wrote: »

Just avoid those who havent matured?

Oh that's done, it's just a bit disappointing that some people have the "If you're MY friend, then you can't be HER friend!" mentality in their mid-20s!

ihsb

I thought my life would become perfect as soon as I hit 18. at 23 I am still waiting. I still cannot drive, I live at home, I haven't travelled as much as I wanted too, my love life isn't where I thought it would be. Basically, I think I was much better of as a child... about 8.

ejmaztec

All those fuckin bills start arriving as soon as the flow of pocket-money dries up, and you have to get on the jobs treadmill until you die to pay for em.

tempura

Marriage.

cena

AS A kid I wanted to join the nypd or play for the mighty ducks. Didn't happen.

Frank Black

I was pretty sure teleportation would have been invented by now.

Professey Chin

Tax. Looking at all that money just disappearing into the abyss

sheesh

ye know the whole having a job, girlfriend /wife, kids self respect thing

I have to say it did not turn out as I imagined at all.

token101

I'll be avoiding the bullet that is marraige, kids, and settling down until it becomes an unavoidable hail of machine gun fire.

cocoshovel

jokettle wrote: »

Oh that's done, it's just a bit disappointing that some people have the "If you're MY friend, then you can't be HER friend!" mentality in their mid-20s!

I know how you feel. There are actually a lot of people in their 20's who still have the mentality of an angsty teen. I try not to pay attention to it.

krudler

that crap sex exists, wouldn't have thunk it as a teenager

mightdomighty

cocoshovel wrote: »

Just avoid those who havent matured?

Difficult, if you have to work with them :mad:

doomed

Me

Jesus Shaves

Not all women have bodies like pamela anderson, Fuk you Baywatch

Defiler Of The Coffin

Moving away from home and losing touch with friends. When you're young you think the good times will never stop. Post-college life can involve a lot of adjustment and rebuilding of social circles. It did for me anyway.

Eathrin

I always wanted to be really tall, now that I am I hate it.

not yet

My flute didn't get bigger.

Deus Ex Machina

I'm surprised and let down by how many people seem to define adulthood as actively pursuing unhappiness at every possible opportunity. Where is it written that you have to be a dull cunt with a boring job and a failed marriage just because you're 35?

Satts

I thought I would be able to slap women I don't know on the ass in the street and they would love it, boy was I wrong about that .

Duggys Housemate

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I'm surprised and let down by how many people seem to define adulthood as actively pursuing unhappiness at every possible opportunity. Where is it written that you have to be a dull cunt with a boring job and a failed marriage just because you're 35?

I don't think people planned it.

some random drunk

Working a long day. Feeling tired. Coming home. Feeling tired. Eating a frozen pizza. Feeling tired. Watching a bit of tv, then going to bed. Repeat over and over.

bronte

I expected to feel like an adult.
Like I had it all figured out and was all sophisticated or something.
I still feel like a big kid. I prefer it this way tbh.

Sea Filly

I think the getting to college and no longer being one of the smartest in your year/class/whatever and realising there are people out there who are far more intelligent is a bit of a shocker for a lot of people. It was for me anyway.

Canis Lupus

bronte wrote: »

I expected to feel like an adult.
Like I had it all figured out and was all sophisticated or something.
I still feel like a big kid. I prefer it this way tbh.

Expanding on this.. Always remember when I was a teenager that someone who was 30+ was an 'adult'. Now I'm 31 and I don't feel like an adult at all. Also when I see 18yr olds they look and act like kids but I can't remember being like that when I was that age....

My biggest disappointment now I'm grown up?? I now know 40+ yr old women I fancy

bronte

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Expanding on this.. Always remember when I was a teenager that someone who was 30+ was an 'adult'. Now I'm 31 and I don't feel like an adult at all. Also when I see 18yr olds they look and act like kids but I can't remember being like that when I was that age....

My biggest disappointment now I'm grown up?? I now know 40+ yr old women I fancy

Exactly!
Maybe you always question things and never really have "all the answers"
All I know is it's a lot more fun to be a 28 year old who still laughs at toilet sounds than the stuffy "together" person I imagined I'd be.
Ah, well!

LincolnsBeard

We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.






- Tyler Durden aka Brad Pitt

Smeggy

Having an office job with my very own computer and phone... seemed so much better when I was 8

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