adult things that were daunting as a child

u_c_thesecond

After seeing the " Biggest let down when you became an adult " post i began to think.

As a child i used to lie in bed and worry about morgages (i know wtf like!!!) id be terrified that i wouldnt be smart enough to get one. Id hear my family discussing "variable interest rates" , and hear "Oh you should release the equity on your home" and id feel thick as a plank because i didnt have a clue what they ment

makes me giggle a little bit now:)

Duff

I'm 24 and still don't know what they mean.

El Weirdo

Have you got a mortgage now?

Godsentme

I still don't know what they mean nor do the hundreds of new 'celebrity econimists' popping up every day on every radio/TV show.

best bit is I DON'T CARE!

u_c_thesecond

El Weirdo wrote: »

Have you got a mortgage now?

yup

antodeco

Anal

DEFTLEFTHAND

Having a child, I remember my father bitching about how much we cost him and thinking how the fcuk will I ever afford to have one. At present the time is fast approaching and I'm scared ****less, for one thing we're not even married.:eek:

im invisible

I remember being worried that when i grew up i'd have to watch the news, here was me at 8 years old, thinking 'but i don't like the news, i don't wanna watch it!'

IM0

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

After seeing the " Biggest let down when you became an adult " post i began to think.

As a child i used to lie in bed and worry about morgages (i know wtf like!!!) id be terrified that i wouldnt be smart enough to get one. Id hear my family discussing "variable interest rates" , and hear "Oh you should release the equity on your home" and id feel thick as a plank because i didnt have a clue what they ment

makes me giggle a little bit now:)

Im guessing they regret that one now

El Weirdo

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

yup

It's still pretty scary, isn't it?

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Having a child, I remember my father bitching about how much we cost him and thinking how the fcuk will I ever afford to have one. At present the time is fast approaching and I'm scared ****less, for one thing we're not even married.:eek:

Don't worry about it, man. Best thing that'll ever happen to you, no matter how daunting it may seem now. I promise.

antodeco

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Having a child, I remember my father bitching about how much we cost him and thinking how the fcuk will I ever afford to have one. At present the time is fast approaching and I'm scared ****less, for one thing we're not even married.:eek:

You and your father aren't married?......ok!

IM0

antodeco wrote: »

Anal

giving or recieving

joshrogan

The dark:o, 5-6 years ago(im 18) once I got into bed that was it, wasn't going to wander around in the dead of night and get eaten alive by all sorts of ghouls!

u_c_thesecond

im invisible wrote: »

I remember being worried that when i grew up i'd have to watch the news, here was me at 8 years old, thinking 'but i don't like the news, i don't wanna watch it!'

bahahahahahahahahahha:D

i am like an old biddy now with the news when i couldnt give 2 craps when i was younger, my dad would be saying to my mam " Oh the goverment has done this bla bla bla" and id be like "Dad simpsons on rte 2 will ya switch over"

Remembered also the major fear i had at 16 when i reliased id have to leave home soon, worried my ass off about how id pay the bills, and even got my mam to show me a few of the family bills so i could get a clue and lost my life at the price of some of them

Got a slap of reality when i moved out and learned of a thing called budgeting

Chuck Stone

I-was-afraid-of-ghosts-that-was-the-sight-that-I-feared-most-I'd-rather-have-a-piece-of toast-and-watch-the-evening-news.

u_c_thesecond

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I-was-afraid-of-ghosts-that-was-the-sight-that-I-feared-most-I'd-rather-have-a-piece-of toast-and-watch-the-evening-news.

Any chance you were afraid of the dark , espically in a park, when there was no one else around???

did you get the shivers ?

Chuck Stone

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

Any chance you were afraid of the dark , espically in a park, when there was no one else around???

did you get the shivers ?

Life! Oh life!

:pac:

MyKeyG

For me it was knowing that one day I'd be an uncle and would have to find a way of convincing my nephew he was the dirty one:(

Jhcx

Marriage. Still puzzles me. :rolleyes:

El Weirdo

Jhcx wrote: »

Marriage. Still puzzles me. :rolleyes:

Ditto. Two kids, another on the way, mortgaged to me bollocks... doesn't really bother me at all.

Still can't get me head around that old marriage lark, though. Odd.

Manic Moran

Firearms. Took personal experience to get over that one.

Jhcx

El Weirdo wrote: »

Ditto. Two kids, another on the way, mortgaged to me bollocks... doesn't really bother me at all.

Still can't get me head around that old marriage lark, though. Odd.

All honesty i dont know weather to laugh or take you serious ha ha.
I'll stick to the ald prenup. Walk away in the morning:rolleyes:

jimthemental

Prostitutes. The prices used to be preventative back when I was a kid.

Mr.David

jimthemental wrote: »

Prostitutes. The prices used to be preventative back when I was a kid.

When you're a kid you should use your pocket money for gob-stoppers.

When you're an adult you can graduate to knob-hoppers.

krudler

I'm 30 and still dont have a clue about mortgages, I wont be getting one any time soon, possibly ever so couldnt care less.

Work- what do you mean I have to stay til almost 6 pm? longer even? and you dont get the summer off?! whhaaaa?

TheBody

I'm afraid of doing long division and getting a remainder!!

rusty_racer94

When I was around 3-4, I used to think that some kids grow into women and will be forced into doing all the housework. F**king weirdo!

Mr.David

rusty_racer94 wrote: »

When I was around 3-4, I used to think that some kids grow into women and will be forced into doing all the housework. F**king weirdo!

They do. They're called girls.;)

uberalles

I thought that you get an adult name when you became an adult. I asked my father what his child name was and he was amused.

secretambition

I used to worry that it would become compulsory to watch the news when I was an adult and I found it so boring when my parents watched it that I really didn't think I'd be able to handle it. Weirdly, I like to check the headlines several times a day now.

MyKeyG

The army lads that used to guard the money. Saw them one day as we were driving off for the day. Spent the whole day hoping they'd be gone when we came home.

libnation

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I-was-afraid-of-ghosts-that-was-the-sight-that-I-feared-most-I'd-rather-have-a-piece-of toast-and-watch-the-evening-news.

I was scared of the leaving cert all through primary school. Such hype

phasers

Having a baby :eek: still terrifies me. How does that come out of there?

xsiborg

phasers wrote: »

Having a baby :eek: still terrifies me. How does that come out of there?

with great difficulty! and gas, lots of gas!

my wife was high as a kite in the delivery room! :pac:

Tazium

Using a drill or electric saw. Still feel all manly and stuff when I use them now.

El Weirdo

phasers wrote: »

Having a baby :eek: still terrifies me. How does that come out of there?

Jesus, I don't know how they do it, tbh.

You see it on the telly and all that, but until it's happening to a part of someone that you presumably have fairly intimate knowledge of, you can't really grasp what really happens.

"Miracle of childbirth"? The people that go on about that are clearly on about the cool bit when they put the baby in your arms after it's actually arrived. They obviously (unlike me at the birth of my oldest) refused to give into the temptation of looking at the business end during the birth.

Holy. Fucking. Fuck.

My only advice to any fathers-to-be is to stay at the head end no matter how much your curiosity urges you to go south of the border. Seriously, take all the teeth-gnashing and verbal abuse from herself, no matter how long it goes on for, because it's infinitely preferable to the alternative.

I mean it.

Downlinz

I do remember as a 12 year old being afraid I'd have to stop playing Pokemon because I was going to secondary school next year. I believe my older brother even told me as much. :rolleyes:

El Weirdo

Tazium wrote: »

Using a drill or electric saw. Still feel all manly and stuff when I use them now.

Please tell me you weren't replying to phasers' post?

PrincessLola

phasers wrote: »

Having a baby :eek: still terrifies me. How does that come out of there?

This. So much.

The space in the pelvis isn't wide enough for a baby's head? It can't be. How??

xsiborg

PrincessLola wrote: »

phasers wrote: »

Having a baby :eek: still terrifies me. How does that come out of there?

This. So much.

The space in the pelvis isn't wide enough for a baby's head? It can't be. How??

ah come on, lol, it stretches, a lot!

that and the baby's skull plates wouldnt have fully fused together, so the baby's head can squeeze through, the gas makes it somewhat easier...

and if i can just add to El Weirdo's advice above-

dont go in wearing a white shirt either for when they ask you do you want to hold the baby!


awkward... :pac:

cruiser178

xsiborg wrote: »

ah come on, lol, it stretches, a lot!

that and the baby's skull plates wouldnt have fully fused together, so the baby's head can squeeze through, the gas makes it somewhat easier...

and if i can just add to El Weirdo's advice above-

dont go in wearing a white shirt either for when they ask you do you want to hold the baby!


awkward... :pac:

The above in bold is true, well it did for me anyway, i was far better able to cope with the stress of watching my oh give birth, this whole labour thing takes like forever.

El Weirdo

cruiser178 wrote: »

xsiborg wrote: »

ah come on, lol, it stretches, a lot!

that and the baby's skull plates wouldnt have fully fused together, so the baby's head can squeeze through, the gas makes it somewhat easier...

and if i can just add to El Weirdo's advice above-

dont go in wearing a white shirt either for when they ask you do you want to hold the baby!


awkward... :pac:

The above in bold is true, well it did for me anyway, i was far better able to cope with the stress of watching my oh give birth, this whole labour thing takes like forever.

I got given out to by the Midwife for taking the gas.

Riddle101

Monopoly money. Went into a shop and tred to use it as actual currency to buy products. The people just laughed, and I went home disappointed.

u_c_thesecond

Riddle101 wrote: »

Monopoly money..

how is that an adult things that were daunting as a child

Smidge

El Weirdo wrote: »

I got given out to by the Midwife for taking the gas.

Lucky you:D
Feckers wouldn't even give me a paracetamol and I was the one having the child:mad:

MyKeyG

phasers wrote: »

Having a baby :eek: still terrifies me. How does that come out of there?

Ask my missus. She says our first was bigger going in than it was coming out and our first was a healthy baby;)

I used to fear that when I was older, I'd up in prison for some reason. I still feel like it could happen even though I don't consciously break the law.

Riddle101

u_c_thesecond wrote: »

how is that an adult things that were daunting as a child

Suppose in my mind it was an adult thing. Money to me as a kid, was an adult thing and I guess I didn't realise the problem at the time.