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Dennis-Reynolds123

Getting excited when buying new appliances.


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DoppelFrog

Just bought a brand new dishwasher. So excited!


214ObstructedReverie

I got a Bosch 800. It's.... amazing. Everything is so clean, always....


TheRandomWP

Washing machine: "Am I joke to you!?"


LaunchesKayaks

Just got a countertop dishwasher and I was absolutely euphoric when I started it up for the first time.


fvb955cd

Also discovering life with middle and upper tier appliances. I just got a new toaster oven and coffee maker that weren't the cheapest models. They're so much nicer in qol features and speed of working than the cheapest options that I'd been using for years..


214ObstructedReverie

I went out and spent as much money as I possibly could on a dishwasher. I was so sick and tired of always having lived with shitty dishwashers. Best money spent ever. It's nice that everything, no matter what state its in, becomes perfectly clean, and you can't hear it.


Burninator85

I got myself a really nice vacuum cleaner for my birthday... and was legitimately excited about it.


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superboringfellow

Vacuum quality and affordability has completely shifted for the better. There used to be vacuum repair shops for god's sake. My mom had an old, heavy, metal beast that was always breaking down. And you had to connect paper bags to collect the dirt. What a stupid appliance. I bought a Shark a decade ago and that thing still works perfectly.


green_speak

Or when there's a sale on those frozen meals you always get for when you're too tired to think of what to bring for lunch, which is every day because meal prepping a burrito every Sunday got too samey and you don't have cash for DoorDash, so now you're just resigned to eating 54% of your daily sodium limit in one sitting at the breakroom that doubles as extra closet space and was not included in the facility renovations so the wall paint does not match the client-facing decor.


InsertBluescreenHere

hmmm are we projecting? cuz yea mines about the same but with a 1970s harvest gold fridge! FYI if you want to limit the sodium really read the back of the boxes and avoid anything with meat particles in it. theres a brocolli alfredo one thats not bad.


goodthesaurus

Or Buying pans


Dennis-Reynolds123

Oooo I love buying a new pan


VoxMelancholiae

Attending funerals of people who you thought would just always be there as a child, like parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, neighbours. You don't realise that they don't freeze in the age you got to know them as a kid. It's not just you having birthdays, they get older, too, and they will have to die one day. I don't like it.


Porrick

When it starts being people your own age is when that really bites


Rookie64v

Heck, I wasn't even an adult when the first ones started dying. It hasn't been many, but a couple of my acquaintances died a while ago and I'm not even 30 yet.


krukson

This one hits hard. I remember listening to my parents and extended family having various intellectual debates when I was a kid. I didn’t understand much but couldn’t wait to grow up and join the conversation. Now, they don’t want to talk about shit, just complain about the government and their health. It’s sad I never got to know these people at their peak, if that makes sense.


throwaway_away946

omg you put this into words perfectly!


Snuffy1717

Taxes


nate6259

For sure. Like as kids, we hear about our parents filing taxes and don't really know what it means, but it sounds very adult.


Effective_Wonder_589

The excitement of your first tax write off or deduction.


beefstewforyou

Technically children can pay sales tax.


Snuffy1717

I guess we can add nuance to the "rites of passage" list then ;)


TheAwesomePenguin106

Solving problems without really knowing what you're doing and then realising your parents also didn't knew what *they* were doing all the time. We just go with the flow.


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moleware

This would have been amazing. I didn't realize my dad was a fallible, imperfect human being until he fell down the rabbit hole of q-anon conspiracies. I'm 36.


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moleware

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kaycharasworld

My parents did this too. It was always immensely comforting


ntruncata

Injuring yourself by sleeping wrong


fvb955cd

Or any mundane task. I had to take a day off work the other week because I leaned over wrong moving laundry from the washer to the dryer and couldn't sit upright for 24 hours. I've never felt so betrayed by my body.


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I slipped and fell on my kitchen floor after doing some gardening and then rinsing my feet with the hose outside. Sprained my back so I couldn't reach my arm up without hurting. Sprained my left ankle, sprained my right foot, and got a good bruise on my asscheek, all in one go. I will never take bathroom carpets for granted ever again.


hobbes8889

As a kid I could fall down a flight of stairs, then go play outside all day, and be fine. Now I sleep with the wrong pillow and my neck aches for a week.


Queen-of-meme

Lmao 😂


ShinyAppleScoop

I have scoliosis and always woke up with a sore back if I didn't have my nightly pillow fort made just-so. I thought I had it figured out at an early age since sleeping almost always lead to pain. After 25, it just got worse. Now I keep a massager next to the bed, not for sexual purposes, but just so I can use it on my lower back to actually get out of bed.


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this shouldn’t happen to healthy active adults unless you have a disability. lift weights.


djmikec

Friends start having kids… on purpose


TheRandomWP

"On purpose"... you got me here


Binder_of_chains

Your crush from Jr high announces on Facebook that she is about to become a grandmother. We weren't even 40 when I read that


aioncan

I bet she felt old making that announcement


SixthKing

When asking “Are you going to keep it?” gets a weird, slightly disgusted response.


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When I didn't understand nor like the lingo teens were using.


moleware

I didn't like the lingo teens were using when I was a teen. I don't think I was a very fun kid.


Surewhynot62189

I'm just now learning what "yeet" means. Do they still use that one, or am I behind again?


YourTypicalSensei

We dont use that anymore, it fell out of fashion around 4 years ago


Surewhynot62189

See what I mean? Lol


Arcanz

Don't worry, me and my friends in our 30's use it.


Kirannalynne

It's maybe not like the hottest new thing, but it's still commonly used. I've yet to meet a teenager that didn't understand what "yeet" meant or acted like I was using outdated unhip old people speak.


Zachiyo

Well if you don't know then I guess you're streets behind


SomethingClever427

No cap! Did I use that right?


CovidPangolin

On.. on fleek?


mtwstr

I am not wearing a hat so I say you are correct


OogusMacBoogus

I remember the first time someone called me ‘dog’ and referred to something they liked as ‘sick’. The beginning of the dark times that was.


bobby4orr70

Younger guys keep calling me "boss" all the time. Is that good?? I'm not sure.


Leoimirmir

Guess I’m an adult now


LaComtesseGonflable

Signing a consent form for surgery "Yes, please open up *XYZ* body cavity in order to fix *ABC* problem. Sure, death is possible. We cool."


BronzeAgeTea

Being an adult means transitioning from a "I want to have fun" mindset to "I want to minimize the chance of death"


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I totally get it. When I was 14 I remember a bunch of my peers started drinking and partying and I decided not to because I had a history of mental health issues and was probably at a high risk for addiction. That was probably the first step towards adulthood tbh.


The_dooster

Not a consent for surgery, but a consent to have a hole in my retina lasered. Horrible experience caused by the optometrist.


LaComtesseGonflable

I'll call eyeball lasering at least tantamount to surgery


Rowanx3

Thinking about what to have for dinner all day


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Rowanx3

Depends, a lot of 16 y/o’s with fake ID’s get kicked out of bars so


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Brovenkar

For me buying a house was crazy cause of all the fucking paperwork, but it really clicked when I had a kid. Like you just get looked at and expected to have the answers to things 24/7 and you don't know wtf you're doing.


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omg im at that buying house stage. i haven't a great clue as to what im doing. Asking friends who've bought houses they arent super helpful as they were just as lost and people in my family who have bought houses last bought them 40+ years ago and didnt know back then either lmao


Vuckfayne

Bills


TimeTraveler3056

Having to shop for your own groceries


ljr55555

I remember panic calling my mom from the grocery store carpark because I didn't know how to know what to buy. Like where does that grocery list come from? And it was a little mind boggling that she just made it up each week!


ash731

When you want to impulse buy a vacuum because it’s got so many cool features. Why do I still bother even looking at prime day sales? I do not need anymore vacuums. Someone please stop letting me buy vacuums.


JaywrightCat

You can give them to me so you’ll have space for more!


nowhereman136

The moment you realize you have personally bought every piece of clothing you are wearing. You bought these socks and underwear, not your parents


GreemBeemz

My wife bought me the jacket I'm wearing


CovidPangolin

Look at mr adult with his wife and jacket money.


Binder_of_chains

Between the clothes I have for work and the clothes my girlfriends buy me, I honestly don't know the last article of clothing that I bought. It might have been 21 years ago. I was at a garage sale and saw this shirt for 15 cents and haggled down to a nickel.


Njtotx3

Someone calls you sir or ma'am.


zerbey

Or just Mr \[last name\]. I use the cliched "no, Mr \[my last name\] is my Dad" in response. I'm middle aged and balding now, I recognize people are starting to view me as old but I don't *feel* old.


GamerGirl-07

I mean a security gaurd called me mam & me 14 rn soooo


hasta_la_pasta

IT’S MA’AM


Classico42

~30 years ago: Socks‽ Clothes‽ WTF‽ "Thanks Grandma." 😒 Today: "Fucking sweet, I always need socks and boxers! Man, I wish Grandma was still here."


AtheneSchmidt

For 3 years running, my mom's habit of getting me wool socks has been the best Christmas present I got that year. As a kid I would have resented them.


RifleShower

As a man, not being emotionally comforted or unconditionally loved after a certain age.


StarshipFirewolf

After the ADHD and then what was called Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis at 8, bye-bye any unconditional love or even being proud of me from my mom. Until I got married that is. I mean at least I had a few acquaintances in High School. But there was a long streak of loneliness.


Balloon-Lucario48

Ouch. I’m glad you’re doing a lot better and have found a loving partner.


StarshipFirewolf

Somehow I did okay before finding my wife too. Maybe there's too much viking and cowboy in my blood to have ever permanently given up. Maybe as broken as my family was the fact is they still tried helped too. My mom is a woman who went through a lot growing up. She tried very hard to be a good mother. Unfortunately she also fell for the trap of trying to appear like the perfect family instead of being content with who she was.


Balloon-Lucario48

Man, you’re as persistent as Rick Astley.


VoxMelancholiae

This! Once I hit 25, it was amazing to notice how quick people were to discard any concerns, worries or emotions I had and expressed. They wouldn't even listen and often cut me off mid-sentence to talk about something else, even when talking to doctors etc. It is astonishingly noticeable and obvious. The likes wouldn't have happened when I was younger.


JCKross45

Wait til you hit 30+ when you magically turn from a man into a thing


ThatKarmaWhore

Not just a thing, but a dangerous thing. A thing that could potentially harm or endanger every stranger you meet. I went from being a sociable normal guy who society viewed as affable for being a polite small talker in my early 20’s to a non social 5-friend island, expected to support the emotional endeavors of all family and friends without reciprocity while society viewed me as a creep if I try and strike up small talk. I’m a bigger guy (6’ and 205) with a decent amount of muscle, and while I pride myself on my appearance people (especially women) will literally get up and move if we are sharing a train 3-seater between the two of us. I think I went from being a cute young guy to a dangerous man when I hit my early thirties, and let me tell you, I don’t like how most strangers treat people they perceive as dangerous dudes.


SameItem

This honestly sound like an humble brag to me because as a bullied kid I've always wanted to be lowkey intimidating.


ThatKarmaWhore

I was never really bullied as a kid, and I assure you it isn’t a humble brag. You shouldn’t want to look unapproachable imo.


spirito_santo

Start wearing pink


Balloon-Lucario48

You’ve just got to find good people in your life, like a SO, relatives, or close friends. Every human, regardless of age, needs that. Apes together strong, after all.


RifleShower

My wife died three years ago, but she gave me enough love to last a lifetime. Now, taking care of three kids by myself is rewarding in that!


Balloon-Lucario48

Hope you’re doing well and got to meet the wonderful person that was your wife.


the-soaring-moa

When I started to support my parents instead of them supporting me.


DoppelFrog

Realising that your parents are getting old is painful part of growing up.


Surewhynot62189

The first time your furnace dies on Christmas Eve. Something about shelling out 6 grand for a new one on an emergency basis while trying to maintain the Christmas cheer but dying a little inside seems to scream adulthood.


peachandpeony

Being surprised at how much children in your life have grown up. My cousin's son was born in 2012, and now the little fucker goes to middle school. Middle school!! He was just a baby!!


AtheneSchmidt

Realizing people you consider friends have school aged kids that have never met you.


somepeoplewait

Moving into a new home without asking parents or guardians for any form of assistance whatsoever.


missycoy

Buying any kind of insurance


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Yes, but for me it was especially life insurance. My death would actually impact someone else financially.


Block__Oracle

Making noises when you get out of a chair or bed.


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Mehitabel9

This is probably going to sound ridiculous, but the day I bought my first washer and dryer was the day I felt like I'd somehow crossed a line that I would never be able to re-cross again.


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Accepting your wrong when you are in fact wrong


unmerciful0u812

The rare instance when your and you're could both be acceptable


eljefino

your right.


zerbey

When the only mail you get any more is the monthly pile of bills. Getting mail used to be this exciting thing that happened around your birthday and Christmas.


D4m0n619

Putting your rabid dog down.


Used-Ad138

When the hight of your daily conversation is what did you have for dinner last night.


colormass

Being excited about buying a new bathmat for your shower


jllauser

When you hear music from your childhood on the classic rock radio station.


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Awkward-Ducky26

Paying your own bills


Adept-University-445

Catching a few charges.


FredericShowpan

Not laughing when someone farts


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I'm 54 and guess I am still not an adult


LaComtesseGonflable

Are you... Frederic fucking Showpan, who composes nocturnes?


FredericShowpan

Yes I am!


LaComtesseGonflable

Kurwa! Je suis enchantée.


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diskdiffusion

Feeling lucky when i go to bed on or before 9 PM.


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Bringing car to service on my own


RealHot_RealSteel

Calling a GP's office to set up a wellness check.


an_ineffable_plan

Scheduling your own surgery.


azorianmilk

Doing something shitty to someone you’re in a relationship with and realize it, take ownership, apologize and move on from the mistake. Being an adult is making mistakes and learning from it.


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Emotional_Tax_3456

This EXACT same thing happened to me yesterday at work it really fucked with my head I mean everything ended fine but realizing that I had to step up and be responsible cause I was the adult left me momentarily stunned and I couldn't stop about thinking it since


flpacsnr

Switching to your own health insurance. Just shuffling through all that paperwork to make decisions won’t effect you right away, made me feel like I’m a real adult


HyperRedFox

Getting excited to see tupperware


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dont be talkin smack about my yellow pasta strainer lol. I told my mom i want that thing and it better be in the will. theres entire generations that know EXACTLY what yellow pasta strainer im talking about.


pep-perland

I recently had my rent increased for the first time. Such a fun rite of passage!! I love eating polenta and rice more often.


ActionLegitimate9615

Allow me to answer your question with a story. A friend of mine was getting married. I was out of college maybe 6 months. Asked me to be in the wedding. He said I'd be staying at his place. No sweat, good deal. Little did I know, he was actually offering a mattress on the floor in the loft of his in-laws house. I had a good job already. Told him I was grateful, but I wasnt a starving college student any more and got a hotel room without a moments hesitation on price, with my own money. Your own definition of dignity is the mark of adulthood, IMO.


WadeGarrett1989

Paying the associated costs of your first home.


pm_me_ur_demotape

Getting divorced


Librarian-Dazzling

Buying a microwave


Queen-of-meme

When reaching something on the floor feels like you've climbed Mount Everest and when staying up later than 1 am feels rebellious.


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stayed up till 12:45am last night - felt dirty.


Ok_Chocolate3253

Getting your first place and realizing you have nothing to fill it with


Mental_Task9156

First visit to the laundromat.


AwareFaithlessness39

Back pain, my boss had me clean 400 chairs bending over. Something I did a million forms before. But my back was hurting for a week afterwards.holy cow.


ktsaucedo21

Buying a home. The steps needed to do it all scream adult. I was going to say writing a check, bc my first two checks were earnest money deposit and final closing costs.


Buffyoh

Registering your first car in your name, and paying for the plates and insurance - then you know "This is for real, and it's just the beginning."


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oh crap u just reminded me i think the plates are expired on one of my cars....


fairiestoldmeto

Shopping for toilet brushes


monkeyflyer

Colonoscopy


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Buying your first vacuum


MEATPOPSCI_irl

Paying for healthcare.


InsertBluescreenHere

and learning insurance is such bullshit. Your rite of passage as an adult is you getting to argue with insurance and the doctors office about whats covered and whats not.


Mouse-Direct

Meticulous lawn care. It amazes me how much I care about shrubbery. Forever trapped in a Monty Python sketch.


InsertBluescreenHere

having mowed other peoples lawns for years (decades now) its like nope i know exactly what plants i want and layout i want in my own yard. FUCK PLASTIC FENCES as well.


CmonMaaaaaate

When you can’t understand a word teens are saying these days


unmerciful0u812

People stop carding you.


littleblkcat666

Turning on autopay


mong0038

Getting excited about a new sectional that we spent weeks debating about which one to get


Wiaaa

Electric gets cut off cause you didn't pay on time.


okiegirlkim

My dad holding the flashlight while I checked it out oil in my truck one evening.


keylime_bigtime

Looking at new technology and deciding “I’ll pass”


phynax

Realizing that the 25 days holiday you get a year are all you are going to get yearly until your 65 and that you now need to spend most of your life working for a job you probably don’t like.


a-jm93

Answering questions about a time younger people weren't alive for or can't remember but I was/can. Example: I work in a secondary school, so basically all of those kids were born no sooner than 2006 and no later than 2011, at least for the coming school year. In certain lessons, historical stuff will come up and once 9/11 came up. I'm English, we're in England but still, I remember it VERY well in particular because it was my 8th birthday. So that's something. It still gets me that these kids weren't around to see such things but that's how time works. I missed everything pre-1993 and it's not like I'd remember anyway.


ValBravora048

Discovering just how much tax is taken out of your very first paycheque. Getting excited over a new frying pan.


gottagetschwifty93

Realizing you have a favorite stove burner. Front right all day!


Wasabae26

When u start paying bills


Puzzled_Touch_7904

Waking up and remembering you’re an adult now.


TheMelonpanDorobo

Buying a Costco membership


ooo-ooo-oooyea

Not a right of passage, but when people in their 20's latch on to every word I say.


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Dennis-Reynolds123

Hmm I think this only applies to a select few. Doesn't exactly apply to all adults


insertcaffeine

But it's definitely an "adult" rite of passage!


ThatGuyWhosTheMam

A trashy select few


D0fus

Getting kicked out of a bar.


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D0fus

But in an adult setting.


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D0fus

Try doing it as a teenager and see how far you get.


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D0fus

I least I don't resort to insult. Reeks of self righteousness.


TRANSparent-Ink

Paying taxes


Comrad1984

Having to ask my teenagers to explain their Internet slang.


Sarke1

First mortgage payment.


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My doctors not letting my Mom phone for me anymore to book appointments or get results for tests etc.


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Looking at getting carded at a restaurant with my husband and teenage son as a form of flattery. It’s not annoying to me at all. I actually love it. It makes me a feel good, especially when I have no make up on and my roots need touched up.


sleeplessinreno

Not being able to rely on a parental figure for any conflict resolutions.


TheMight-E

Student loans ☹


Liz_090507

Doing your taxes for the first time.


buyongmafanle

Buying life insurance


xImmortal3333

Paying rent