Each and every one of us Pandas face so many problems in our daily lives. From the pressure to do well in our work and studies to worrying about loans and feeling deeply anxious about the smallest things (that totally throw our entire day out of whack, that’s for sure).
The bad news is, most people deal with the same problems. The good news? Most people deal with the same problems! And it’s a great feeling knowing that you’re not alone in this chaotic but beautiful journey that we call life.
The Average People Problems Instagram page, created and managed by writer, editor, and new mom Samantha Matt, is full to the brim with issues—small and large—that are as hilarious as they are intimately relatable, especially for us average adults. Scroll down for the best of the best, and remember to upvote your fave posts, dear Pandas. When you’re done enjoying this list, you’re welcome to drop by the comment section and tell us all about what problems you’re dealing with right now.
Bored Panda reached out to Samantha and she was kind enough to tell us all about the inspiration and history behind the Average People Problems project, her creative process for coming up with engaging content, as well as her book. The Boston-based creator told us that the project saw a bit of a metamorphosis. Scroll down for the full interview, Pandas!
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I call it, "lying face down on the floor", because that's what my toddler would do when she got overwhelmed, just lie face down on the floor.
Load More Replies...Also: Finally having spare time to do something you’ve been putting off… and then NOT doing it.
Having spare time and motivation/energy simultaneously is a huge problem for me.
Load More Replies...For me it's a symptom of depression and a sign that the general anxiety disorder is taking over. It's basic things like do I shower or eat first and suddenly it's nighttime and I'm still hungry and filthy and totally unable to move. It's not funny at all.
Wow, welcome to my world! How did you know? It comforts me greatly to know I am not alone! Thank you!
I wonder what would happen if I put "scroll through Bored Panda" on my to-do list? Would I a) not do it because it's on the list, or b) prioritize it because hey, it's on the list?
Samantha, from Massachusetts, detailed the roots of Average People Problems. "The @AveragePeopleProblems Instagram originally started as @20SomethingProblems. It began as the Instagram account for the online magazine ForeverTwentySomethings.com, which I founded in 2011 and ran for nearly a decade," she told Bored Panda.
"As I, along with many of my readers and followers, aged out of being 20-somethings, I knew I had to change the page handle to widen the audience and make everyone feel welcome—because after all, we all related to so many of the same 'problems,' no matter what our age was. Why? Because we all feel average sometimes (or most of the time, to be honest). So, before my book, 'Average is the New Awesome,' was published, I changed the Instagram handle to @AveragePeopleProblems! "
The founder of APP, Samantha, opened up to Bored Panda that she uses her everyday experiences as inspiration for the content that she posts. She said that she tries to reference the experiences that she has had that others will probably relate to. However, not everyone is as open about these experiences. And that's where APP comes in, giving voice to all those problems.
And if it's a triple cotton layer you can quietly mutter and make faces at jerks and get away with that. I'm really going to have to pay attention now if I'm not wearing one.
Right? I've taken to mouthing "f**k you" behind my mask when I'm annoyed with someone! 🤐
Load More Replies...Also, you can not catch colds and flu as easily, and you can mouth nasty words and not be seen! :-)
Laughed in 2022 (that's a new language for a new time) at a local news story recently. A guy was breaking into cars in a neighborhood. There's several clear shots of his face from house security cameras. This is literally the ONLY time during our lives that we could wear a mask ANYWHERE and not be looked at twice. But this Brain Trust decides to NOT wear one to commit crimes.....
Masks made leaving the house easier for me anxiety wise but Covid made wanting to stay in worse for me anxiety wise lol makes no sense but true.
I don't know about this. Superman takes off his glasses, Zorro puts on that eye thing and no one recognizes them. I cover half my face and everyone still knows me. Makes me glad I reconsidered that career in bank robbery.
And in my cold climate, they really help keep my face warm, especially the cloth ones.
Bonus for not having to smell people who wear tons of cologne, perfume, or are saturated in febreeze.
Newton's first law. A body at rest wants to stay at rest.
Load More Replies...It's tough for us night owls. I'm never going to be good at getting up. I don't even like people talking to me for the first hour (cough, or more) of the day. My husband got annoyed once because I was talking to the dogs and he wanted to talk to me... fella, my dogs aren't going to talk back and ask me questions so OF COURSE I'm going to talk to them!
I will never get a job with "normal" hours. I refuse to be permanently jetlagged because I have to go against my natural rhythm and therefore can't get enough sleep
Load More Replies...I know why. At night your day is still churning around in your brain - good, bad, or indifferent. In the morning your brain is trying to keep the dream going, or else you are trying to wake up at the worst time in your sleep cycle.
It's only 28 hours, but here you go: https://xkcd.com/320/
Load More Replies...Why is getting up for work so deeply awful? Gosh, I dunno. Why isn't it a pleasure to serve the interests of psychopaths who have far too much at the expense of everyone and everything else? Perhaps because, whatever our minds have been duped into believing, somewhere in our souls we know that the world we serve is a deeply, profoundly, and offensively immoral nightmare we would rebel against if only we weren't cowards. Every morning, the first thing I confront when I open my eyes is my own cowardice. That I hate it like cancer is my last vestige of sanity and morality.
"The difficulty or ease in coming up with this content is usually based on my life at the moment. There was a point where I was pretty much only coming up with jokes about going to Starbucks and I realized, wow, I should probably start doing more with my life than just... going to Starbucks," Samantha was candid with us.
"When I'm feeling uninspired, that's a good push to get myself off the couch and back into the world, although there are many mundane experiences and struggles we likely all have while sitting on the couch doing absolutely nothing, too. And, you can write about nostalgia always."
She told us that she targets a wide audience of people by striking a balance in her content. "A lot of memes and tweets have such wide appeal that anyone from a celebrity to a college student can relate, but other times, something can be specific to niche demographics, like moms, people who graduated from high school in the mid-2000s, or adults who are struggling to buy homes in today's housing market—all things of which I am," she explained.
However, there are times when the content doesn't hit its mark. Sometimes, the problems are very individual. "There are also many times when people don't relate to content like I thought they would, making me realize I'm alone in these few thoughts, but the more memes and tweets I throw out there, the more likely people are to relate to a good number of them."
This extrovert would keep her ass in BED, thankyouverymuch! 🤣
Load More Replies...I need a written invitation at least a week in advance and someone supervising me so I don't weasel out of the commitment. After I feel great foe having done it but don't contact me again for at least three months.
LMAO!! Please know I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing in relief...thought I was alone in this behavior!
Load More Replies...I used to be like that up until about 7 yrs ago. If someone wanted to go somewhere I was going. I was non stop then something shifted. I became someone else. Sometimes I look back on who I was and I don't recognize that person. I liked past me better.
Aw hun! Well based on what you've written here, I say present you is pretty awesome too :)
Load More Replies...edit: carrie didn’t put on makeup before going out, because she was already going to bed wearing it
And her hair was already done and not crushed down and messy from the pillow.
Load More Replies...Took me reading your comment to realize that I actually have indeed done this as well
Load More Replies...I always include a couple things I already did so I can cross them off and get that sense of accomplishment.
So you can cross out "make a to-do list"...on your to-do list.
Load More Replies...Making a list of things that need to be done and then sitting back and doing none of them means that you have management potential.
An exfriend laughed at me for making myself a to-do list. I just like making lists. Is it really a weird thing?
This is a vicious cycle. You make the list and feel so productive you don't need to do anything on the list. Then you are start feeling guilty because you realize the things on the list weren't done. Then you make another updated list and feel super productive. You see how this is going.
I literally have a roll of physical paper in my kitchen for this purpose. No pencil, or pen, just the paper.
Yes. I might publish them as a book one day. Must add that to today's list...
OMG that is SO TRUE! My lovely wife is trying really hard to lose weight on some plan or other. Me, on the other hand, just casually could do to lose a bit, and so I embark on a half-hearted plan to eat less takeaways and rediscover fruit. After two months on our respective plans, my wife has lost three pounds and I have lost just over three stones. I'm feeling quite smug but very low-key smug because my wife is spitting feathers. Awks.
and then when we do somehow manage to lose the 15 pounds, your boobs have completely vanished, but everything else looks the same >:(
Load More Replies...I once heard a personal trainer who was trying to get a new client tell a woman that it was a myth that women lose weight slower than men. Not my finest hour, because he got really pissed and accused me of interfering in his business, but I interjected that because of reproductive differences it wasn't a myth.
You have to look at one to gain 3 pounds? All I have to do is THINK about one.
Load More Replies...Hmm I'm a woman and as soon as I make changes and focus on what I eat, workout again.. I see immediate changes.... but that also goes both ways when I eat bad again, I gain weight fast. After having 2 kids I do notice a difference but I still see quick changes.
i feel like men can look at a salad and drop 10 pounds. FYI i mean nothing mean by that. it's just meant to be funny
On the other hand, a lot of women just look ať a cake and gain 10 pounds.
Load More Replies...My wife is on a diet, she started exercising, and she now only drinks water. Her weight hasn't changed. I changed literally nothing, except started walking the dog once more per day (just as an excuse to walk). I'm already down 10 lbs.
bahahaha!! that's sucks for her. i feel so bad. i've tried to lose weight several different ways and i've had no luck.
Load More Replies...Women are more likely to be built to hold onto extra fat as backup energy storage in case of pregnancy, but society tells women they need to lose weight constantly ><
Samantha told Bored Panda that she works full-time in digital media, alongside being a mom and running the Average People Problems account. She also opened up about her book, 'Average is the New Awesome' which Seal Press/Hachette Book Group published two years ago, in January 2020.
"The book is based on many stories I wrote for my website, ForeverTwentySomethings.com. 'Average is the New Awesome' exists to help people feel better about wherever they are in life. There is such a stigma around the word 'average.' People are afraid to be normal and are terrified to be happy with anything less than what they've defined as exceptional," Samantha said.
"But lack of major success, as defined by one person—because everyone looks at this word differently—doesn't mean failure. We need to be able to celebrate small victories and be happy about how far we've come, even if we're not where we ideally want to be yet—and this book helps people come to terms with this and embrace their own average."
The author feels "extremely passionate" about helping people feel good about their lives and making them laugh. "This is my mission in all the content I create, and I can only hope it continues resonating with people." Now that's a mission that we, and anyone who's a fan of wholesome comedy, can get behind.
Yessss!!!!! My most favorite thing to do. Also should be able to give a score from 1-10.
Load More Replies...😳😳🙈 *that moment when you realize you are not the only one who lurks Zillow*
Same here. I didnt know that other people liked "window shopping" for houses with no intentuon of buying. I have liked it since i was a teenager
Load More Replies...Why do all TV property shows spend so much time with people and or construction? We just want nice pictures.
Yeeeees! Quick explanation of what the plan is and then end results only!
Load More Replies...zillow, but you can add customisations to the houses. not to buy, just to think how nice it would be
I used to buy house plan magazines and figure out how I would like to modify them. So fun.
Load More Replies...In the UK I use Zoopla for just that - virtual nosey neighbour is my favourite hobby
check out Cheap Old Houses on Instagram, I can waste an hour looking at houses for sale for @$100K, of course, they are in the middle of nowhere or sketchy neighborhoods, or somewhere where its cold and snowy. but a lot of them are full of amazing woodwork and vintage furnishings, its like house porn, especially to someone who lives in an area where the median price for a home is hitting $1million....so there's not much hope for us buying a house here anytime soon.
You can just about buy an absolute hovel with a shifting foundation in Toronto for just under $750,000. What the he!! is happening.
Load More Replies...Especially when you already own your dream house though...SO FUN
I need you to talk to some people I know, who are literally getting married straight out of high school. (If you can talk them out of it, that would be great, but they're really religious, so...)
Load More Replies...Me at 20: wow in the next 10 years I need to find a job *turns 30* , then I… uh… what just happened? I really need *43 years old with 2 kids* to find myself and… WTF IS GOING ON!?!? *3 kids* JESUS H CHRIST!!
I turned 33 before it hit me I wasn't in my 20s anymore.
Load More Replies...And then 30 to 40 or 50, I'm supposed to have my life together and take care of small people, raise them to big people and give them purpose while I still haven't figured out my own purpose. That sounds like a lot
People rrreally need to stop this brainwashed way of thinking. You don't have to do anything before you're 30, do whatever the hell you want
I’m still not sure how I survived my 20’s wild and reckless if I did those things now I probably would of ended up on a milk carton or in some tragic mass shooting
Mind you, the next 10 years after 30 are spent in the blinking of an eye.
Can't believe my daughter's 20. 10 years ago she was in grade 4 and her biggest concern was making a friend and making a stable for her horse figurines.
There is a scientific explanation for that, women need more fat for pregnancy, for lactation in times of hunger and for care for children. When man goes for a hunt, he can eat a little prey that isn´t sufficient to bring back but holds him strong. Long time of hunger wrecks male´s ability for hunt ing, but not femaleś ability to care about her children. One day from a container, after a long sea travel goes out cat, only skin and bones, and 4 round good nourished kittens.
I mean unused tampons aren't any more gross than unused toilet paper. We don't hide that.
Ew @ Ivana Watson... are you joking? Nobody is asking you to s**t in front of your coworkers so take a chill pill but as ADULTS (which I assume you are!) you and your coworkers UNDERSTAND human beings pee, s**t, fart, have periods, sweat, produce ear wax and mucus, etc... so, carrying toilet paper, a tampon, a cotton swab, tissues is not that big of a deal... grow up!
Load More Replies...I hope the next generation of kids of all gender are getting a much better education when it comes to their bodies and reproduction.
Don’t care anymore. You came out of a women who got her period, and if she didn’t you wouldn’t be here. My friends always know that I have tampons and I will hurl that life saver like a football over to you in the middle of a crowded restaurant should the moment require it. It’s how we all got here. Deal with it.
I was irrationally excited when I saw the scene in the Birds of Prey movie where they pulled a tampon out of Harley Quinn's pocket because it was the first time I had ever seen one in a movie.
I don't get the problem with sanitary products. My wife was sick and had run out. She asked (very sheepishly) if I'd consider getting her some more. I just got the packing of the old ones, went to the store and found the matching box. I got a few weird looks carrying them through the store but idgaf, she needs them.
It sad that you got any weird looks. Why shouldn't you buy them like a normal adult. Do people expect the woman is the only one who grocery shops, or worse, she takes separate time out to get them so her partner doesn't have to?
Load More Replies...I just do it anyway. Somebody has to start doing it. If guy get grossed out sucks for them lol. If anything I'll probably just find it entertaining.
I must admit that my practical experience with periods and tampons is rather limited but don’t you only need one at a time? And aren’t they small enough to be pretty much invisible if you just carry them in your hand like any other item? I just don’t see the point of hiding them, nor to put them on display. Just take one and walk to the bathroom.
The ones with an applicator can't be hidden by a hand. Otherwise, yes, the non-applicator type can be. Though agree totally that there is no point in hiding them. If anyone has a problem seeing a tampon it's a tad wet to be honest.
Load More Replies...Men spend one day or so coming out of a woman's private parts, most of their life trying to get back in, but don't want to know how the basic anatomy works!
The Average People Problems social media project is a celebration of ordinary awesomeness. It’s a bittersweet acknowledgment of the fact that even though we were told that we could do and be pretty much anything we wanted to, reality had different plans.
Real-life kind of just…happened to us and here we are, surrounded by a small heap of anxieties and problems that are, at the same time, very personal and incredibly universal.
Because dog knows we have to spend enough time in line that we can make really close friends, and maybe even find family we never knew existed.
I had this feeling once, but with Grace Dent (British restaurant critic), and was ecstatic!
Why in EARTH would you be happy if tiegen liked your tweet. . . she's a terrible person.
And it's wonderful, the best time of the day. Then I nap after breakfast.
Load More Replies...That's exactly me. Retired I go to sleep whenever I feel like it. And wake up the same way. The rewards of getting older
I'm with you. And it seems like everyone in my family that retired, died within 5 years. I think I'll just keep working until I drop.
Load More Replies...Just because now the time is yours and it is limited. Enjoy the rest of this ride while you can.
Can't we just give all the early morning shifts to older people (just for a couple of hours!) & all the night shifts to nocturnal teenagers? Feels like life enough be happier for everyond
I've always been a night person, so that sounds good to me! Especially if it's remote work so I don't have to leave my house.
Load More Replies...This is my dad. Been retired almost 10 years and is still up between 4 & 430 every day, then falls asleep in his chair about 3pm
Personally, even at 56, I am a champion sleeper when I can sleep. I might not sleep hardly at all for 2-3 days and then I'm down for 24-36 hours. Even when I'm doing well, I tend to sleep 10-12 hours a night
Load More Replies...The older you get the less you sleep. Glad I stayed in bed til noon in my 20's lol
Need new couch. Google new couch. Wait for all the personalised ads of the new couch to kick in. Pick the best offer and get the new couch third cheaper than you were originally prepared to pay. Pro tip: it you do this with adult toys, don't do it on a work laptop.
Someone needs to tell amazon that just because i bought a toilet seat once, doesn't mean i'm interested in collecting them
But apparently they're not smart enough now to know that I have bought a couch. I was looking for a stove. I got tons of stove ads. I bought a stove from Home Depot. I am still getting stove ads from Home Depot a year later.
Delete your Facebook and Instagram accounts. Problem solved! Plus, you do not need that s**t
Sadly this happens even if you've never had facebook or instagram.
Load More Replies...Some people never learn how to stop the advertisements. Some people did
LOL My kid got ads for car insurance after she had to do research for car insurance for math.
I was googling Adam Ant clicked a wrong link to an adult toy site now every ad is a different colored large male anatomy based adult toy and HR is emailing me again...
Up our of personalized ads and 3rd party cookies in the privacy settings. It'll cuts downs a lot of junk. Also clear the cache every now and then.
Samantha, the founder of APP, wrote a book about mediocrity called ‘Average is the New Awesome: A Manifesto for the Rest of Us’ that deals with the idea that ‘good enough’ really is good enough. And that we can define greatness even if we don’t end up as astronauts and billionaires.
The APP project currently has just over 87k eager followers over on Instagram with many more to come.
No it's not. Salad's better cause making a good salad needs zillion ingredients and buying them for just a couple of plates is not gonna happen. You can beat the average restaurant at home if you know what you're doing. They need to hurry and you can take your time. Plus the feel when you manage do the best dish of it's kind you've eaten - priceless.
Load More Replies...I love the salad at Olive Garden. But I tried to make it at home, with their dressing, and nothing. It was no fun.
By the time I'm done chopping, washing, dicing and seasonin( and don't forget about the cleanup and taking out the garbage) I often don't feel like I can still relax.
My SO makes so much better coffee than me. With the same machine. Same amount of the same ground coffee. Same filters Same water. HOW?
its actually a psychology thing, you get tired of eating salad before you have a chance to eat it
For me, it's because seeing wet lettuce grosses me out. So if I use prewashed, cut lettuce from a bag, or if someone makes me the salad, it's fine and delicious, but if I have to wash it myself, I still feel phantom sogginess even though I spun it in the salad spinner a million rotations and blotted it with a towel.
I think this applies to any food. Always better when somebody else makes it.
I disagree. Restaurant food is usually disappointing. I expect it to taste if not better at least unusual to what we make. We, my husband and I are disappointed 95% of the time. Our cooking is better. Yes, he cooks. In fact now our daughter is home and does her share of the dinners. That is much better than any food we've gotten in a restaurant.
Load More Replies...DRESSING! So many people are absolutely oblivious when it comes to making a tasty dressing
Exactly! Make also the dressing (not that nasty ranch or similar from bottle), it's a game changer!
Load More Replies...I LOVE BLTs. But will never make them because only wonderful if someone else does.
Oh, I don't know. I mean, there are some certain dishes that only taste the way I like them if I, and no one else, make them.
I hate summer, you're sweaty and uncomfortable and it's exhausting to move, can't sleep at night because it's so hot, catch a cold when you crank up the fan too much, cat is constantly trying to escape onto the roof so you can't open the windows . I can always add a layer of clothes or blankets and make myself comfy with a hit beverage and a book.
I have that in Summer. Admittedly, I live in South Australia so our Summers are relentless. All I do is sit inside and cry because I cant even eat a bowl of ice cream because it melts before I even get it back the bed where I have been staying for days, with the fan on, because its too hot to move... and the cold water from the shower is hot but I cant let it run for 5 minutes to wait until its cooled down because of water wastage. There should be a way where we can use filtered perspiration to make drinkable water. I swear... as soon as I drink a glass of water it just sweats out of me. I need a recycling system.
Hey! The container store is fun. And you meet so many people with a common interest, which means for an exchange of great ideas, so you can buy even more cool containers. 😳 It's a conspiracy!
I never progressed to the " loving the container store" phase, I stayed in the problem drinker stage.....
Load More Replies...I remember the day 20 years ago when my son told me he dreaded the day he got excited about new furniture. Two years ago, we went to the thrift store and I gifted him with a new used couch and chair. He was so excited.
I just bought some book ends so I can finally organize our shelves by color this weekend and I'm so freaking excited 😂
Literally one minute to the next. Not figuratively like years had gone by in a flash.
The latter was me as a teenager. I feel like I grew up a little TOO fast......
I want a container store, i’m in the UK and it sounds right up my alley!
One incredibly relatable problem that many of us Pandas deal with is overthinking. Suzanne Degges-White, a Licensed Counselor, Professor, and Chair at the Department of Counseling and Higher Education at Northern Illinois University, recently explained to Bored Panda why we overthink and how it’s related to perfectionism and anxiety.
"One of the primary negative consequences of overthinking is that you end up missing opportunities! Overthinking can lead to procrastination as you try to examine choices or circumstances too closely and for too long,” Professor Degges-White told Bored Panda.
Me.....every......damn.......day! Cube neighbor constantly sounds like she' asleep!
At least she's not screaming into a blaring speakerphone.
Load More Replies...Love her. Couldn't watch PnR long enough to see her shine
Load More Replies...It's the eating noises that really get to me more than they should probably. At this point I hate going to the cinema because I can't stand the chewing on nachos and chips. The only thing that's worse is that slurping ruckus people make when they are eating oranges or peaches. It's been like that since my childhood, I remember finding excuses to eat alone and it's not getting better.
And the horrible mosquito boxes, the buzzing fare boxes on the bus. And just every terrible noise out there. Unfortunately the earbuds also attract people who love to bother others for change, or just to say something. One lady sat beside me to rant about something. I was listening to music. She never asked me anything or cared that I was really listening. Then she thanked me when she got to her stop and left. It was just as equally uncomfortable as having to respond to an unsolicited social opportunity.
How to cancel plans with Ashley: I'm so sorry, but I'm going to have to cancel. I just remembered that I'd planned a sleep over at Justine's.
As an actual Ashley, that's totally fine because I wanted to read tonight anyway 😊
Load More Replies...me at 22: "mom i know its late but i need you to call my friend and tell her im grounded, trust me we at least have to try"
How I cancel plans with friends: "hey folks, I'm very, very sorry, but I'm not gonna make it to your party, my last two weeks were hard and I need this weekend for myself to recharge", and my friends only say they're sad I won't come, but tell me they understand and that they wish me a nice and relaxing weekend. End of discussion. I love my friends.
The older I get the more I want to stay home instead of partying. Did enough of that when I was supposed to
Trust me Ashley’s at home rn hoping you’ll cancel so she won’t have to.
Sign of a true introvert just tell her that there is a book you are deeply involved in!
Silence your pitiful whining and submit to Ashley. Ashley is your God.
But if you have trouble with this, there's always binge watching.
I used to watch TV and do homework at the same time. I got all As, so I guess you can do it too
I actually did study better this way. When recalling the info I'd remember the part of the show i was listening to .
Load More Replies...It's because it's driving me nuts when I can't remember that actor's name or where I know them from. Gotta have Wikipedia ready at all times lol. Also doesthedogdie.com, not watching anything new without it.
IMDb was the most used app for that exact reason. I remember countless time watching something and one of us asking "Is that who I think it is"
Load More Replies...I can't watch TV and read something on my phone but I can do something like colouring in on my phone.
That was literally a good portion of the marriage to my late wife. Substitute iPad at times, but often we'd decide to watch something and be playing on our devices too. I miss that simplicity as much as I miss her.
I'm so sorry for your loss. And this describes me and my husband also.
Load More Replies...“Overthinking can also lead to paralysis and not moving forward or taking a chance as the overthinking creates stress and anxiety as you spend too much time focusing on the 'What can go wrong?' versus the 'What Ifs' in life," she warned that overthinking leads to a lot of missed opportunities.
"Overthinking and anxiety have something of a 'chicken and the egg' relationship—if we're prone to anxiety, the more likely we are to engage in overthinking, and the more we overthink something, the more anxious we tend to become.”
Millennial / Gen Z term for an asśhòle/ cheating loser type of guy
Load More Replies...I love him. So much XD. Except the actor is old enough to be my grandpa, so no thanks on that regard XD.
Load More Replies...I just got a rescue-plant from the street (with a note on it, so no theft) and I named her Audrey. I would never name something I like after someone I dislike. Who does that???
Old joke: "Anybody have change for a $20? - "You don't need change, you need a bodyguard!"
Load More Replies...It feels like hitting the lottery when you find a forgotten $20 in your pocket.
That happened to me 2 hours ago. I was going into my jacket pocket for a tea bag, and pulled out a crisp, folded $20 that I don't remember putting in there.
Load More Replies...Wow. The woman in the above pic is my doppelganger - well she was when I was in my 30s. LOL! I was quite shocked when I scrolled and saw this.
Oh honey I sympathize deeply, I do, I live on $951/month and I'm grateful to have it but it doesn't go very far.
Been there; done that. Trying to remember if it was $24 or 24 cents, though. Whatever I could find in the car seats.
Especially with four cars and a dog - of course they eat before i do!
Now, if I've got only this much to use to cook dinner for six, you should see what I can do!!!
Good point. I never thought of that. But as far as making my bed, at 65 I'm listening to the Admiral.
Should the rest of us on BP know who the Admiral is?
Load More Replies...I only make the bed when I have changed the sheets. I never go into my bedroom unless I am going to get into the bed. And I'm older than Miss Frankfurter. It's one completely unnecessary chore that I abandoned decades ago.
I'm 62 and never make my bed. My husband, Mr. Fusspot, on the other hand, will make the bed 2 minutes before he gets into it. It's an amazing thing to watch.
Load More Replies...Money. And nothing beats getting into a freshly made bed, bonus points if you didn’t have to make it yourself lol
Exactly. My husband is disabled so the bed is usually messed up when i get home from work. I make him get out of bed so I can make it and fluff the pillows so I can crawl in.
Load More Replies...making your bed means party time for bed bugs. Little things like nicely draped blankets where moisture can accumulate. Better to leave the bed undone.
I'm 43 and I'm still not making my bed, because I still don't see the point.
I'm 77 I think it was the way you were raised. In our house you never left without the bed made the dishes done and the house tidied up! And I cant seem to break the pattern!
I was raised with one of my parents periodically doing a military white glove inspection of my bedroom. I broke that pattern as soon as I left to go out on my own and never looked back. I could be having an argument with them at their home, get up, leave & go back to my home. They would then show up to continue the argument. The cycle broke when I became the only child who would be there when they needed looking after ...
Load More Replies...Like a lot of other tendencies, overthinking exists on a spectrum. It isn’t a binary situation where you’re either an overthinker or you aren’t. “Some of us overthink things, but still commit to something before the metaphorical bell rings. Others, including those who tend towards obsessive compulsiveness, get so locked into overthinking that they can't move forward,” the professor pointed out to Bored Panda.
Performance anxiety, making wrong choices, or our past experiences can make us more prone to overthink things because we’re more anxious about the future. Meanwhile, some folks are simply born and raised to over-analyze things.
I can't stand the jiggling. Though I am never going back to underwires after two years working from home in comfortable bras.
Load More Replies...I retired. No more underwires ever, and no bra at all on many days. Words cannot express how much I despise bras.
Nothings worse than not having a bra on. The opposite of comfort.
Kramer's Manzier, or the Bro, seemed to work.....
Load More Replies...Unless you're rather on the large side and all the bouncing is disconcerting.
Load More Replies...Or... tilt your camera up high enough so nobody knows you aren't wearing a bra on Zoom calls. It's genius I know!
Again! Why with the downvotes??? Bras are incredibly uncomfortable and not good for our health. I do the same on zooms btw.
Load More Replies...I am 39. Bought some Red's at the Walmart. Instead of being carded, lady hit the "does the customer look over 50?" button. I dont like you either walmart lady!
Yikes! They actually have a button like that? Now I kind of like the ones that just card everyone.
Load More Replies...It all depends on the company you keep. I'm 52 and my neighbors love to remind me that I'm just a baby. Cracks me up every time.
This is so relative. When I turned 28, I was so depressed. Now, I read an obituary and someone is in their 60's and I think "Wow, they were so young".
...and at 76 they express surprise that you're still alive (having survived the 1960s, two duff marriages and Covid).
Is 37 old then? I am in the hospital waiting for a c-seciton on monday, so maybe not that old......
Only literal children think 37 is old. And they’re literal children, so they have no clue what they’re saying and their opinions don’t matter.
Load More Replies...Nah, All the young brats think they know more than you because they are in their 50s, :-( Arrogant youngsters!
I'm 36 almost 37 and still "nice and young" I will be old when my elders all die.
Agree. I still have one aunt left (parents gone) and I am not "old" old as long as there is someone in that generation left. She will be 96 in a few days. Happy Birthday and many more!
Load More Replies...Dang...at 73 my mind keeps telling me I am 19...my body says...."Hold up a minute."
I can't bring myself to commit to a movie but I will binge 8 seasons of an hour long TV show In one sitting.
I won't watch a new season of any show until every episode has aired and I'm able to binge the whole thing. It makes it easier to follow and gives me an excuse to kill a whole day watching TV.
It's called being a grown up, It'll get better when your face clears up!
The point of capitalism is not what you consume, but the rate at which you consume it. You're just a mouth. Shut up and chew.
"Perfectionists are definitely overthinkers as they worry about minor flaws and what they can do to avoid them. Perfectionists can get tripped up by their need to achieve perfection and focus on the minor details and be unable to fully commit to something, whether it's turning in a project at school or work or committing to a relationship if they feel it or they or their partner isn't 'perfect.'"
Like in most areas of life, the first step to fighting back against a problem is recognizing that there is a problem. "Once you realize you are overthinking things, it's time to tell yourself that 'enough is enough.' Our minds will go where it's comfortable for them to go—and for whatever reason, our brains seem to enjoy worrying a bit.”
Yeah. Not priced as high and long lost their elitism.
Load More Replies..."....chinese food makes me sick. I think its fly when a girl stops by for the summer..for the summer"
This is exactly what happened to me when I read that lol
Load More Replies...Every time I went in there I felt like I entered an alternate reality. The music was so loud, it was dark, and the smell of perfume was like a slap in the face.
Abercrombie & Fitch was the retail equivalent of middle school boys' obsession with Axe body spray.
Load More Replies...My kids knew better. We couldn't afford the knock offs let alone the a & f real deal.
How do you feel about having become an advertisement for advertising?
I feel this so much. Strangely enough, I still own and wear allot of my older Abercrombie stuff. It never falls apart and only gets more comfortable.
Considering she was marrying him for his money and intended to ship them off to boarding school, I would say she got what she deserved.
It's hard to feel sorry for him when he threw away one of his children and never let the daughter he kept know she had a mother or a twin sister.
Load More Replies...Yeah, she definitely deserved to be angry then. But then again, she shouldn’t have threatened to send them off to boarding school and being a bully to them. Adults who bully children are jerks.
Nope. 1. No one forced her; she insisted on going. 2. She was a complete b***h to the twins, threatening them with boarding school and pretty much admitting she was a gold digger. 3. She tried to make Nick choose between her and his own daughters. Therefore, Meredith Blake deserved everything she got. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Considering he already turned his back on one of his daughters, she had a reasonable expectation that he would chose her over his kids.
Load More Replies...Fun fact. The Meredith in the original movie played Meredith's mother in the remake.
I’ll just add this image to the list of Stupider Things I’ve Seen in My Life.
My thought has always been "the wedding means little. the marriage means everything." My example is Princess Di. That wedding....that outcome....meanwhile people exchanging cigar bands at the justice of the peace have lasted lifetimes.
Absolutely. I wasn't interested in the wedding, it was just something we had to do before we could be married
Load More Replies...Oh now that's just plain silly. Actually, it's totally laughable! LOL!
I mean good for the people who work in this industry, but spending thousands on a dress alone....I couldn't. It's nice to have a nice party with friends and family but the amount of money everyone is expected to pay (dresses, gifts, hotels etc.) wouldn't let me enjoy the day.
I dream of a big wedding but I only want a small one.... no. I want to just get the paperwork done and have a casual party bash with close friends and family. None of this "Which friendship is worth destroying so I can get a maid of honor?"
Professor Degges-White had some advice on how to stop overthinking. "Replace the worries of 'what can go wrong' with thoughts about 'what could go well.' Rather than wasting mental energy on negative thinking—especially when it's cyclical and going nowhere—intentionally remind yourself to focus on the positive possibilities,” she said.
“Accept that your best effort is enough and that perfection in most things isn't achievable. And that's okay,” the professor continued. “When trying to make a decision, practice going with the first response that comes to mind. Most of us do know what we want to do, but let our heads get tangled up in knots by overthinking the possibilities—just follow your gut and see what happens.”
YES! When we're both talking at the same time it sounds like we're working in a call center.
Tell me you're not gamers without saying you're not gamers. Our pcs have been in the same room for a decade. Would be fine if he stayed at a normal speaking volume while gaming XD
Same way I glared at my husband when it was my turn to feed our infant twins in the middle of the night! We alternated & each did our fair share, but that didn't stop us from nearly hating each other when we had to wake up while the other slept soundly!
Easy fix, make a "conference" room in the bathroom, you can easily cover the background with a quilt or comforter draped over the shower curtain rod.
Hurry. To divorce before breeding is the next best thing to not marrying at all.
*fights it back and fails* waving through the window?
Load More Replies...You should prefer absolutely any and everything compared to having to live in Florida. =*)
Load More Replies...Come to Texas where its summer all effing year long, except for those 3 days of winter we get late Jan -early Feb.
1,000,000% this. I've had enough sun and summer to last me an entire lifetime. I'm dying to move to Toronto.
Load More Replies...Hello world, take from someone who was "stuck" you can move... I promise, it will be ok, scary, yes, possible, also yes. Happiness isn't geographical... BS.
well, as a fair skinned red haired person I will forego the tan but hand me that margarita
25 plants (tubers, bareroots, etc.) and it won't stop raining. Mud, mud everywhere.
No depression with a book and a dog or some other furry non-human creature!
It will be of no surprise. You'll see that one coming when you start to spend weekends at home by yourself because he/she is now spending EVERY WAKING MINUTE with them. But then, there comes the screaming and up and down when you realize it's off to the Bridal Salons. Warning! If it goes on too long it will become something you'll want to avoid. That's when you start planning to spend the entire weekend with Justine.
I'll never understand why so many dudes thought these two were so hott. Money only makes up for so much stupid and so little personality.
Money. I've never heard of any guy say they thought Nicole and Paris were hot. But the styles back then were atrocious, with the stringy, greasy hairstyles, shimmery makeup that just looked like your skin was oily. unflattering clothes with words on them. Even on the butt.
Load More Replies..."There's nothing wrong with dating older women. But please, don't dig them up first." --some tweet where the lady looked kinda like the one on the right.
If you're not laughing, you're the friend. Whatever we say, we pity, but do not respect, you.
She added: “Set a time for thinking about a problem. When you contain the "space" for overthinking, you give yourself parameters and lose less time in overthinking and deliberating. Some people begin to stop the overthinking well before the timer goes off—they learn that it's not productive."
absolutely. And a huge, fat thank you for everyone tho schooled my kids just for a day or two or simply took them on a walk so I could catch up with work and simply just breathe. Being a working single mom sucked balls during lockdowns.
This also needs to be available as continuing education that comes with an available hot line to call, just to talk you down.
Talk you down from money you don’t have? Really, it’s basic responsibility.
Load More Replies...Where do you think most kids learned their habits?
Load More Replies...In most areas this is called parenting. So this person is saying they made it into a college but doesn’t understand basic math and spending habits. I have enough money for 2 apples, I want 6. Looks like I am getting 2 apples. Damn
Totally agree. I work in finance so this means I know to the penny how much debt I'm in. However, survival maths and how to lift without putting your back out should be required learning.
Only 21? I'm thinking at the rate iPhone are "upgraded" and released it would be more like iPhone 210.
Meanwhile the Android is a chip inserted between your index finger and thumb.
i think battery life of 80 hours. you should see how long the battery life is on the 13 lol. :) p.s please tell me if i missed something.
I have ADHD and this happens all the time. I lose interest and I'm out of there.
I painted my toenails on one foot and got bored. I had to get up in the middle of the night and did the other foot because it really bothered me that only one foot was done
I am single and I hardly shave and find it really refreshing. I don't like wearing skirts or shorts, but even if, why do I have to shave and Mr Gorilla over there can proudly present his pelt?
Me nearing 40: ooo long weekend. i'm so exhausted from parenting and house chores I can't wait to get back to work
Being an adult means you don’t give a s**t about social media because life is in charge and not your ego.
I'm waiting for the day when someone looks at my driver's license and asks me why I have my daughter's.
I've had the same one since 2008. It's the only picture of my wife and I that she likes and will let me use.
Like when I go to the doctor now and they ask if I can give a urine sample. Honey, I’m 42 and I had two kids. I can pee whenever you want.
I try to be good about drinking water but I hate it and this. Is. Why.
Not really so much in your late 20s, but definitely in your 30s.
Lots of people in their late 20s have children. I’m 22 and some of the people I went to school with are already parents.
Load More Replies...Wait a couple of decades until you're neither but because you aren't in a sitcom all your friends have both.
We have a construction project going on at work, and of course the construction guys are in their early to mid-20's. I overheard one of the new guys that showed up ask one of the other guys if there were any "cute girls" working here. His reply, "Nah, just one fat, old lady". I'm the only woman here. 😔
Fairly sure being locked up and stuffing your face with food due to the boredom probably means you should add on some but hey ho.
I legitimately feel this. I missed years to become more independent, to do stuff by myself, to date, to go to college in person and grow as a young adult.
You'd need 2, they don't do well on their own .But then, it's not really a 'spree' if you only buy one anyway.
Load More Replies...Target is selling Llamas? *putting shoes and jacket on*
You mean you'd actually have a job 1 week after graduating college to be able to say that? Surely you jest! Sadly, getting a job right after graduating college is a pipe dream.
Some of the dumbest people alive are college grads. Trump is a grad.
Doesn't take being smart to graduate when your parents can afford to buy the school a new wing or library.
Load More Replies...well, bringing home strangers starts again when your kids are grown and you are single ;) fun times!
ME JUST AFTER GETTING LICENSE: This is so awesome I love driving everywhere. I can drive for days and not get enough. ME NOW TO WIFE: I'll go with you only if you drive from and to home.
Why did the narrator just sound like Morgan Freeman in my head as reading that, lol?
My mum (60s) loves to point out that her generation managed to buy houses because they worked hard and saved. She just completely ignores me when I point out that in 1970 the average cost of a house was 3x the average wage and couples where only one went out to work could afford a house, whereas today the average cost of a house is SEVEN TIMES the average wage and you need two decent earners just to buy a shoebox.
Let me loose in a cheese shop and I could easily spend $63 on cheese. The challenge would be holding it down to $63.
With supply chain issues, the price of cheese has become outrageous - it would be pretty easy to spend $63 on cheese today.
Fun fact: while caffeine is indeed dehydrating, the effect in coffee is very small compared to the amount of liquid you get, so coffee can indeed be used to hydrate.
American maybe. If you drink Turkish coffe made somwhere in the Balkan, you just go to the bathroom and come out like a prune
Load More Replies...And you can't go to the MD to find out if it is actually something because you can't afford it. This remains true because if you even have insurance they only pay for so many visits a year and you have already maxed out on that. (For those of you who live in the U.S.)
What's even worse is when you're a hypochondriac and now you're starting to have all the conditions you thought you had when you were 20, but didn't.
I feel this so hard it hurts. Still going through the game of, "Is it an anxiety attack or heart attack?"
Load More Replies...you see me? Oh my god.. is there something in my face? Why are you even looking and me, and where are you? Where are you hiding?? ... my internal monologue, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to anxiety
Hey I remember being a kid and getting to tell my mom that the president declared french fries a vegetable so I'd have "vegetables" with every meal. My mom was a huge Reagan fanatic so whatever he said was gospel. This still makes me laugh to this day.
I made it this far just to find out that I need to start over because they all have extra mouseover text that I didn't see before
Load More Replies...Then, instead of working, i lie in bed for two hours convincing myself that Wal-mart is just a couple blocks east and i could get snacks and not starve if i could only get up and go. And i am still here, hangry and ready to give up in life because scr#w the store. And people. And money. And shoes. And walking.
I was really excited because a huge supermarket is being built right in front of my apartment. I was thinking I'd never have that problem again. Then reality hit and I'll probably be saying scr&w everybody and scr&w wearing pants.
Load More Replies...Don't worry. They don't want you looking at them either. Life has a way of evening itself out.
I think my brother put it best. Hey, didn't I go to high school with you? Yeah, and you f*****g hated me. Why are you bothering to talk to me now?
Lol! Meanwhile, back at the ranch, their significant other is scr*wing the t*ts off their best friend.
or a 10,000 word dissertation on how their new diet Totally changed them. then 2 weeks later, "yeah that didn't work"
And then there's that whole pedicure thing. Wait! Also shorts, and societal pressure that now you have to shave your legs. And tank tops, so you have to shave your armpits. And there's no wearing a winter hat if you need to go out without taking the time to wash your hair. If you need to go to the grocery store, you don't need to get fully dressed. Just throw on some jeans, because your going to have a winter coat on the whole time. Maybe winters not so bad after all. Unless you end up unconscious in the ER. Trust me. You will be judged!
I am sure no member of the medicual guild will judge you. They will be busy saving your life and they've seen worse than a hair or two in your armpit. I will never understand how women can be so worried about their appearence, especially in emergency situations. Do you think a man cares if he wears dirty undies with holes in them or if his back hair is growing all over the place?
Load More Replies...Lip Smackers debuted in 1975 though. And they came in jumbo size...the cylinder was about 2.5cm by 10cm.
I had the giant sized Orange Crush and Dr. Pepper Lip Smackers.
Load More Replies...Is that pink thing a knock off version of a Swatch? There are things I like to remember about my youth, but the ass end of popular culture is something I never want to see again.
Think of it as just like getting to Carnegie Hall. Practice, practice, practice.
I don't want to 'have a job' at someone else's wedding. I wanna skip the reception, show up for cake and to tell them how beautiful the reception was, and then go back home, eat more cake, and watch netflix.
Weddings are becoming pointless and self absorbed worship parties. In the grand scheme of things you’re handing your best friends a bill so you can feel good about yourself. I want all the money back from my a*****e divorced friends. Plane tix, presents, car rental, hotel. I want the 400 dollar vitamix blender I bought a friend then cheated on her a year later. F him
Load More Replies...It wouldn't fit anyway with the 34 pairs of socks and 40 underpants I'd bring, just in case. 🤷♀️
Load More Replies...Hey Paris! Stop being a clueless spoiled little rich girl. Can you fit that on a T shirt?
The picture is edited. It originally said stop being desperate.
Load More Replies...Ok, lemme go off the little I know. MySpace was basically Instagram but better. I think they mean they used HTML to make their profile page cool? Basically they coded/color coded their own page. Scene band is basically emo bands so lots of angst. Think the lyrics from My Immortal (Evanescence). I hope that helped? Sincerely, a person who spent way too much time browsing around the older section of the internet over quarantine.
Load More Replies...When I was young, MySpace, digital cameras, HTML and emo didn't exist, nobody did selfies, mirror or otherwise, and nobody owned a computer or had ever heard of a "scene band."
well most people don't have more real friends than that. The others are collagues, aquaintances, whatever you name them. Friends are the ones that will bring a shovel and person sized garbage bags if you ask them to without asking questions and those are rare.
Stupid, 08 was a s**t show. She was young and dumb, most were dealing with the recession and repossessed houses. And lil Wayne sucks.
So, you are insulting her for having a difference of opinion and a different experience.
Load More Replies...right?! My 13 yr old sees me work all day, clean the house, sweating over bills, checking out my wrinkles in the mirror and says he'll hate being an adult
She a teenager! Teens dont know what being an adult is like. Its realistic.
Pizza after lunch is heartburn on a timer. This gal is gonna have a lot of complaints at 40!
Ugh no, I'm the opposite, I want spring and summer to f**k right off. WINTER FOREVER
Is it normal to visit your parents and just get some snacks without being offered any? I'd never do that, but maybe that's a cultural thing.. or just my weird family.
and this is why I pay for my stuff myself.. not putting up with anything just for the sake of a free glass of wine :)
This went on for far too long. I had to stop at 61. Lesson: always wait until the late afternoon to check out BP. That way they've been narrowed down to somewhere between 30 - 50. You may end up wasting the same amount of time, but you'll get to check out everything for the day.
I kinda feel sorry for Samantha Matt. She seems to be in her late 20s, already contemplates her life choices (cmon you don't have to be married and have kids yet) and complains about being cold, bored and having to go to work, while getting excited about organising her pantry instead of going out. Lighten up Sam
Life is gonna sting hard if it actually happens too her.
Load More Replies...Way too much stupid s**t on this one, it’s life. She has way too much time for complaining and not getting out of bed. These kind of posts are getting very irritating.
She isn’t as funny or clever or original as she thinks she is
Not a single tweet about how horrible her student loans are. Complaining about mundane s**t leads me to believe she has a great safety net named Daddy.
So being financially able to afford student loans means daddy takes care of it? I wish it was that easy. I had to pay mine I just didn't complain cause it wasnt that bad I guess.
Load More Replies...It definitely says that it's an article about Average People problems which was created by Samantha Matt so it makes sense that it's mostly from her.
Load More Replies...Still ...a better format where after every screen capture they spend 2 paragraphs describing everything in the screen capture.
This went on for far too long. I had to stop at 61. Lesson: always wait until the late afternoon to check out BP. That way they've been narrowed down to somewhere between 30 - 50. You may end up wasting the same amount of time, but you'll get to check out everything for the day.
I kinda feel sorry for Samantha Matt. She seems to be in her late 20s, already contemplates her life choices (cmon you don't have to be married and have kids yet) and complains about being cold, bored and having to go to work, while getting excited about organising her pantry instead of going out. Lighten up Sam
Life is gonna sting hard if it actually happens too her.
Load More Replies...Way too much stupid s**t on this one, it’s life. She has way too much time for complaining and not getting out of bed. These kind of posts are getting very irritating.
She isn’t as funny or clever or original as she thinks she is
Not a single tweet about how horrible her student loans are. Complaining about mundane s**t leads me to believe she has a great safety net named Daddy.
So being financially able to afford student loans means daddy takes care of it? I wish it was that easy. I had to pay mine I just didn't complain cause it wasnt that bad I guess.
Load More Replies...It definitely says that it's an article about Average People problems which was created by Samantha Matt so it makes sense that it's mostly from her.
Load More Replies...Still ...a better format where after every screen capture they spend 2 paragraphs describing everything in the screen capture.
