You’ve got to hand it to adults. They know how to make a living, pay taxes, and keep their house in order. They know how to cook, clean, and get to their appointments on time. They know how to be responsible and accountable, other than understanding the importance of savings accounts and paying off their debt.
Yeah, no. This would be true if we lived in a perfect world where everything worked as it should, but reality can be so much harder! Adulting means you’ve got to make all those hard choices now, and most of the time, you just want someone else to do them for you, like when you were a kid.
Sometimes the only way to get through growing up is to laugh at it with some adulting humor! So here we’ve collected a list of relatable adulting jokes about the daily challenges of young adults and the struggles of dealing with those responsibilities we’d rather ignore. Can you relate too?
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Adulthood is like looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane.
This needs to be on a t-shirt. It also needs to be a bumper sticker. I'd put on my car. (If I had one.)
You know you're an adult when the thing you get most excited about is extra sleep.
Maybe adults aren't afraid of monsters under the bed anymore because we know that if we get eaten by one we won't have to go to work the next day.
Used to sneak out my house to go to parties, now I sneak out of parties to go to my house.
Still don't understand how people my age have children. I'm children.
Being an adult is mostly being exhausted. Wishing you hadn't made plans, and wondering how you hurt your back.
You guys are making plans? I just want to survive the weekend doing groceries and cleaning.
How do people work 10 hour a day then come home and workout and cook? Adulting is an extreme sport.
Being an adult is mostly going to bed when you don't want to and waking up when you dont' want to.
You know you’re an adult when going to bed early with clean sheets is more appealing than going out on a Friday night.
If replacing a dirty dish sponge with a new one puts you in a good mood, you’re officially an adult.
Sometimes I replace the sponge earlier than needed, just because I can. And I enjoy that like hell. Am I rebel or is it just... sad? 🙃
I used to think that adulthood was one crisis after another. I was wrong. As it turns out, adulthood is multiple crises, concurrently, all the time, forever.
I wish I was still a kid so I could just take a long nap and everyone would be proud of me.
The retirement age needs to be lowered to 25. I’ve had enough.
Being an adult is just finally getting why your mom was upset about stuff when you were a kid.
I’m an adult, and I can eat whatever I want whenever I want, and I wish someone would take this power from me.
Being an adult is having the "We have food at home" talk with yourself.
But the urge to have someone else make you some nice hot fries and a burger 🤤
"I'm just gonna get gas in the morning." Is one of the worst decisions you make as an adult.
Yeah, these days deciding to get drunk in the morning instead seems like a cheaper idea.
About 33 years ago two people had sex and now I have to work everyday.
I don't run for my problems. I sit on my couch, play on my phone and ignore them like all other adults.
Birthday at 18: Takes 12 different shots from 12 different bars.
Adult's birthday: Takes two different pain relievers because I literally hurt myself sleeping.
Me as a kid: I can’t wait until I’m an adult and nobody can tell me what to do.
Me as an adult: Someone please tell me what to do.
Adulthood is like losing your mom in the grocery store for the rest of your life.
The horrifying moment when you're looking for an adult but then you realize that you are an adult. So you look for and older adult, someone successfully adulting. An adultier adult.
True mark of adulthood: instead of your parents scheduling your doctor’s appointments, you just avoid going to the doctor and hope u don’t die.
As an adult living in the US, sometimes I wonder am I afraid of going to the doctor in and of itself or am I more afraid of the bill that follows?
The cool thing about being an adult is that you can go to bed at 9.30p.m and still feel completely exhausted the entire next day.
Being an adult is like being a Quentin Tarantino movie: it starts out real cool, there’s lots of cursing, it’s very confusing, everyone dies.
Being an adult is basically a "choose your own adventure" book, but every choice sounds terrible.
Remember when you were little and you fall on the trampoline and everyone would keep jumping so you couldn’t get back up? That’s being an adult.
I miss the joys of a trampoline. From my early teens I had to stop using them because I literally got whiplash every single time :(
Adulthood is wanting to cry for 4 days straight but not having the time.
Most adult friendships are just figuring out whose turn it is to cancel plans.
While hanging your duvet cover, remember to use your energy sparingly. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Make sure you stay hydrated. Don't panic.
You know you're becoming an adult when you realize literally nobody feels like an adult.
You know you’re an adult when 4:30am is early in the morning instead of late at night.
You know you’re an adult when you hear the heater kick in and your first thought is how much it’s going to cost.
"You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there. "- George Burns
I think I've reached that point in my life where happy hour is a nap.
I love napping. It is like a get a way from everything. You feel like you are in paradise.
Spillin a full beer you paid for is the adult equivalent of letting go of a ballon.
Me as a kid: When I’m an adult, I’m gonna stay up all night and eat whatever I want.
Me as an adult: If I don’t finish this glass of water and go to bed by 9p.m, I’m gonna die.
Till I was like 6 or something I would cry every birthday because I didn't wanna get old.... sooooo no
Being an adult is pretty easy, you just feel tired all the time and tell people about how tired you are and they tell you how tired they are.
Nobody talks about Jesus miracle of having 12 close friends in his 30s.
Shout-out to John Mulaney who I think was the one who came up with that gem.
The U.P.S truck is the adult version of the ice cream truck.
Yes. A million times yes. I get so exited when I see it roll by. Good times 😌
I always feel better when my doctor says something is normal for my age but then think dying will also be normal for my age at some point.
Adulting: When you eat the crust not because you like it but because you paid for the darned thing.
Why am I getting older and wider instead of older and wiser?
You know you're getting older when you have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
Being an adult is like folding a fitted sheet. No one really knows how.
Um actually Ex-Housekeeping Supervisor here, I know how to fold a fitted sheet. Adulting....not so much!
No one warned me that being an adult was mostly just hurrying up to get somewhere you don’t want to go in the first place.
It's the freakin weekend baby, I'm about to do 15 loads of laundry.
Kids just want to be grown-ups, but all grown-ups want are snacks and naps.
"Why did I do that?" An autiobiography by me, with special appearances by several alcoholic beverages.
Adulthood is easy. It's just like riding on a bike and the bike is on fire. And the ground is on fire. And everything is on fire because you're in hell.
"I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do." - Phyllis Diller
I love asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because I'm still looking for ideas.
"You're still a rockstar", - I whisper to myself as I take a multivitamin & go to bed at 9:45pm.
Me: I don't want to go to work.
Bills: You better have my money.
I'm just going to put an "Out of order" sticker on my forehead and call it a day.
"Adulting is finally understanding why your mom was so upset with you when you didn’t take the chicken out of the freezer." - Jalin Nicole
My best friend and I were planning for a concert, and for the first time in our lives, we were like, 'Do we... want to buy seats instead of standing in the pit?'
How do you know your adult? People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"
"You know you’ve reached middle age when you’re told to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police." - Joan Rivers
You're not adult until a teenager describes you as middle-aged.
My life feels like a test I didin't study for.
Being an adult is mostly just Googling how to do stuff and feeling tired all the time.
I really don't know where my life would be if it weren't for google.
I pretend to like people every day. It's called being an adult.
Teenagers: "Dresses like I'm on the catwalk."
Adults: "dresses like I walk cats."
Flowers and chocolate are not the way to my heart, but an unloaded dishwasher and a pile of folded laundry might just do the trick.
Being an adult is basically dealing with idiots, paying bills, cold meals, no sleep and avoiding the doctor until you need to be hospitalized.
Being an adult is about two things: Having the ability to do whatever you want, whenever you want. Never doing anything.
True. I remember those days. When I first got my license, driving was all I wanted to do. I remember thinking to myself, "why would anyone want to stay home when they could drive anywhere they want??"
Saying “sorry the place is a mess” when a guest enters your home despite the fact that you spent three hours making sure it’s immaculate prior to their visit is adult culture.
You know you’re an adult when you can kill spiders on your own.
Or when you realise that you don't have to kill them, and just be glad there's less flies.
"When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of algebra." - Will Rogers
As an adult, I can literally do whatever I want to, but I always end up wanting to just go to sleep.
Bills: Paid.
Bank account: Empty.
Working: Still.
I'm sick and tired of putting gas in my car.
Wait until you reach your 50s. You get sick and tired of every. f*****g. thing. Gassing up the car, grocery shopping, figuring out what you're going to make for dinner, picking out your clothes, shopping for your clothes, cleaning the house. Everything. I once asked my 94-year-old grandmother if she was afraid to die and she said "Oh no, honey. I'm so tired. By the time you reach my age, you're ready for a long nap in a cool, dark room." I get it now gram. I get it.
Adulthood is so fun because there's so many surprises. Like when will I sleep next? Will my card get declined this time? Is this all worth it?
You know you’re an adult when you wake up on time to get ready for work without an alarm.
Never happened to me. I once managed to cancel all the snooze functions on my 5 consecutive wake up times and slept extra 3 hours. I have to change phone position regularly otherwise I start cancelling alarms in my sleep. I get 8 hours sleep minimum and still can never wake up easily.
When I was young I did stupid things because I didn't know any better. Now I know better and do stupid things because I miss being young.
Adulting is hard. This is why we are allowed to buy alcohol.
I drink coffee because adulting is hard. Without it, I'm basically a 2 years old whose blankie is in the washer.
I think the most exciting thing about being an adult is never knowing what part of your body is going to hurt the next day.
You know you’re an adult when you’re glad to be sick on a weekend instead of during the week.
I had COVID for 2 weeks and it was the best 2 weeks of my entire work career FYM
With age comes wisdom… and discounts!
My mom got super excited when she turned 55 and officially can get the senior discounts now.
I need to find hobbies that don't include my debit car.
What it's like being an adult?
I got bills and they're multiplying.
Adulthood is trying each of the same six passwords that you use for everything and complaining that you’re tired.
Was it the one with or without the Uppercase letter? Did this one include numbers? Or Perhaps it was it the most irritatingly most forgotten one that needed to include a 'Special character'......please type your email to reset your password.
Adulthood is when you start getting sick of having to wear underwear everyday and responsibilities.
Exciting perks of adulthood: 1. Busy! Busy all the time! What are you even doing? You don't know! 2. Very tired. 3. Some kinda stomach ache??? 4. Definitely sad about something. 5. Bills! Bills all the time! What are you even paying for? You don't know!
This feels like the beginning of a monologue or a poem. One that needs to be read out loud to all the kids eagerly looking forward to the imagined perks of adulting.
Another fine day ruined by responsibility.
Adulthood is planning to go to the gym after work but lying on the coach and drinking a bottle of wine instead.
Adulthood is a repetitive cycle of getting over one anxious situation, then facing another five minutes later.
Being an adult is mostly being exhausted, wishing you hadn’t made plans, and wondering how you hurt your back.
When we're young, we sneak out our house to go to parties, but when we're older, we sneak out of parties to go home.
As a lifelong insomniac I always get excited about extra sleep. Today I slept in until 11AM and it was awesome!!!
I'd have to kill my twins to get to sleep past 6... I've obviously considered it, but who's got the energy? /s
Load More Replies... I find myself laughing A LOT! Every time someone says "I've made a plan" or "I won't do that" or "I'll find time to do it later." Yea, right . . . Doesn't matter if I set a timer, write a list or think I'll remember, NOTHING is ever the way I thought it was gonna be. Now . . . that being said, there have been a lot of things that just "happen" to me that are world-class experiences -- meeting new friends, travel, tasting foods I never knew before. I LOVE it that no one says I'm too young for anything and I KNOW my limits. I don't have to jump off a roof holding an umbrella or drink more than anyone else. I LOVE MY AGE! I have ARRIVED! I know when someone is goading me, I know when to leave. Aches & pains? I have earned EVERY ONE and I make jokes to go with them. After I took a fall and my knee has never been the same, I like to say . . . "It's my old cheerleader injury -- I didn't know she'd go that far when I kicked her!" I'm gonna be laughing 'til the day I die!
Exactly! I’ll be like “who’s that actor kid?” and my 17 year old daughter will be “Kid? They’re 35”
Load More Replies... As a lifelong insomniac I always get excited about extra sleep. Today I slept in until 11AM and it was awesome!!!
I'd have to kill my twins to get to sleep past 6... I've obviously considered it, but who's got the energy? /s
Load More Replies... I find myself laughing A LOT! Every time someone says "I've made a plan" or "I won't do that" or "I'll find time to do it later." Yea, right . . . Doesn't matter if I set a timer, write a list or think I'll remember, NOTHING is ever the way I thought it was gonna be. Now . . . that being said, there have been a lot of things that just "happen" to me that are world-class experiences -- meeting new friends, travel, tasting foods I never knew before. I LOVE it that no one says I'm too young for anything and I KNOW my limits. I don't have to jump off a roof holding an umbrella or drink more than anyone else. I LOVE MY AGE! I have ARRIVED! I know when someone is goading me, I know when to leave. Aches & pains? I have earned EVERY ONE and I make jokes to go with them. After I took a fall and my knee has never been the same, I like to say . . . "It's my old cheerleader injury -- I didn't know she'd go that far when I kicked her!" I'm gonna be laughing 'til the day I die!
Exactly! I’ll be like “who’s that actor kid?” and my 17 year old daughter will be “Kid? They’re 35”
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