This deserves more upvotes.

Bullies COUNT on you 'turning the other cheek' or 'taking the high road' or whatever else people want to call it. Because it means that there are no consequences for their actions. 'Silence means assent' is the bullies' creed, because as long as no one stops them it means it is ok for them to continue.

They still try to sell this lie

48 and still am winging it

I tell the middle schoolers I work with that you don't suddenly know how to adult when you turn 18 and it is actually like any other birthday and they are consistently shocked by this

Yep, still happens at 60...:(

36 and still no clue.

Hey, wait until you're in your 70's and are still trying to figure what you want to be when you grow up:)

69 & I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

54 and still trying..

My 11 yo kid is pretty smart and could teach me a thing or two

Turning 40 in 2 days...still not sure what I'm doing.

Turning 32, just as confused as I was at 17 lol

Reality: Everyone in life is just guessing. Some people just have more information that make their guesses more accurate.

Being a successful adult isn't about knowing what you're doing at all times, it's about acting as if you do and being able to react accordingly when you screw up. A little bit of Star Trek wisdom: "A leader can be wrong, but a leader can never be uncertain." Making mistakes is part of life, how you learn from them and move forward is what makes you an adult.

Just because you're old doesn't mean you know your a*s from a hole in the ground.

Late 60's and still learning how to navigate through life.

You've only got to look at politics to realise this and yet they still believe whole heartedly they are 100% correct 100% of the time

46 and just had a total meltdown over how complicated my life is right now. I’m FORTY-SIX! Things should be easier, not harder.

Same. Four year old trapped in the body of a 49 year old here. Adulting is hard!

Praise God Thought i was defective

38 and I'm kinda starting to kinda maybe sorta get the hang of it when the universe lets me lol

yeah we all fake it until we get caught or get away with it.

12 and no idea why this is true

To be fair, a handful of adults know more than some kids.

Tax all religious institutions d@mn it!!!

As an adult who knows many adults, no.

then why won't the government make a minimum wage enough to pay rent 😭 (I would prefer not to have arguments in the replies please)

I wanted to be a dragon rider, but no, stupid discriminatory rules because some idiot thought vampires like dragon blood! Everyone knows it tastes terrible and has horrible side effects! My friend died from a dragon blood overdose, do you really think I want anything to do with that? And besides, why would I hurt a dragon?

Send your kid to a trade school if you can. Thank you mom.

You’ll want kids when you’re older. It's now scientifically confirmed that this is bogus in most cases. They made a big survey with thousands of people and asked them if they wanted children when they were young and if that changed when they grew older, and the consensus was that the decision is stable into aduldhood and that people who let others pressure them into having kids despite not really wanting them were regretting it

Is college really that easy ??? I'm in a french university and it's a billion times harder than high school.

Respect is earned. I can treat someone with dignity even if I don't respect them

And it's smarter to go into an apprenticeship like plumbing or mechanic that pays you to learn than pay college to learn and get a degree you'll never use

Here's the thing. In my job, you see a lot of 'black box' users. Meaning they push a button, get a number and go 'well that must be the right answer.' But if you don't know HOW it is getting that answer, you don't know if that number really is right. Same goes even for basic math on a calculator. If you don't understand math, how do you know your calculator worked? How do you know you didn't miss enter something? Or even just that the program had a random glitch? Just because you have a calculator doesn't mean it is ok to not learn math. Further, a lot times what you are learning is not just how to do math, but how to approach problems in general. Figuring out how to solve that math problem on your homework gives you strategies for figuring out how to solve other problems in completely different areas of your life.

My daughter kicked a bully in the stomach. But not because he bullied her but because he bullied her trans friend. I wasn't sure how to respond to that story because the school didn't know about it.

I was just talking to my mom today about anxiety regarding the dentist/dental visits. One of the very FEW things my mom did right when I was a kid was get me used to going to the dentist for checkups/etc. when I was very young, and she picked an excellent pediatric dentist. I'm very fortunate that I've never had ANY fear or anxiety about visiting the dentist. I've never had a cavity, and I can fall asleep during dental cleanings XD My mom gets mega anxiety, as does my ex. My ex has to take Valium before an appointment just to get through it :( I feel for people who have anxiety with dentists. I guess my mom must have had a moment of actual parental care/love and didn't want me to have anxiety about the dentist, like she did.

My late mother was old school. When I couldn't take wearing my heavy Coke-bottle bottom glasses anymore, I decided to get contact lenses. I must have been about 22 at the time. I casually mentioned this to my mother, and she said: "Oh, no! Once you put those things in your eyes, you'll never get them out, and you'll go blind! I know someone, who knows someone, who knows someone's son, so for sure that's the truth!" I still wear contacts to this day. It was the best thing I ever did for my eyes.

Ya'll are BEAUTIFUL GORGEOUS STUNNING and PERFECT no matter what you weigh and I hope you realize that <3

I was told it makes your knuckles bulge. Never actually happened though. The cracking sound is not actually bones you're hearing. It's the bubbles formed in the cartilage popping that you hear. If it were your bones they would quickly erode.

The whole world is full of very rich cheaters

And God is watching the church crowd go out to brunch after church and abuse the waitstaff.

Cynicism is not bad, but should be doled out in doses. I think the healthier attitude is to not focus on what others are doing and keep going for yourself and because it’s worthy.

if people can't see how amazing you are they don't deserve you

My mom just told me to shut up and stop moving my head when she would put my hair in tight buns for ballet class.

I would much rather have a job that pays me tons of money. Fortunately, my dream job is to be a plumber, so I've got the best of both worlds!

Well, that kinda depends on what you're asking. I wonder what this person asked.....

Who the h€ll came up with this cr@p?

That is the problem with many parents.

Lolol, I love this one! I can just imagine the parents getting so annoyed by the kids standing with the fridge door open and beeping and coming up with this gem!

The bread line was because it was cheaper to fill up with bread. when poor you do what you can to keep hunger away.

The best Beatle.

Why? Why not just tell them "No, not this time. Sorry." or "Do you have enough from your allowance to buy it yourself?" Kids need to hear no, and learn they can't have everything just because it's there.

Beat the c**p out of bullies!