40 Bitter Truths About Being An Adult That Usually Don’t Cross Teens’ Minds, As Pointed Out In This Viral Thread

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My mom and I said "I love you" every night at bedtime. She died in her sleep two years ago, and I'm haunted by the fear that I didn't sat it that night. But I'm glad that she knew I loved her, even as I know she loved me. If you love someone, TELL them before it's too late.

I’m 71 years old and I miss them every day.

I liked your afterthought. Some people think, that it is mandatory to love your parents no matter how they are og have the treat you. I don't go with that.

And if you're at all satisfied with how you turned out, tell them they did a good job.

They aren't a burden. They are my treasure.

I am my mother's full time care taker. She has dementia and multiple health problems but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I am so sorry Rod. I was 50 when my mom died. And after she was gone I felt like a lost child. Not an adult. A child. Sometimes I still do and its been 14 years.

Sorry for you loss, Rod... I hope you have lots of enjoyable memories to comfort you!

The solution to that's easy: have a go-to "I Dunno Dish" that you make when nobody can decide. Ours is spaghetti and meatballs.

Be grateful that this is your only problem. So many people don't have options and others have way too little to eat or nothing at all !

and after 30+ years of figuring out mealtimes, some days multiple times. it never ends. Even when my adult kids visit with their own families, everyone turns to me when deciding what's to eat (and you have everyone's likes, dislikes and fast food tweaks locked and loaded).

My mom moved in last month with us. So now, there's a 3rd person who doesn't know what they want for supper.

I'm thinking about creating a catalog that will update the recipe possibilities based on the remaining ingredients on stock. They can choose from that, or it'll randomize a dish.

We make a Meal plan for a week. Though often leave open spots at the weekend. We try to reduce foodwaste, by using leftover ingrediens in the dishes, and by that save som money. Not always works out perfectly, but save us for a lot of day-to-day shopping.

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Normal adults do. Only choild-adults don't plan and cook every day, adding up already endless tasks to their list.

Try googling "meal planning" for ideas. One helpful idea is making a list (like on a spreadsheet on the computer) with every single meal you might cook, called a Master Menu List. You can organize it various ways, eg by how easy the recipe is, and glance at it for inspiration when you're doing your meal planning for the week ahead.

Maybe you could google: How to cook whatever you have in your fridge. If you find more than one recipe try to combine them. That might make it exciting to cook.

Same!!!! We always say "the state says I have to feed you by law, but it doesn't say what".

Haha, same here. Sometimes I'm like "why, you wanna eat again? But you just ate yesterday!" :))

This is the story behind the Samaritans: The Rev Chad Varah saw the funeral of a girl who killed herself because no one had explained periods and she thought something was desperately wrong.

50 years? more like 30 years

Getting an IUD to end my periods was the best choice ever. No more long periods, unbearable cramps, crankiness, and extremely little chance of getting pregnant again.

Especially when I got it before they even taught us about it in school 😒

That really sucks... My first question when I had it was "how do you stop?"

wait what?

Holy truth, and still we are somehow disgusting because of that..

Well, she should know how to deal with period before she gets it.

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I don't undesrtand american women complaining about periods?? Not only normal, but blessing! Amazing! I missed my periods (whilst pregnant and brestfeeding) so much, because everything was different. Flavors, dreams, even sleeping. I never sleep better than my period nights, also my dreams were colorful, happy and funny

Oh for sure. I don't care what people think of me nor do I want to please everyone in my life now.

This is true. But, to be honest, I was kinda lucky. As soon as I turned 18, it felt like someone upgraded my stats and I became smarter. I still recall the disbelief of my high school colleagues and teachers (last, 4th year, we're mostly 18-year-olds). Like... "Who are you? Are you the same person? What happened to you, girl?" My attitude towards life, education, people around me, myself, the future... all seemed to have suddenly brighten up. My insecurities were still there, but now they were less than before. And my ability to focus, to concentrate... I felt blessed. My grades skyrocketed too. From the struggling student who almost failed at 2nd year, I went to tops and I graduated with unexpectedly high grades. Kept those studying manners into university as well.

Although adults CAN do whatever they want, hopefully wisdom steps in... eating like a five year old with a checkbook is very unhealthy and will soon take a toll. Like the T-shirt says...."I'm an adult, I can do what I want... someone please take this power from me"

The knowledge that it will make them sick

Falling down in your 20s:”Ow, that’s gonna hurt for a couple of days.” Falling down in your 50s: “Well, that’s gonna hurt forever.”

When you are 6 you simply ran into a table. Speaking from experience, and yes I have a scar.

or walked wrong, or sat wrong, or nothinged wrong...pain just finds you

Even just thinking about it ;o)

Thanks for the warning, I guess?

my injury stories are fun because i'm dumb and do dumb stuff. once i knew that there was poison oak around a bee hive. still wanted to see the bee hive, but i couldnt' see it close enough, so i walked through poison oak, took off my shoes, tried to climb the tree but the bark was rotten and gave way, making me fall backwards into poison oak, hitting my head. i was at camp so when i eventually went to the infirmary after a few hours cause people wree bugging me about it the staff said that my story just keeps getting worse! this was after letting a venemous mystery bug (knew it was toxic, didn't know the species) bite me for various amounts of time.