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I found this on Brainsalad's journal.
25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP
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1. Your house plants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them. I don't have any plants. I do have two cats and a baby and I'm able to keep them alive! I think that carries a bit more responsibility than having plants.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question. While we have a King bed, I'm sure I could make do with whatever was available.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge. There is no beer in the fridge. There is, however, more caffeinated beverages in the fridge than there is food.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed. I sleep when Gabriel lets me sleep. I'm usually up around 7:45 in the morning because he doesn't want to sleep past then.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator. I don't think there will ever be an elevator version of Cry Little Sister or Mad World. But I do hear songs I like and grew up with in elevators quite often.
6. You watch the Weather Channel. No, if I need to know the weather I just go to the Weather Channel's website.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up." Depends on the friends. I have some who are married, some who are divorced, some who are engaged, and some who are still dating around.
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14. I don't even have 14 days of vacation these days. I don't even technically get my weekends off.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up." Dressed up for me us usually a suit. Sometimes a nice skirt and top or a dress.
10. You're the one calling the police because those #@!.. kids next door won't turn down the stereo. Pretty much, yeah. Only the assholes above us are not kids, they're just insensitive loud adults and we don't call the cops, we call building security. But yeah, we are calling people to stop noise in the middle of the night.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you. I can't remember a time when I didn't hear dirty jokes from various older relatives.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore. But from their commercials I do know that they're "open late"!
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up. My car insurance is sky high because I live in Los Angeles and because Rob is a new driver. I have no car payments.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers. I feed my cats Wellness brand cat food. It's much better than Science Diet. I've never fed my cats crap, they always get a good brand of cat food. Though sometimes Sydney does steal random people food from us.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt. Sleeping anywhere other than my own bed usually makes my back hurt.
16. You take naps. On occasion, if Gabriel lets me.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one. I marked this as a yes, because it was before Gabriel came into our lives. Now we don't even get to do dinner and a movie anymore.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset rather than settle, your stomach. Wow, that would be such a bad idea for me.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests. Nope, I still buy condoms and I needed pregnancy tests when we were trying for Gabriel.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good shit." A $4 bottle of wine was never good to me. I like fine wines and have for a long time.
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time. I rarely eat breakfast and when I do eat breakfast foods it's almost always for a different meal than breakfast.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again." Not drinking for over a year because of the pregnancy took away my tolerance for large amounts of booze. And I learned my lesson back in 2003 when I swore I'd never drink that much again. After 15 martinis I was throwing up vodka for 2 days straight.
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work. Nope!
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar. I don't really drink anywhere anymore. I can't go out to a bar because of Gabriel, but I wouldn't choose to drink at home just to save money.
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh shit, what the hell happened?" For the most part, yes.
Bonus:
26. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry ass. Nope, I found many that don't apply to me.
25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP
Bold text for true, plain text for not true, italics for explanations
1. Your house plants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them. I don't have any plants. I do have two cats and a baby and I'm able to keep them alive! I think that carries a bit more responsibility than having plants.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question. While we have a King bed, I'm sure I could make do with whatever was available.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge. There is no beer in the fridge. There is, however, more caffeinated beverages in the fridge than there is food.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed. I sleep when Gabriel lets me sleep. I'm usually up around 7:45 in the morning because he doesn't want to sleep past then.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator. I don't think there will ever be an elevator version of Cry Little Sister or Mad World. But I do hear songs I like and grew up with in elevators quite often.
6. You watch the Weather Channel. No, if I need to know the weather I just go to the Weather Channel's website.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up." Depends on the friends. I have some who are married, some who are divorced, some who are engaged, and some who are still dating around.
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14. I don't even have 14 days of vacation these days. I don't even technically get my weekends off.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up." Dressed up for me us usually a suit. Sometimes a nice skirt and top or a dress.
10. You're the one calling the police because those #@!.. kids next door won't turn down the stereo. Pretty much, yeah. Only the assholes above us are not kids, they're just insensitive loud adults and we don't call the cops, we call building security. But yeah, we are calling people to stop noise in the middle of the night.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you. I can't remember a time when I didn't hear dirty jokes from various older relatives.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore. But from their commercials I do know that they're "open late"!
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up. My car insurance is sky high because I live in Los Angeles and because Rob is a new driver. I have no car payments.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers. I feed my cats Wellness brand cat food. It's much better than Science Diet. I've never fed my cats crap, they always get a good brand of cat food. Though sometimes Sydney does steal random people food from us.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt. Sleeping anywhere other than my own bed usually makes my back hurt.
16. You take naps. On occasion, if Gabriel lets me.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one. I marked this as a yes, because it was before Gabriel came into our lives. Now we don't even get to do dinner and a movie anymore.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset rather than settle, your stomach. Wow, that would be such a bad idea for me.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests. Nope, I still buy condoms and I needed pregnancy tests when we were trying for Gabriel.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good shit." A $4 bottle of wine was never good to me. I like fine wines and have for a long time.
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time. I rarely eat breakfast and when I do eat breakfast foods it's almost always for a different meal than breakfast.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again." Not drinking for over a year because of the pregnancy took away my tolerance for large amounts of booze. And I learned my lesson back in 2003 when I swore I'd never drink that much again. After 15 martinis I was throwing up vodka for 2 days straight.
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work. Nope!
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar. I don't really drink anywhere anymore. I can't go out to a bar because of Gabriel, but I wouldn't choose to drink at home just to save money.
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh shit, what the hell happened?" For the most part, yes.
Bonus:
26. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry ass. Nope, I found many that don't apply to me.
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