18 bitter truths about what it’s like being an adult that are just far too real

We all have that moment when we realised we’d have to admit to being an adult: getting our first proper job, finding “the one”, not running outside because the ice-cream van was in the street. These 18 things truly define what it means to be an adult, and we’re not at all sure to feel about it.

1.

Apparently being an adult means googling phone numbers that call you rather than answering them.

— Tim Bolton (@timbolton1) June 3, 2018

2.

You know you’re an adult when you stop talking to your imaginary friends and start shouting at them.

— eric (@ericsshadow) March 7, 2018

3.

Being an adult is thinking “I can’t deal with this right now” all the time and having to deal with that thing right then

— vince al fresco (@vints) June 7, 2018

4.

I feel like being an adult is just saying “hope you’re well, must catch up soon” over and over until you die

— Christian Tierney (@_CTierney) June 10, 2018

5.

You know you're an adult when you would rather not eat than have to cook.

— Mr. Onederful® (@ericonederful) June 8, 2018

6.

nobody told me that being an adult would involve having some low-level form of indigestion 98% of the time

— amy brown (@arb) June 5, 2018

7.

Being an adult is just busying yourself with pretend jobs in another room while <insert trademan here> fixes <insert broken item here>

— a bar (@KissabiX) June 6, 2018

8.

You know you’re an adult when you stop thinking about when you get to go out tonight and start thinking about when you get to go to sleep.

— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) June 1, 2018

9.

You know you're an adult when you side with the villagers in Beauty & the Beast who are annoyed with Belle because literally all she does is daydream and sing songs that shit talk about the people who actually contribute to society because she feels entitled.

— Noah Kinsey (@thenoahkinsey) December 23, 2017