Happy & Healthy

The 10 things in which I am still a child

There are books written about what you should do before your thirtieth or what makes you very adult, but... are there also books written about the childish things that women still do? Maybe there are, maybe not, I actually don't care, I just felt like delighting you with the ten things in which I am still childish.

1. At the end of my money, I always have a bit of month left over

And that's not my own saying, but one from Loesje. I'm not that good at sayings either. Anyways, this saying is on a mug that I once got from my grandparents. I was sixteen then, and now I'm thirty-five, so you get my point. The point is: I always get saved as soon as I get into financial trouble. Previously by my father, now by my boyfriend. SUPER immature. But when I'm on Net-a-Porter, or on The Outnet, or on Zalando, or on 9Straatjesonline, or in the Bijenkorf app, or I'm in a restaurant with really good wine or fabulous chateaubriand, okay I’ll stop already, then I forget all my good intentions regarding finally becoming an adult/money saving. And then everything, whoosh, goes through the hole in my little hand.

2. I drop my phone at least once a day

Many of my incredibly adult friends are careful with their phones. They have one without scratches. At least they ‘make it’ with their subscription and never have to buy a new device in between. How different it is for me. I drop it at least once a day hard on the ground. Because I awkwardly place it on the couch or because I try to text with one hand. Oh, and it recently fell into the toilet because I put it in my back pocket wrong while walking away. I had already flushed, wanted to walk away, but then I suddenly heard a SPLASH and of course it was lamenting time, because there lay my phone motherless alone bobbing in the water, the poor thing.

3. I forget appointments, a.k.a. don't you have a planner?

I live a bit day by day when it comes to appointments. Or rather: hour by hour. And that's how I often forget appointments. It's not a lack of will, it's just because I'm not used to keeping a planner. I still think I can remember everything, which I could do before because I had a manageable life, but now I don't anymore. Hopefully, after writing this confronting piece, it will sink in a bit.

4. I still get hangovers because I don't eat well before drinking

Let's just say that I've really bumped my head more than three times on the same stone. However, there is still no improvement visible. No. I only start drinking when there's one little cheese and a bitterball in my stomach and then I just forget to eat a bit more, and the consequences of that are not exactly something to write home about.

5. Fried potatoes and fries are still an addiction, like: three times a week

This one is also funny and very unhealthy by the way. When I moved out, I was eighteen, my greatest pleasure and happiness was that I could now eat fried potatoes or delicious fries with mayonnaise every day. No mother to stop me. I've never gotten over it: I'm still incredibly rebellious. If I crave it, then I crave it, right?! And I can still get really upset if I get too little mayonnaise with my fries in a restaurant. Those little containers nowadays, aren't they way too small? Can a Facebook page be set up for that?

”The only thing that helps is digging my hands in the containers with screws”

6. I can't fix a flat tire

You read that right, fixing a flat tire happens at the bike shop. My father doesn't want to do it anymore and neither does my boyfriend, so well.

7. I can't drill

You read that right, I also can't handle the drill. When photo frames or paintings need to be hung, my only (but important!) task is to vacuum the hole. Of course, I am very critical about how and where my boyfriend drills the hole.

8. I like to dig my hands in the screw containers at the hardware store

I really find the hardware store the most boring place ever. As soon as I walk in, all the blood drains from my legs and I feel light-headed, a bit like when you're about to faint. The only thing that helps is digging my hands in the containers with screws. And so I just shamelessly do that while my boyfriend is looking for complicated things.

9. I can't install the internet

Believe me, I get furious when our internet doesn't work, but don't ask me to install something like that, I already get a panic attack just thinking about it. If we have a malfunction, I also have NO idea what to do. No clue. Really not. Yes, wait until my boyfriend gets home.

10. I talk like a baby to my boyfriend when I want to get things done

I think I keep doing this because it helps? If I want something, something that I know might be too expensive or too weird or too last-minute, then I start talking very strangely. Really so strangely that I actually feel ashamed. But it works! And that's the most important thing.