All the things that make you realize you are becoming an adult
“Yes, go ahead. Just bid!” I just said the words to the buying agent. My. Friend. And. I. Just. Bid. On. A. House. My. God. I suddenly feel thirty-five. Seriously. Cool. grown-up and shit.
The chance that the house actually becomes ‘ours’ is not that great, because couples are lined up in Utrecht for these kinds of homes. Fingers crossed, so, and in the meantime, I babble here at the office about the fact that I feel adult as f*ck. Or is swearing with the F-word totally not done in The Grown-Up World? In that case, I still need to throw a few words out of my vocabulary. Anyway: if you suddenly find yourself in a super adult flow: time for the test…
1. Everyone around you suddenly has kids
Which means you suddenly get invited to baby showers of friends.
2. You start thinking less about yourself
The little selfish you would never have thought about just showing up at grandma's doorstep with a fresh bouquet of flowers out of nowhere.
3. Something else about those flowers
You also buy them for yourself at home. And gosh, you even give them water.
4. You suddenly know what things like ‘costs buyer’ mean
Think about transfer tax and notary fees, for example. Because yes, you suddenly think about things like buying a house. Shit is getting real.
5. Your first gray hair (ugh) has entered the building
Still need to cry a bit about this though…
6. Your ID is no longer routinely asked for at the supermarket
What you used to find incredibly annoying, and now you genuinely wonder if you already have wrinkles.
7. You have a normal weekly rhythm
And sometimes wake up on Saturday morning at 7 sharp because you are so used to it.
8. You can handle going on vacation with your parents
And it’s still amazing too. Still, mommy?
9. You buy baby gifts for friends
Previously, the thought of shopping at Prenatal would send shivers down your spine, and now you actually find it quite fun. Well, wow.
10. You do adult grocery shopping
Breakfasting with chips? Ha, you don’t do that anymore. You actually look at the veggies in the supermarket and buy sensible things like a can of soup for the pantry for when you don’t feel like cooking.
11. You receive letters from the tax office
Those blue bastards of envelopes, yes. Yup: your life is getting serious.
12. Those hangovers get worse
Getting drunk once = three days to recover. Help.
13. In short: you finally have your shit together
It took a while, but you can finally say that you change your sheets before it gets embarrassing. You do the laundry anyway. Make those dentist appointments yourself. Enjoy a visit from the hairdresser. *Hears Beyoncé in your ear: ‘I’m a grown woman’.
Me? Adult? Ha! I still laugh when the ketchup bottle makes a fart sound when I squeeze it. But hey, people: I almost have a house. I think. AAAAAH, stay tuned.
