PETER SHANKMAN

That scary moment when you realize you’re an adult…

When you hire a professional contractor to do the job you could do, so it’ll be “perfect,” as opposed to just “done.”

February 21st, 2012 11:07 AM
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when you say ‘ok… let’s have a baby’ and then you really are pregnant and still wish that everything goes fine and then you feel fearless, happy and ready …but you know that NOW you feel this way because you are an adult… and you had patience like an adult so that everything comes at the right moment

February 21st, 2012 01:37 PM
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That scary moment when I realized I was an adult… I heard myself referring to college students as “kids”.

February 21st, 2012 08:18 PM
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…when I realized that my parents weren’t magical beings, but just people you had children.

February 21st, 2012 08:43 PM
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…when I realized that my parents weren’t magical beings, but just people who had children.

February 22nd, 2012 01:19 PM
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…when I hired movers instead of paying friends with beer and pizza

February 22nd, 2012 07:41 PM
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When younger people add Mrs. in front of my name.

February 25th, 2012 04:27 AM
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When I discovered you don’t have to do it all yourself and the result is you get better and what you have left to do

March 7th, 2012 04:54 AM
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I am glad I’m not an adult yet.

March 7th, 2012 08:37 PM
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……when my son first yelled from the bathroom “come wipe my butt” I knew I had landed in adulthood.

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