Stepping foot into adulthood is what many children dream about. They fantasize about finally having the freedom to eat pizza five days a week, go to a friend’s house unannounced, or stay awake till midnight on a weekday. Sure, free will is a big perk of being an adult but nobody tells these kids just how many crushing responsibilities come with it… or they simply don’t listen. Nonetheless, they inevitably learn this later on, when they’re suddenly left to make their own appointments, wonder what they’ll feed themselves, and realize the bed starts calling them at 8 p.m. Then, it becomes clear that adulthood is not the rainbow and ponyland they imagined it to be.
Undeniably, many of us are stuck in this phase, thinking that adulthood is a total scam. To make these thoughts more bearable, we compiled a full list of adulting memes shared in the Adulting subreddit. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down.
While you’re at it, don’t forget to check out a conversation with Shari Botwin, LCSW, trauma expert and author of Thriving After Trauma and Stolen Childhoods: Thriving After Abuse, who kindly agreed to chat with us more about the struggles of adulthood.
#1 I Just Want
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#2 You Were Right
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#3 Real Adults
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#4 Just Some Solid Advice For Adulting
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#5 So Relatable
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#6 Even Then It Burns Me Out
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#7 🤷♂️
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#8 30 😭
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#9 Everything Needs My Attention
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#10 Being Alone Is Addicting
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#11 😉
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#12 My Mother-In-Law’s Wise Words About Being Upset With The Election Results
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#13 My Favorite
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#14 I Think I Was Rushed Into Being An Adult
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#15 This Is Not How It Ought To Be
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#16 Take The Time And Try To Find Yourself
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#17 Don’t Be The Definition Of Insanity
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#18 R.i.p
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#19 This Is Literally What’s Happening To Me Everyday
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#20 Eye Opening
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#21 Facts
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#22 Real
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#23 This!!! We Need To Learn This
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#24 Ugh
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#25 We Just Gotta Keep Pushing Through
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#26 Too Many Negative Stories Here, I Love My Adult Life
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#27 Mental Health Is Worth More Than Any Paycheck
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#28 Is It Really Bad That I Don’t Have Any “Real” Hobbies? When I Get Off Work, I Just Want To Shut My Mind Off And Do Absolutely Nothing
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#29 Ok 😶🌫️
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#30 Every Single Time
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#31 This So True
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#32 A $1 Saved Is A $1 Saved
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#33 Is This Really A Hack Though? 🧐
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#34 Whyyy?
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#35 Its Never In Between!
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#36 I Thought I Was The Only One?!?
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#37 Childhood Punishments Are Adult Goals
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#38 That’s Exactly How I Feel
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#39 Officially An Adult🥲
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#40 I Can Relate
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#41 Another Weekend Gone
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#42 For Real 😏
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#43 What’s The F*****g Point When We Don’t Make Living Wages ?
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#44 How True Is This😂😂
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#45 It Happened
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#46 Just Want To Be In Bed
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#47 Quite Literally
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#48 How True Is This?
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#49 The Next Generation
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#50 True Or No?
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