Fuck I'm in my mid 50's and it'll be at least another decade before I feel like an adult.

I remember going through this and realizing that the "adults" in charge, were in fact just like me and still not knowing what was going on.

I was 33 when i realized we never grow up, but a lot of us like to pretend.

I think I was mid-30s and referred to myself as a “young man” and my spouse went “not anymore” that I finally realized “oh yea, I guess I’m an actual adult now”

Yeah, I started teaching 19 year olds when I was in my early thirties, and holy shit. Nothing makes you feel older (in a good way and a bad way)

First: they were culturally distinct from me, which I hadn’t noticed before with Gen Z, but being in a group of them made it noticeable. Second: they don’t know how to drink, but lord do they try- my students pregamed a night at a beer bar with vodka and red wine. Third: I learned a lot in my 20s.

I'm still scared shitless that I'm too immature for life and I'm not ready (and I'll never be good enough for my crush) I'm almost 32 :(

It's funny and a little sad. I have a few friends that waddle around now and go "I've got reshponsibility. I don't have time to be fussing about with 'fun'"

Meanwhile I'm sitting here holding down a good job, getting my bills paid, and saving money while having fun, confused.

What about tracking the people that were born the year you graduated highschool? That's a classic way to feel old.

Hint: never

You're an adult when you realize that no one above you actually has the answers. They're just as clueless as you are, they're just clueless on a larger scale. Once you get to the point where you find the person who actually knows the answer, it's always "I'm the problem and I'm not going to fix it."