“Believing I’ll get to eat whatever I want every day! You also have to pay for it and cook it yourself!”
“Yes. Because, let me tell you, not having one is pure chaos. The next day, you'll feel bad, and guess whose plans will get messed up because of that? "It's yours."
Several women in the thread agreed that they thought it would be much cooler to be an adult with their own money.
"When I was a kid, I thought it was so cool to get mail. But now that I'm an adult, I know it's just bills. A lot of other people pointed out that it's not just the bills, but also the crazy amount of junk mail and sales pitches.
"Vacations," said a second person. "I had no idea how frightening it would be to think about taking one.
Many women agreed that when they were kids, they thought having a job would be cool, but "they suck."
"It's terrible for an adult to miss work. You stay home all day because you feel awful, and chores and work pile up because you can't move.
"Living alone," said one. "It's bad. I'm so bored, lonely, and sad." A second person said, "I didn't agree with you.
In the 1990s, a girl at my school had her own private lines and one of those clear plastic phones, which seemed so cool and grown-up!
Not having a set nap time every day. I used to hate feeling like I should take a nap.