https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:33:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207587 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:08:42 +0000 kgbee 2207587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I'm 31, married, we have owned our house for 5.5 years, we owned &amp; ran our own business for several years, have a 3yo son &amp; another one arriving in September, and I STILL feel like I'm pretending to be all grown up, like, 8 or 9 days out of 10. The most adult I've felt almost ever was my first ever speeding ticket a year &amp; a half ago, and that was fairly fleeting. :-P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207451 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:13:55 +0000 mrsrain 2207451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the final straw was buying a house this Spring! The first time I paid our mortgage I was like, yep. Definitely an adult now. Kinda funny that buying a house makes me feel more of an adult than getting married or having a baby did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207449 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:10:28 +0000 Torchwood 2207449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't imagine ever really feeling like I'm 100% adult. I'm sure LO's arrival will move me more that direction, but it's just not who I am. My mom says the same thing and she's 51. DH, on the other hand, has been an adult since he was about 5. We balance each other. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207398 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:26:59 +0000 808love 2207398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do! @WinterBee: love it when our parents still treat us like kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207394 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:20:28 +0000 WinterBee 2207394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I think sometimes it depends on who I'm around. While I'm at work (as a teacher, ha) I feel like an adult, when I buy groceries/things for my home, pay my bills, go on date night with my husband... all of those things make me feel 'adulty'.<br /> When I go back home to visit my family, I feel more like a kid... especially when my dad still slips me gas money LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207375 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 08:25:04 +0000 Cherrybee 2207375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I'm starting to realise that the adults didn't have it all under control after all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207374 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 08:21:59 +0000 renee 2207374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, actually I do. First, it seems like I've had more responsibilities than others in my peer group since I was a preteen, but I had to be financially independent from my parents at age 18. I feel like I've been an adult since then! But I'll echo someone else, being a teacher REALLY makes me feel like I'm an adult because I'm definitely more responsible than the 16/17-year-olds that I spend my days with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207357 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 07:40:46 +0000 Bubbles 2207357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: love this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207348 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 07:23:30 +0000 illumina 2207348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: yes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207336 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 07:05:08 +0000 babynumber1 2207336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, unfortunately. I miss our younger carefree days sometimes :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207333 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:57:00 +0000 travellingbee 2207333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometime in the past couple of years, I became an adult. It was probably having a kid. I'm 37 and sometimes feel sooooo old but other times, I can't believe I'm my age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207322 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:34:09 +0000 ALV91711 2207322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started to feel more like an adult after we bought a house. But I don't feel 100% like an adult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207319 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:23:41 +0000 autumnleaves 2207319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - even more so now that my parents are in declining health. It is hard to face that switch of our parents becoming the child that we make decisions for. Thank goodness for vacation days and our own children! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207318 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:15:53 +0000 lamariniere 2207318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely feel like an adult. We live next door to a middle school so I feel ancient every morning when I walk in front of it to take my LOs to school. My defining "I feel like an adult moment" came when I got my first espresso machine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207317 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:15:28 +0000 Cole 2207317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I waffle, I told a friend the other day that I feel like I am still just barely an adult so everyone younger than me seems like they can't possibly be a competent grown up... She's five years younger than me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207316 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:13:40 +0000 looch 2207316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At work, yes! Especially this time of year with the influx of summer interns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207295 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 02:13:44 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 2207295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: hahaha!</p> <p>I don't feel like an adult, and I wonder if I ever will! I'm fine with not though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207274 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 23:04:44 +0000 HLK208 2207274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel ancient... :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207273 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 23:03:41 +0000 aderyn 2207273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sera_87: What happens when you are the adultier adult in that situation? O.o </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207272 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 23:02:45 +0000 aderyn 2207272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I don't feel like an adult yet, even though I have all the stresses and responsibilities of one! Married, TTC, I guess I just don't know if I ever will feel like one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207266 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:32:14 +0000 DesertDreams88 2207266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only 27 but being a teacher is probably the one thing that makes me most feel like an adult, since the majority of the people I interact with are 17 years younger than me :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207234 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 21:06:20 +0000 sera_87 2207234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p> [attach=1915/15/npv1uk.600x560.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2207142 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:55:29 +0000 Keybee 2207142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. Sometimes I looke around at all I have and all I've done and think "how did I manage all of this? I don't know what I'm doing!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2206716 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:33:43 +0000 Mamaof2 2206716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No summer vacation = adult! :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2206713 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:32:54 +0000 Truth Bombs 2206713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, every time the mortgage bill comes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2206675 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:12:35 +0000 autumnlove 2206675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes! I feel like an adult when I need to discipline my kids and when they are sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2206674 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:11:55 +0000 chopsuey 2206674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha sometimes!<br /> I still can't believe how old I am and that I'm responsible for 2 little lives! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-feel-like-an-adult-yet#post-2206611 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:23:52 +0000 mrbee 2206611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Been thinking about this a lot lately. I am married with two kids... work full-time... make responsible decisions... but don't really feel like an adult at times. Not sure why. If I had to guess, I feel like I'm 80% adult at this point. Not sure what it would take to change that...</p> <p>Do you feel like an adult yet? </p>