25 signs that you've grown up.

[Mahnarch]

This is something my dad emailed to me.
It's probably been around the block a few times but, my dad is further behind the times than I am.....sometimes.

The funny part: Every one of these applies to me - except #1, #3, #4 and #12.

1 Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh crap what the hell happened?"

[Phil]

I guess I'm pretty grown up.

My father always says growing old is inevitable but growing up is an option.
That list sums me up pretty much by age 36.

[dannyboy]

Some of it does me at age 25. Theres still some "young type" things I do.

I can still appreciate the list though.

[Blastgirl]

Good list Mahnarch. I've seen something similar to that but yours is better because it has more.

Funny stuff.

[grape]

haha, well it looks like I'm still a kid (of course). None of them are right for me. Great list though. I think I'll print that and show it too my dad. As soon as I get a printer. Better idea, I'll send it to my dad's e-mail address. He actually loves those jokes.

[Phil]

Well, Vix some things you never fully outgrow.

I still do some young things. Meaning things that you can get away with at younger ages. I eat at bad hours and get low amounts of sleep especially on the weekend.

I'm overweight too. I was not over weight in my 20s I started to put on weight about age 30 and have kind of stayed the same since about age 32.

I could use to lose about 40 pounds but icecream and cake is so good and roots and berries suck.

[Blastgirl]

I know one thing.
With two little "munchkins" there's no more just run out and get this or that. It's putting on sweaters, shoes and getting them into the car, and buckled up. Then unbuckled and into a stroller.

[Phil]

How about chasing your kid around the yard for a game and you can't catch him easily and your knee starts to hurt after a few sprints.

[farti1]

I walk into KFC and the youngster behind the counter gives me the senior discount when I pay for the buffet! I do have salt and pepper hair.

[Phil]

How my kids and friends have asked things like 'do you remember Kennedy getting shot?' And Vietnam

It's like I was born in 1971. Vietnam was going on but I was too young to realize that. And Kennedy was long in the history books.

How old do they think I am?

'So Mr.O, do you remember Pearl Harbor?' Ok I'm exaggerating a little with the last 1.

[Demona]

1 Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
Never would and never did!

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
LOL

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
We ONLY have food here. For anything else that means going out.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
I work at night so 6:00am is the normal time for bed.

5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
I've never heard music in an elevator and know plenty of old farts who like rock.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.
The news is usually on around here.

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."
LOL.

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
Sadly that's true.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
Depends what the occasion is.

10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
I like my music loud but the neighbors don't know because it's not THAT bad.

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
In my family they don't really tell those jokes.

12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
Around 2:00am!

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
Isn't it supposed to go down when you turn 25?

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
Don't own a dog.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
It does and I'm not old.

16. You take naps.
Sometimes.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
Why shouldn't it be the whole date....

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
If so you're a p*ssy

19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
I only shop for clothes and groceries.

20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
Don't drink wine, but 4 bucks sounds cheap.

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
No.

22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."
I don't think I ever want to drink so much I puke, though eating before hand is necessary.

23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
LOL I could never picture myself working in an office.

24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
The only place I do drink is at the bar really and not horribly often.

25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh crap what the hell happened?"
It's one way to f*ck up big time.

[Mahnarch]

16. You take naps.
Sometimes.

I take naps inbetween naps....

Rick Beckett: "I can tear a checkbook in half."
Scott Winters: "Yeah. One page at a time - and you have to take a nap inbetween times."

***

Oh, Phil. My neice (just turned 9) asked me recently about the first moon landing.......

I told her it was awesome.

[Phil]

Yeah. I wasn't born for the moon landing either.

Geeee Kids. It's all good though.

I remember 1 of Jason's friends saying 'which President to you remember 1st?' I told him I remember Carter well and I vaguely remember Ford as President.

Jason said 'you were born in 1971 and Nixon was president. And then he got reelected in 1972.

That information is true but I wasn't following the news when I was a year old.

[Blastgirl]

I think that's funny how the concept that the kids don't realize that the Adults aren't all that old.

To Jason's friend 1971 is as long ago as 1900 to some of us. I mean if this child was born around 1995 or 1999 a man who is thirty-six would seem like he's seen just about everything.

[Classicblast]

1971 Holy COW
You're an old man Phil. Just jerking your chain.







And of course Phil was born.

[Phil]

heh heh. I'm honored thanks. That's like a summation of 1971 The year of Phil. heh

I like it.

[Hatson]

I like the 71 GTO pic

I am much younger than you Phil. I'm a 1980 model. The only thing I know for sure off hand that happened in 1971 besides the birth of you is hurrcane Beth hitting Nova Scotia. They still talk about it.

Well I am sure better things happened that year just a little before my time, eh.

As for the Mahnarch list I'm at the turning the corner point some of those things I have changed my ways other ways I'm just a 27 year old kid.

[Phil]

You're the same age as my younger brother he is kind of turning the corner too.