#1 You Eat So Much Ramen, You're Getting Scurvy
Ramen noodles are not exactly the richest part of anyone's diet. Living on these delicious and completely nutrition-free noodles will take its toll, but they don't call these the "hungry years" for nothing.
#2 Bromances Take A Very Serious Turn
The guys who hung out in school are over their boyish insecurities and finally ready to show one another the love that's always been there.
#3 You Get The Feels When You Think About Your Mom And Can't Stop Eating Her Food
Your face starts leaking when seeing or even thinking about your mom. The hell is happening? You're finally appreciating the realness of her struggle is what's happening
#4 A Road Trip Means Crossing Several State Lines For Reasons Like "Duuuude, Chicago Deep Dish In Chicago?" "Down, Brah!"
Your time is yours and that kind of freedom isn't going to last forever. We all know that, so we milk the time we've got before the probationary "semi-adult" period runs out (aka 20-22). Driving 'til you run out of gas is only fun if you have $$$ for the tank back.
#5 It Starts To Dawn On You That All This Guilt About Being In The Worst Generation In History Is Complete Bull
Your parents have been saying the same self-righteous "kids these days" comments since the Spice Girls. Excuse you, the world we live in is a product of your generation, mom and dad. You tell 'em.
#6 Even Though You're Under 30, You Feel Like An Utter Failure Because Mark Zuckerburg
We live in a technological time which means some of us caught on quicker than others and made a couple billion bucks in the process. This was nearly impossible before the internet and it still doesn't represent MOST people's reality so don't stress. You're right where you need to be.
#7 Your Family Bombards You With Breeding Demands
As soon as you're no longer in high school, family starts to ask this "never too personal for Nana" question. As years pass, these people form a mob of pitchfork-wielding aunts and neighbors, demanding the next generation. Not happening. Sorry, not sorry.
#8 You Determine That Taxes Are A Paradox
Grown ups do taxes and you're one of them now. The feds don't care that you're new so you gotta get this 'ish in order. Haalp.
#9 Your School's Alumni Association Keeps Hitting You Up For Donations Like You Didn't Just Give Them Your Soul
You have put everything you are and will ever be into paying for school. You have committed yourself to a life of debt and broke-titude and then you get this little letter in the mail. You paid for the postage in blood and they sealed the thing in your tears but now they want to pour salt on the wound. Thaaanks.
#10 You Calculate And Recalculate Your Budget Because There's No Way...
When your mom would take you to the mall to buy clothes as a kid, you hated it. You tried everything on and she paid and you dreaded it every school year. Oh, how times have changed. After paying for everything you need to survive, loose change is all you've got.
#11 ...But You Can Make It Hail
Yes, you can, but you'll need to pick it all up after.
#12 You Start To Think There May Be More To Life Than Growing Your Kill List
Not knowing the name of the breathing lump in your bed is really starting to bug you. That awkward walk of shame is no longer your game. Admit it, that's not a bad thing.
#13 Living In Your Mom's Basement Is The Elephant In The Room That Gets Bigger Every Year
You may not be ready to get out into the big, bad world, but it is time. You feel pathetic and your friends don't want to come over anymore. Get a job and get a grip is everyone's advice but "Idonwanna."
#14 Your Job Has Nothing To Do With What You Took In School And Never, Ever Will
Sad but true. Along with taking your money, time and emotional well-being, your post-secondary institution will fail to keep the promise of "ensuring you have a career in your field of study." Balls.
#15 The People You Couldn't Live Without In First Year Are Now The Ones You Wish Would Move So You Don't Have To
People change, or maybe you've changed. Whichever it is, those old peeps you'd roll with in the HS years are probably starting to rub you the wrong way.
#16 Hangovers Have Never Before Resembled A Slow Death And They've NEVER Lasted A Week
You're finally old enough to drink. Actually old enough, not barely legal like your glory days. You were always the one who could hold your liquor, but here you are, 20-something, praying to the porcelain throne of "what have I become?"
#17 Your Job Means You Don't See The Sun Between November And February
An "entry level" job usually means grunt work. Grunt work and grunt hours. Those 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. shifts can make you feel like you're living underground and part zombie.
#18 You Begin To Question Reality Every Time You Visit The Mall
Did everything REALLY cost this much? Always? Really? Looks like you're not eating today.
#19 Wrinkles Become The Monster Under Your Bed
You've watched ads about wrinkles your whole life and never thought twice, but now, you're an adult and freaking out. You've got time, relax.
#20 The Job You Want Be Like...
How do you get experience if every job needs experience? Who are these people who've figured out this riddle? No one we know.
